19th Century Public School Certificates of Merit pottery bird dish 4 1/2" corner to center

4 1/2" corner to center of opposite side

numerous flowers

interplay of positive and negative/light and dark

Plus Harry's very serious portrait at the center of each

19th Century Public School Certificates of Merit pottery bird dish 4 1/2" corner to centerI think these are just wonderful, and who doesn't know someone who could use a little recognition of their merits?! These were awarded to a young "Master Charley Geoppinger" in the late 1870s or so by a couple of different teachers two of them for a hundred merits, one for twenty, one for 15 and two for three. I believe these would have been saved to either cash in for some prize, reward, or further honor, but I am not certain precisely what. I really