Black Transferware Cries of London Liquor Barrel DECANTER FOR LAMP / BAR flow blue For consideration is this pretty

For consideration is this pretty transfer plate by Ridgway in the Windsor pattern

That same year his work was published by Caldwell in the book Hobby Hoss Fair

Other pieces shown are available in my Etsy shop

Each piece has a slightly different floral center in pink shades with touches of green and yellow

and production ran through 1967

Black Transferware Cries of London Liquor Barrel DECANTER FOR LAMP / BAR flow blue For consideration is this prettyNone can resist the romance of the Cries of London and the appeal of the liberty of vagabondage, of those who had no indenture or task master, and who travelled wide throughout the city, witnessing the spectacle of its streets, speaking with a wide variety of customers, and seeing life. In the densely populated neighborhoods, it was the itinerants cries that marked the times of day and announced the changing seasons of the year. Before the motorcar,