An early to mid-19th century octagonal pottery child's plate (nursery ware), measuring approximately 13.7cm (5.4in) across and 1.7cm (0.65in) deep, with moulded patterns, in off-white glaze with a bluish tinge in places, and somewhat crudely decorated with a lustrous pink handpainted scene of a house and trees beside a river; this appears to be somewhat unusual, since most nursery plates of this period are transfer-printed. One corner is chipped to the underside (the chip measures approximately 0.7 x 0.5cm / 0.3 x 0.2in), whilst there is some roughness to some of the other corners (which may date from manufacture, or else be old damage); there is also a faint hairline crack to the bottom left of the centre (visible on both sides, but well away from the edge). There is some wear to the painted design, together with some light scratching and age wear to the surface; there are various manufacturing imperfections in the moulding, glaze and decoration.
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