Additional Image:

Shown here is a smaller 8.25 inch plate in the same pattern printed in a slightly deeper blue.  It is unmarked.
Shape Type
Dinner & Dessert Wares
Pattern Type
Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes
Date
1796-1801
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)
Maker
Wedgwood & Co

Maker's Mark:

Impressed
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Description:

An earthenware indented plate printed in blue with the Elephant and Howdah pattern, sometimes referred to as the Processional Elephant and Howdah pattern.  This pattern appears in the surviving W & Co Pattern & Shape Book. Based on the impressed WEDGWOOD & Co mark found on this plate, it was likely produced during Ralph Wedgwood's tenure at the Hill Pottery. For more on the Wedgwood &
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