Meakin Vintage Embossed Border Plate Audubon Bird Plate #114 White Tailed Sparrow on Berry Branches Purple Toile Plate The elegant blue and white

The elegant blue and white transferware salad plate dates to about the 1930's

The family dog is  between the two

A stunning acanthus leaf garland with urns and swags frames the charming scene of two women washing clothes at the banks of the river

who enlarged the works extensively

the lettering on the bottle is worn

Meakin Vintage Embossed Border Plate Audubon Bird Plate #114 White Tailed Sparrow on Berry Branches Purple Toile Plate The elegant blue and whiteFor consideration is this gorgeous, vintage English transferware plate #114 from Alfred Meakin featuring the White Crowned Sparrow amongst botanicals and berries from illustrations by John Audubon. Born in Les Cayes, in what is now Haiti, on April 26, 1785, he was an illegitimate son of French plantation owner Captain Jean Audubon and his Creole servant Jeanne Rabin. He was given the name Jean Rabin at birth, however, upon his Mother's death shortly