Warming Plate Showing a Steam Engine and Coal Wagon

William T. Copeland & Sons Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. 1859-1875.

Overglaze transfer printing and painting on earthenware. Diameter: 25.5 cm.

Oval green underglaze mark showing a buckled belt with the word “Copeland” in the centre, surrounded by the inscription “By Order of A. Kniajevsky”.

Acquired in 1936 from Artistic Technology Classroom 1 of Moscow. State University