Georgian Blue & White "Eastern Street Scene" Fruit Bowl ~ J. & R. Riley

A fine and rare Early 19th Century Antique English Georgian Blue and White Transfer Pottery Fruit Bowl of Indian interest by John and Richard Riley { 1802 - 1828 } in the "Eastern Street Scene" pattern, { Sack 2-10 }. The scene, a composite of two prints, was taken from Thomas & William Daniell's "Oriental Scenery and Views in Hindoostan", Parts I and II", published by Robert Bowyer at the Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, London, between 1795 and 1807.  The tree on the left is from, "The Sacred Tree of the Hindoos at Gyah, Bahar", (Part I, 15). The buildings on the right are from "View on the Chitpore Road, Calcutta", (Part II, 2). See Michael Archer, "Indian Themes in English Pottery", Apollo, Vol. XCII, No. 102, August 1970, { Stock Ref. AXCII102A1970-XX }, and Michael Sack's "India on Transferware", { 2009 }, Pages 38 and 39.

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