A pair of pearlware Bristol Mansion House plates

A pair of pearlware Bristol Mansion House plates, 19th century, painted with colourful flower sprays tied with a red ribbon bow, the undersides marked 'MH', 24.9cm. (2)

The original Mansion House in Bristol's Queen's Square was destroyed in the Bristol Riots of 1831. It was replaced by a second house in Great George Street, but this closed in 1835.