Description:

An octagonal shaped earthenware plate.   This is an early example of printing in two colors.  The central pattern and outer border are printed in brown.  The inner border design of a string of flowers is printed in blue-green with a bluish wash added and blue and yellow colors painted in to create the interesting floral pattern.  A chemical analysis of this second underglaze printed color with a greenish blue hue would be necessary to make a final determination as to the exact makeup of this color. 

The plate is part of a set of dinnerware in octagonal shapes given the name Classical Figures.  Reference "The Wares of Ralph Wedgwood" by Minnie Holdaway,  ECC Transactions, Volume 12, Part 3, 1986, pp.255-264.  This version of Classical Figures with the inner floral border has been assigned the name Classical Figures and Daisy in the TCC Pattern and Source Print Database.

View a second example of multicolor printing by Wedgwood & Co.