Plate, bone china, New Year commemorative, decorated with printed and enamelled fruiting holly and a spray of mistletoe at centre with ribbon inscribed A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU; back, painted pattern number 8295, printed factory mark and registered design mark with encoded date of 6th December 1849, made by W T Copeland, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1849+, (1851+)
the small printed mark inside the blue circle on the plate back was introduced only in 1851, making the actual date of manufacture around two or more years after the date of registration
the small printed mark inside the blue circle on the plate back was introduced only in 1851, making the actual date of manufacture around two or more years after the date of registration
