A charming Staffordshire nursery plate, printed and painted with The Merry Elves pattern - 1916, drawings initialled R.R.T. for Reginald Robert Tomlinson, Registered No. 658453.
Diameter : 17.5 cm
With mischievous elves running around the rim and a great dangly spider ! 
In excellent condition 🕷️
[ R.R. Tomlinson was Art Director of Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co. Ltd. from 1913 to 1919. He was later Senior Inspector of Art to the London County Council. He was also Principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts from  from 1939 to 1946.]