{"product_id":"georgian-pearlware-nursery-plate-with-chess-scene","title":"Georgian Pearlware Nursery Plate with Chess Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eDating  to the late Georgian era (c. 1820s–1830s), this uncommon English Staffordshire pearlware nursery plate was crafted as a prized gift or instructional keepsake for a child. Late Georgian and early Victorian nurseryware was rarely meant for pure entertainment. Potteries produced plates featuring chess, reading, or astronomy to instill quiet focus and intellectual discipline in children from a young age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the plate’s center, a crisp maroon transfer scene depicts figures in nostalgic 18th-century attire playing chess under a garden arbor. Designed to teach proper decorum, the scene uses polite garden leisure to show children exactly how well-mannered adults were expected to act.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s really standout about this piece is what frames the central vignette. The scalloped rim features an exceptionally decorative molded border, hand-painted in hypnotizing hues.  These sculpted blossoms transform the plate into a remarkably tactile and eye-catching piece! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 8\"D\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALEKKA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44635207008355,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0298\/5701\/files\/GeorgianPearlwareNurseryPlatewithChessScene.heic?v=1789671739","url":"https:\/\/www.alekka.com\/products\/georgian-pearlware-nursery-plate-with-chess-scene","provider":"ALEKKA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}