Ralph Stevenson Antique Purple Staffordshire Millenium Millennium Plate transferware platter They can be used as

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

They are hand painted and enameled in a rich blue with white flowers and tan vines

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

They are perfect to also use as a holder for paper cocktail or square luncheon napkins turned to an angle

Ralph Stevenson Antique Purple Staffordshire Millenium Millennium Plate transferware platter They can be used asThis 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