Dinner plate, white earthenware, black printed 'Berlin Bird' design overpainted in red enamel and straw-colour lustre; back, red painted pattern number, impressed factory marks including letter T, BB (for Best Body) and date symbol for 1870 and printed

Dinner plate, white earthenware, black printed 'Berlin Bird' design overpainted in red enamel and straw-colour lustre; back, red painted pattern number, impressed factory marks including letter T, BB (for Best Body) and date symbol for 1870 and printed marks including pattern name and registered design mark with encoded date of 10th September 1869, made by Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1869+ (1870)
Dinner plate, white earthenware, black printed 'Berlin Bird' design overpainted in red enamel and straw-colour lustre; back, red painted pattern number, impressed factory marks including letter T, BB (for Best Body) and date symbol for 1870 and printed