Antique Brown Transferware Plate depicting Peacock & Samurai - Japonism - 19th C. Staffordshire on sale porcelain plate - 7.25" diameter - Good+

This is an Antique Brown Transferware bread or small plate depicting a Peacock & 2 Samurai. It's a superb example of Japonism in a 19th century Staffordshire porcelain plate. The plate measues 7.25" diameter. It is in Good+ condition. On the face of the plate, their is some patina from use and age (it's about 140 years old). On the back side, is is marked with "Peacock 745". There are more spots of on sale patina on the back side. Also, on the back, the glaze seems uneven. This is due to its manufacturing. You can see "mistakes" by the maker - part of the transfer ending up on the back. Surprisingly, there is no crazing. There are no chips or cracks.

The term Japonism usually refers to the late-19th century European craze for Japanese art - notably fans, screens, lacquers, bronzes, silks, porcelains and Ukiyo-e woodblock prints - which arrived in huge quantities from Japan, following the decision taken in 1854 by the Tokugawa Shogunate to open up its seaports to international trade with the West. The original French word "Japonisme", which was first coined in 1872 by the art critic Jules Claretie in his book L'Art Francais and by Philippe Burty in his book Japanisme: La Renaissance Literaire et Artistique, may also be used to describe a style of French decorative art (or certain crafts) made in the Japanese manner.