https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10813/fullDish with bird (perhaps "The Pelican in her Piety"ca. 1690 - 1710Thomas Toft IIOverall: 8 x 44.5 cm (3 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.)Earthenware with slip and lead glazeGift of George and Helen GardinerPossible Origin: Shelton, Staffordshire, EnglandPossible Origin: Hanley, Staffordshire, EnglandG87.1.31A slipware dish, boldly trailed in cream-dotted dark brown and mid-brown slip with a highly stylised bird flanked by bilobe flowers within a border of dotted lozenges. The border has a lattice-trailed rim.English Slipware14th to 18th Century European Earthenware and Stoneware[]European CeramicsEnglish Earthenware - Slipware201257747EnglishCharles II (1649-1685)Enclosing a dotted panel signed 'THOMAS TOFT'