Victorian Blue & White "Oriental Sport" Plate

Fine and scarce mid 19th Century English Victorian antique blue & white transfer plate ,"Death of the Bear", from the "Oriental Sport" Series, produced by Edward Challinor of Pinnocks Works and Unicorn Pottery, Tunstall, Staffordshire {1842-1867}. This series of designs is copied directly from Spode's earlier "Indian Sporting" series, itself extremely popular and commercially successful, and may thus be regarded as a blatant example of "piggy-backing" upon the larger company's success, a practice common at this time. The reverse with underglaze blue printed mark with the series title Oriental Sport within a ribbon cartouche surmounted by a crown above the initials Gr within laurel fronds. Love This Item? ~ Why not make us an offer? Our Warranty:- Buy it, enjoy it and take good care of it, subject only to these conditions, we undertake to accept this item back at any time and to credit the full original purchase price against the value of your next order. Just one of the thousands of warranted antiques ~ vintage collectables ~ catalogues and antiques reference works for sale at our main website.