Pre 1940 Signed Hand Painted Camelia Botanical Transferware Plate English Cottage Red Toile Dish whose full name was Arthur

whose full name was Arthur Colley Austin Shorter (1882-1963)

By Adderley of Staffordshire England

This painting requires a standard wall picture frame or set unframed on an easel

shading and color all hand painted by artists of the English pottery firm

The outer border is a raised/relief  with flowers and scrolls and outwardly trimmed with a thin burgundy line

Pre 1940 Signed Hand Painted Camelia Botanical Transferware Plate English Cottage Red Toile Dish whose full name was ArthurVintage Crown Ducal hand painted botanical plate depicting Camelias. The plate is artist signed R E Hague just below the leaves. The main pattern is transfer printed with highlights, accents, shading and color all hand painted by one of the English potteries finest, well known artists. The artist, Reuben Hague was born in 1880 and by the time he was just 13 years old he was apprenticed as a China painter at Royal Crown Derby. He later worked as a