Pudding plate, white earthenware, decorated with an overglaze sepia printed design overpainted in enamels, consisting of prunus blossom, a denticulated leaf, primroses, harebells, a butterfly and a bee, the rim lined in gold lustre; back, printed factory mark incorporating pattern number and printed registered design mark with encoded date of 22nd October 1874, made by the British Anchor Pottery Company?, 1874+ (1884+)
the British Anchor Pottery Company, apparently indicated by the abbreviation B.A.Py.Cy.Ltd which appears on the back-stamp, did not exist before 1884, though they may have acquired this design from an earlier source; the registration is not in Cushion
the British Anchor Pottery Company, apparently indicated by the abbreviation B.A.Py.Cy.Ltd which appears on the back-stamp, did not exist before 1884, though they may have acquired this design from an earlier source; the registration is not in Cushion
