Plate, possibly a dessert plate, white earthenware, decorated with brown transfer printed 'Hizen' pattern of mostly Japanese motifs, including a large central mon; back, impressed date mark, printed registered design mark with encoded date of 25th July

Plate, possibly a dessert plate, white earthenware, decorated with brown transfer printed 'Hizen' pattern of mostly Japanese motifs, including a large central mon; back, impressed date mark, printed registered design mark with encoded date of 25th July 1882 and factory mark incorporating pattern name, made by Brownhills Pottery Co, Tunstall, Staffordshire, 1882+ (1885)
the name 'Hizen' was also used for an unrelated relief-moulded pattern registered by Powell and Bishop in 1876 (a coffee pot is in the HCCMS collection); both pattern names refer to a province in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japans's main islands