Description
This English blue and white delftware plate is exceptionally rare and previously unrecorded in standard references.
The center of the piece is decorated with a galloping horse with a male rider holding a whip. The top rim of the plate bears the name THOS; SMITH; WOOL HOPE 1767
The base rim is decorated with a fence and some bushes.
The glaze is a soft pale blue. Wool Hope is a village in Herefordshire, England.