A rare Australian seaweed pattern transfer printed and painted oval plate from the Fereday service, Spode, Staffordshire, England, made for the Tasmanian market circa 1825 marked with a central crest of a tree fern with a suspended hunting horn, a running fox below and the motto Per Syrtes 'stuosas from Horace's Ode 1.22 also marked to the reverse Mr. Dudley Fereday Sheriff (sic) of van Diemen's Land.' 32 cm long, 21 cm deep. Provenance: made for Mr Dudley Fereday, Sheriff of van Dieman's Land