A small collection of English blue and white earthenware plates, early 19th century onwards, comprising an unattributed 'Lady With Parasol' soup plate, late 18th century, Type D Variation with tree in full leaf and a sailing boat behind the fence, unmarked, 24.5cm diameter, Leeds Pottery 'Long Bridge' plate, impressed factory mark, 25cm diameter; a Pountney & Allies 'St. Vincent's Rocks' plate from the 'Bristol Views' series, printed title, 25.6cm diameter; two John Rogers & Son 'Musketeer #02' gadrooned edge plates, impressed 'ROGERS' and numeral '3', 22.2cm diameter and 17cm diameter; and a Thomas Lakin & Son 'Pyramid of Caius Cestius' leaf-shaped side dish, impressed 'LAKIN', 21cm wide

Condition Report

Lady With Parasol - some nibbles to underside of foot, otherwise good
Long Bridge - Small nibbles around rim
St. Vincent's plate - Some small glaze blemishes to border
Musketeers - Larger plate - Heat damage and stress crazing to the underside and rim, with discolouration. Smaller plate - Nibbles to gadrooned border, cracked, staining
Lakin Pyramid - Large section of rim broken and re-stuck, a further secondary hairline elsewhere

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