Plate, stone china, decorated with mauve printed 'Fern' pattern, a wide border of feathery leaves and flowers in reserve; back, impressed IRONSTONE and printed combined mark consisting of factory marks, pattern name and registered design mark with encoded date of 18th July 1864, made by Thomas Booth and Co, Burslem and Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1864+ (1868+)
Thomas Booth and Co was formed in 1868, four years after the registration of this design to their predecessors Evans and Booth, from whom Booth and Co must have inherited the pattern
Thomas Booth and Co was formed in 1868, four years after the registration of this design to their predecessors Evans and Booth, from whom Booth and Co must have inherited the pattern
