ENGLISH TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC ARTICLES, LOT OF SEVEN, each with blue transfer design, comprising three 10 1/4" D plates, a covered sauce tureen, and under plate in "Italian Flower Garden" pattern by John & William Ridgway, a ladle, and a handled square dish. Three 10 1/4" plates and under plate with printed "Italian / Flower Garden / JWR" marks to bases. Staffordshire and possibly other areas. Circa 1825. Tureen 6 1/4" HOA.
One plate undamaged; two plates with one to two small glaze flakes to rims; square dish with scattered flakes and chips to rim and foot rim; ladle with restoration to handle and discoloration to bowl; tureen with a few scattered minute flakes, a repair to moderate chip on rim, and a few scattered hairlines; under plate with an area of restoration, scattered hairlines, two shallow small chips two outer rim, and a few scattered small flakes.
Literature: Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #6979.
Provenance: De-accessioned from the Reeves Collection, Washington and Lee University, and sold to benefit the Acquisitions Fund for all of the material.

One plate undamaged; two plates with one to two small glaze flakes to rims; square dish with scattered flakes and chips to rim and foot rim; ladle with restoration to handle and discoloration to bowl; tureen with a few scattered minute flakes, a repair to moderate chip on rim, and a few scattered hairlines; under plate with an area of restoration, scattered hairlines, two shallow small chips two outer rim, and a few scattered small flakes.