Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: 1790-1800

Dimensions:

  • Length: 7.25 in (18.415 cm)
  • Width: 7.25 in (18.415 cm)

Maker: Spode

Worker's Mark:

Painted

Description:

A molded pearlware dessert dish printed in blue underglaze in the Buffalo pattern with brown enameling on the rim. Line engraved. This pattern is also referred to as Boy on a Buffalo. Marked with a painted Spode workman's mark WMP5.  Reference Copeland, Robert.  Spode & Copeland Marks and Other Relevant Intelligence.  This pattern was one of the earliest to be transfer-printed on earthenware and was taken from a popular pattern found on Chinese export porcelains.

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