Octagonal Transferware Plate

Circa 1860, Staffordshire
Transfer printed ceramic, 11 ½ cm diameter

Staffordshire plate with transfer print featuring the cruel plantation owner, Simon Legree, from Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Credit/copyright :   © The American Museum in Britain (Bath, UK)
Accession number:   The American Museum in Britain (Bath, UK),1970.103

Themes
The Campaign for Abolition