Soup plate, stone china, decorated with 'New Pearl' pattern, a mauve printed oriental scene in centre and another repeated in cartouches on the rim; back, impressed and printed factory marks and printed royal arms and registered design mark with encoded date of 14th June 1865, made by G L Ashworth and Bros, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, c1867
this design ware registered by the Hill Pottery Co of Burslem, whose printed mark has also been appropriated by Ashworths, presumably after the Hill Pottery's closure in 1867
this design ware registered by the Hill Pottery Co of Burslem, whose printed mark has also been appropriated by Ashworths, presumably after the Hill Pottery's closure in 1867
