Ralph Stevenson Antique Purple Staffordshire Millenium Millennium Plate transferware platter He was a director of

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

Crown Ducal Colonial Times

Absolutely beautiful blue ansfer

Registration # 92932 dates to 1888

Ralph Stevenson Antique Purple Staffordshire Millenium Millennium Plate transferware platter He was a director ofThis 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