1840 Child's Soft Paste Staffordshire 7" Plate JOHN GILPIN GOING PAST EDMONTON

Description: Overall VF-EX condition, circa 1840 child's English Staffordshire 7" soft paste pearl ware plate showing John Gilpin Going Past Edmonton is a humorous polychromed story-line plate with fancy garland designed embossing. Other than having a bare minimum of utensil marks, glaze crazing and a small, tight, edge/rim hairline in the 7:30 rim position, this plate is as nice as they come for quality of antique, mostly unused-looking condition. As there are two firing pin marks on the face of this plate, shown, it appears that the plate was kiln-fired on stilting pins face down. A little history from Wikipedia follows: "John Gilpin was featured as the subject in a well-known comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper, entitled The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Cowper had heard the story from his friend Lady Austen. Gilpin was said to be a wealthy draper from Cheapside in London, who owned land at Olney, Buckinghamshire, near where Cowper lived. It is likely that he was a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row. The poem tells how Gilpin and his wife and children became separated during a journey to the Bell Inn, Edmonton, after Gilpin loses control of his horse which bolts and carries him ten miles farther to the town of Ware." Buyer pays USPS ground advantage s/h/i, with free tracking, on this 2lb. pkg. Due to across the board increases, a $2. handling fee has been added to this purchase. Re: all regular 10 day auctions, although you may request a payment total through eBay channels, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL I SEND YOU AN INVOICE STATING ALL CHARGES BEFORE PAYING. For Buy-It-Now auctions, please follow thru with immediate payment. Otherwise, with regular auctions, payment is expected within 3 days. As international sales have become prohibitively expensive, I no longer ship internationally. eBay now automatically collects any/all state sales taxes where applicable. As ALL SALES ARE FINAL, please ask questions before bidding. Thanks for viewing and Good Luck!

Price: 45 USD

Location: Windsor, Connecticut

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