A blue and white transferware Durham Ox meat dish 1st half 19th century

A blue and white transferware Durham Ox meat dish 1st half 19th century, with draining channels, printed with the eponymous bull standing beside his owner, John Day, from the print by J. Whessell after the painting by John Boultbee, a restored crack, paper label for the Rhoda Cope Collection, 50cm.

The Durham Ox was the result of an intensive breeding programme, and became famous after being toured around the country by his aristocratic owner. In one day London tourists paid a total of £97 in admission fees.