Plate with Pattern Imitating Folk Embroidery

Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co, Hanley, Staffordshire, England. 1870-1880s

Underglaze transfer printing on ironstone ware.

Diameter: 27 cm.

Red underglaze mark in the form of a shield with diagonal inscription that reads “BWM&C”.

The shield is surrounded by the inscription “Moskow” and the Royal Coat of Arms.

Purchased from A.A. Izhorskaya in 1983.

Décor patented on 25 September 1868 under the name “Moscow”