Hidden writing, blue and white plate

See if you can work out the person whose name is hidden below the fishermen (I can't!)

Probably no real value in plate, just a bit of fun to keep the brain ticking over.

 

To me looks like:

inverana
Sicily, 1872

 

Just goes to show, my mind was fixed on it being a person rather than a place.

I'm thinking that if we do guess right then we should be able to match the scene

 

In verano - in summer. That's Spanish. But it is also a place in the ITALIAN Tyrol.

 

I think it might say sculp 187_.

 

So, engraved in 187...

 

Just my humble input....it DOES look like In verano and the date may be 1874?? Sculp or Sicily.....or even neither....not sure....

 

If it is sculp then I think it more likely that the top line is the engraver's name.

I am not sure the scene is the tyrol or sicily, I was leaning more to Scotland or northern england.

 

Except... the correct Spanish would be "en verano."

Debora

 

True, which is why I'm wondering if it's the place, rather than the season. No way is it in the UK - trees, houses and boats all wrong. Those are Lombardy poplars, and the border flowers are Mediterranean or Southern European. Spring and summer ones.

I don't think it says Sicily.

Oh hang on. I've just had a thought. Maybe it's LATIN. In veranum sculp. Engraved in early summer?

 

I don't have time at the moment but you might be able to find pattern and maker on this website
https://www.blueandwhite.com/museum_stock.aspx

 

The first name looks like John. I'd say the second line would translate to engraved 1874. Beyond that, you got me. Odds are it's the name of whoever created the engraving used to create the transfer.

 

I’m with SIS, sculp, 187_. If you are on FaceBook, there is a transferware group that might be able to ID it.