Ralph Stevenson Antique Purple Staffordshire Millenium Millennium Plate transferware platter Both are bordered with fruits

Both are bordered with fruits

Condition: One bowl has a chip on the underside rim that doesn't show from the top/front and is still useable

He was a director of the Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Company and of the North Staffordshire Railway

They can be used as a center-piece for your coffee table

Ralph Stevenson Antique Purple Staffordshire Millenium Millennium Plate transferware platter Both are bordered with fruitsThis is a rare and wonderful early transferware plate in the iconic MILLENIUM pattern. It was made by Ralph Stevenson, circa 1832 35. Marked with the pattern name "Millenium" (a misspelling of the word Millennium). The Millenium pattern was designed to illustrate the biblical prophecy set forth in the book of Isaiah, Chap. XI. VI predicting the second coming of Christ who would rule for a thousand years before the last judgment. The central image