“Cyprus” pattern platter by Brownfield & Sons decorated in shades of gold, rust and cobalt blue. Made c. 1878-1883, it has the potter’s pattern number 8899. The pattern covers the entire surface with exuberant stylized flowers, repeated around the center larger stylized flower. The border has a repeated overlapping leaf motif with small white dots in the spaces. The colors added to the transfer printed design would have been very expensive when they were produced in the early Aesthetic Movement. The pattern is also found printed in monochrome blue. A later version of the pattern by Doulton & Co. has a slightly different center petal design. William Brownfield & Son(s) operated in Cobridge, Staffordshire, from 1850 to 1892. This is pattern # 4471 in the TCC Database, the Doulton version is #6907. Photo courtesy of ebay seller pegpa.
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