Dish, bone china, coupe shape, decorated with a grey printed ground of prunus blossom scattered with reserved cartouches of various shapes, each containing a Japanese scene or motif; back, blue printed factory mark with year code R, and grey printed reg

Dish, bone china, coupe shape, decorated with a grey printed ground of prunus blossom scattered with reserved cartouches of various shapes, each containing a Japanese scene or motif; back, blue printed factory mark with year code R, and grey printed registered design mark with encoded date of 7th May 1879, made by the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, Worcester, 1879+ (1880)
the style of Japanese decoration imitated here, known as 'kibori gakuawase sanzu' (the contest of framed pictures), was popular in this country in the 1870s-1880s and is found in a variety of media, including textiles and printing