Tea plate, bone china, underglaze blue printed 'Japanese Crane' design, birds soaring and diving over ocean waves in the manner of a Japanese print; back, painted pattern number G 1688, impressed factory and date marks and printed pattern name, factory

Tea plate, bone china, underglaze blue printed 'Japanese Crane' design, birds soaring and diving over ocean waves in the manner of a Japanese print; back, painted pattern number G 1688, impressed factory and date marks and printed pattern name, factory and registered design marks, the latter with encoded date of 10th December 1872, made by Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1872+ (1876)
'Japanese Crane' and numerous other Minton designs were the work of Dr Christopher Dresser