Meat dish, cream-coloured earthenware (trade name 'Oriental Ivory'), oval, decorated with 'London' pattern, a geometric border surrounding a printed view of the Crystal Palace and sprays of orange blossom and passion flower, a perching sparrow and butterflies; back, printed retailer's mark for Primavesi and Sons, Cardiff, factory marks incorporating pattern and clay body names and registered design mark with encoded date of 6th May 1882, made by Powell, Bishop and Stonier, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1882+
the view of the Crystal Palace may have been engraved from a photograph which can also be found reproduced as a postcard; the only noticeable difference is found in the thickness of vegetation growing against the wall in the foreground
the view of the Crystal Palace may have been engraved from a photograph which can also be found reproduced as a postcard; the only noticeable difference is found in the thickness of vegetation growing against the wall in the foreground
