Victorian transferware cheese dish

Victorian Blue & White Transferware Cheese Dish and Cover, circa 1870–1890. Densely decorated in cobalt-blue floral transfer printing, with large peony-like blooms, scrolling foliage, flower buds and smaller botanical motifs extending around all sides. A sculptural dark-blue branch-form handle rises over the top, while the matching tray has an attractive gently undulating rim decorated with the same floral pattern.