Tis a Very Good World, Tis the Very Worst World...Scarce Mid 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre, Transfer Decorated Plate Lincoln doll The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored

The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

concision and charm

I find this really wonderful

with red ribbon sewn on at the corners

And what beautiful letters those are

Tis a Very Good World, Tis the Very Worst World...Scarce Mid 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre, Transfer Decorated Plate Lincoln doll The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua coloredThe transfer decoration on this c. mid 19th century Sunderland plate was not perfectly executed (as is not at all uncommon) and the hand painting not done with a whole lot of precision, either (the globe at top, for example, just given a general sort of dab of that pale lemon yellow). But the effect to my eye is formally lovely, lending a sort of soft dreaminess to the whole thing, amplified further by the splashed pink lustre rim. And yet then a