This pottery plate is known as Arctic Scenery, because of the history it depicts. It was made by Robert Cochran & Co. in England in the 1840s for the Canadian market to commemorate the explorer Sir Edward William Parry’s Arctic explorations. There are about a dozen different scenes in the series and the plates also came in grey, green, pink and brown. Even though this scene is the most common, it’s still worth $1,000 in perfect condition.
Prepared by John Sewell via johnsewellappraisals.com on Sep 28, 2007