Vintage Spode Aster Brown Transferware Charger Plate Copeland Beverley Italian Scene Mt Vesuvius Billygoats

$34.99

Brand Copeland Spode

RARE BROWN TRANSFERWARE PLATE BY COPELAND SPODE
Circa 1930's

For consideration is this stunning brown  transferware dinner charger by Copeland Spode in a very rare and difficult to find pattern entitled Beverley, however the border is that of the Aster pattern.  The scene depicts an Italian alpine scene with a herd of goats and several figures in a pastoral setting and is surrounded by the floral border.

 

Mt. Vesuvius is an Italian volcano in the Gulf of Naples that erupted on August 24 A.D. 79 blanketing the towns and thousands of residents of Pompeii, Stabiae, and Herculaneum. Pompeii was buried 10' deep, while Herculaneum was buried under 75' of ash. This volcanic eruption is the first to be described in detail. The letter-writing Pliny the Younger was stationed about 18 mi. away in Misenum from which vantage point he could see the eruption and feel the preceding earthquakes. His uncle, the naturalist Pliny the Elder, was in charge of area warships, but he turned his fleet to rescuing residents and died.

Historical Importance:

In addition to Pliny's recording the sights and sounds of the first volcano to be described in detail, the volcanic covering of Pompeii and Herculaneum provided an amazing opportunity for future historians: The ash preserved and protected a vibrant city against the elements until future archaeologists unearthed this snapshot in time.

Mt. Vesuvius last erupted in 1944

It measures appx.10.75" and is in wonderful condition, having no chips or cracks, just some age appropriate crazing.



Far, vague, and dim,
The mountains swim;
While on Vesuvius' misty brim,
With outstretched hands,
The gray smoke stands
O'erlooking the volcanic lands.

~from Thomas Buchanan Reads poem, Drifting~

It measures appx. 10.75" and is in wonderful condition, having no chips or cracks, just some age appropriate crazing.