Dinner plate, white earthenware, decorated with 'Morea' pattern, a sepia and platinum lustre printed border of palmettes and three cartouches containing trophies emblematic of agriculture, music and hunting; back, painted pattern number A9769 and printe

Dinner plate, white earthenware, decorated with 'Morea' pattern, a sepia and platinum lustre printed border of palmettes and three cartouches containing trophies emblematic of agriculture, music and hunting; back, painted pattern number A9769 and printed pattern name, retailer's mark and registered design mark with encoded date of 17th October 1874, made for William Whiteley, Westbourne Grove, London by Bates, Elliott and Co, Dale Hall, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1874+ (1875)
the name 'Morea' was formerly applied to the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece