Dinner plate, white earthenware, printed dark blue underglaze with a large peony sprig, bamboo and a butterfly and overpainted in pale iron-red and dark brown washes; back, painted pattern number a9270, impressed factory mark and impressed registered de

Dinner plate, white earthenware, printed dark blue underglaze with a large peony sprig, bamboo and a butterfly and overpainted in pale iron-red and dark brown washes; back, painted pattern number a9270, impressed factory mark and impressed registered design mark with encoded date of 23rd January 1875, made by T C Brown-Westhead, Moore and Co, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1875+
the bold design, extending from rim to rim is inspired by Japanese woodblock prints