BRITISH TRANSFER-PRINTED FRATERNAL ORDER MOTIF CERAMIC TABLE ARTICLES, LOT OF FIVE, each featuring various symbolic imagery with overglaze polychrome hand-painted decorations, comprising a cylindrical mug with image of a sitting figure having "THE FREE MASONS ARM'S" printed below, an 8 3/4" D plate with polychrome central floral design and relief border decorations, two plates having central blue transfer scene with pink lustre rim depicting a standing figure with beehives and printed "Keep within compass / And you shall be sure. To avoid many troubles which others endure.", and a 6 1/8" D plate featuring a figure between two columns with "FREE MASONS ARMS" printed above. Unmarked. John King Knight, Fenton, England; Staffordshire and other areas. Mid 19th century. 3 1/8" HOA.
Undamaged except for a few minute flakes. Some with minor usage wear and manufacturing flaws including mug with glazed over firing separation to lower handle terminal, as made.
Literature: Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #4970.
Provenance: The collection of the late Theodore "Ted" and Alvina Breckel, Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL.
"Free Masons Arms" plate: Leatherwood Antiques, Winnetka (IL) Show, 3/1/2002.
Cup plate "Keep within compass": The York Antiques Gallery, York, ME, 8/6/2001.
Larger "Keep within compass" plate: The Clokeys, Home in Indiana Show, Indianapolis, IN, 9/23/1983.
Mug: Sheila and Edwin Rideout, Wiscasset, ME, 8/13/1983.
Floral plate with symbol border: Leatherwood Antiques, Sandwich, MA.

Undamaged except for a few minute flakes. Some with minor usage wear and manufacturing flaws including mug with glazed over firing separation to lower handle terminal, as made.