Dinner plate, cream-coloured earthenware, decorated with black printed 'Iolanthe' pattern of floral and geometric motifs overpainted in enamels and iron lustre; back, painted pattern number 6408, impressed factory and date marks and printed pattern and makers' names and registered design mark with encoded date of 9th January 1883, made by Edward F Bodley and Son, New Bridge Pottery, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1883+ (1889)
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, 'Iolanthe', was first performed on 29th November 1882. The link with 'Iolanthe' pattern is unclear, though the general effect of the opera, set in fairyland, may have been similarly lustrous and jewel-like
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, 'Iolanthe', was first performed on 29th November 1882. The link with 'Iolanthe' pattern is unclear, though the general effect of the opera, set in fairyland, may have been similarly lustrous and jewel-like
