The Wedgwood marked Hibiscus pattern is in the database on a blue-printed plate with border, item #9955. Compared side by side, it is easy to see that the flowers are different, and the real Hibiscus pattern does not have all those white leaves in amongst the dark green. The center circle is the biggest clue. The brown-printed pieces (eBay egg stand and database teapot) have round white circles in the center with a solid brown background and an undulating white line in the narrow border whereas the Hibiscus center has tiny white flower shapes on a finely dotted background. It also has a scroll pattern in the narrow border. But the eBay seller may never have seen the actual Hibiscus pattern by Wedgwood, so we need to give her the benefit of the doubt. The pattern on her egg stand is difficult to see with the large holes in the piece. I am certain that the same unknown maker produced her egg stand, with ochre line at the edge as printed the teapot in the database #9915 with the TCC assigned name Exhuberant Flowers.
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