Monopteros, Circa 1825
Diameter 21.6 cm; 8 1/2 in
A good Early 19th Century Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer Indented Pottery Dessert Plate, printed in a medium blue palette with the “Monopteros” pattern by John Rogers and Son of Dale Hall, Longport, Staffordshire (fl. 1815 – 1842)
The reverse bearing the impressed Maker’s Mark, ROGERS, together with the underglaze blue printed numeral 1. The pattern is illustrated, (Plate 2 – 14) in Michael Sack’s “India on Transferware”...
The reverse bearing the impressed Maker’s Mark, ROGERS, together with the underglaze blue printed numeral 1. The pattern is illustrated, (Plate 2 – 14) in Michael Sack’s “India on Transferware” (2009), is known to be a view entitled “Remains of an Ancient Building near Firoz Shah’s Cotilla, Delhi”, and is based on an aquatint in Thomas Daniell’s “Oriental Scenery (Part 1, 5)” published in 1795.