Meakin Vintage Embossed Border Plate Audubon Bird Plate #114 White Tailed Sparrow on Berry Branches Purple Toile Plate Elaborate European Italian columned garden

Elaborate European Italian columned garden with people sitting near the steps overlooking river in background

Numbered 11 in the lower left of the scene

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

The brown transfer depicts a castle in the distance with cattle and sheep grazing in the foreground

The family dog is  between the two

Meakin Vintage Embossed Border Plate Audubon Bird Plate #114 White Tailed Sparrow on Berry Branches Purple Toile Plate Elaborate European Italian columned gardenFor 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