A Della Robbia Pottery medallion plaque

A Della Robbia Pottery medallion plaque, circular cast in low relief with an angel cradling a young child, with an owl flying in the distance, glazed turquoise and green on a white ground, incised Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead - M 250, 31.5cm. diam. Peter Hyland The Della Robbia Pottery Birkenhead 1894-1906, Antique Collector's Club, page 97 figure 102 for a comparable small religious medallion. Provenance Hannah Jones (Della Robbia artist), thence by descent when purchased by the present collector in 1971.