Melody a large Della Robbia Pottery plaque designed by Ellen Mary Rope, rectangular cast in low

Melody a large Della Robbia Pottery plaque designed by Ellen Mary Rope, rectangular cast in low relief with three young figures playing music gathered around a central tree, as two groups of young figures listen and rest, in colours, in pokerwork wooden frame, incised numbers to reverse, 48 x 29cm.

Provenance

Private collection.

Literature
The Studio volume 13, 1898 page 190 for an example of this plaque illustrated. this example listed as designed by Miss Rope and painted by E.M. Wood.
Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery, Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collector's Club, page 207 figure 222 for a related, smaller tile plaque by Rope decorated with children dancing around a tree.
Exhibited
Melody (panel) was exhibited by the Della Robbia Pottery in 1905, catalogue number 1939 priced at £3.3s.