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New color variant of a known pattern Posted by Anna on January 7, 2025, 8:27 pm Hi! I was thrilled when I recently acquired a partial service of Minton in the Denmark pattern. In the database the Denmark pattern is listed with the more common rust or orange color. In addition I also have one plate in the "Chrysanthemum" pattern also in blue. The diamond mark is quite clear on that plate so I am going to see if I can find it in the registered designs in the National Archive. I was just wondering if it would useful to add these variants to the database. It's such a wonderful resource! Cheers, Anna

Re: New color variant of a known pattern Posted by Anna on January 9, 2025, 6:37 pm, in reply to "New color variant of a known pattern " Hi Len! Would you like me to take a close up of one of the plates for the pattern record? I attached a picture of the registry diamond on the Chrysanthemum plate in case you can find it faster 🙂 Cheers, Anna

Re: New color variant of a known pattern Posted by Len on January 9, 2025, 11:44 pm, in reply to "Re: New color variant of a known pattern " Thanks for the picture of the diamond. Are you sure it's for the Chrysanthemum plate? This mark is for April 10, 1878 when Mintons registered the Denmark pattern. Yes, a closeup of one of your plates would be good to have, thank you!

Re: New color variant of a known pattern Posted by Anna on January 14, 2025, 2:06 pm, in reply to "Re: New color variant of a known pattern " Hi Len, I double checked and that is indeed the diamond mark found on the back of the Chrysanthemum plate. I can also see what you mean as the Denmark plate has the same registry diamond! I have attached the full image of the back of the Chrysanthemum plate and Denmark plate (easy to tell as it has the pattern name) along with a close up of the Denmark plate. What a mystery! I'm not familiar with how specific pattern registry entries are but I'm assuming it would be uncommon for such different patterns to be deemed one style? Perhaps a mistake was made and this explains how one Chrysanthemum ended up with a set of Denmark patterns? I'm very much enjoying learning all about these things and very thankful for your insights! Cheers, Anna

Re: New color variant of a known pattern Posted by Len on January 15, 2025, 10:27 am, in reply to "Re: New color variant of a known pattern " The simplest explanation is that a mistake was made at the factory. Mismarked patterns are not uncommon. Certainly two designs would not be covered by one registration. Most transfer patterns weren't registered at all so Minton's must have felt some special need with the Denmark pattern.

Re: New color variant of a known pattern Posted by Len on January 9, 2025, 4:26 pm, in reply to "New color variant of a known pattern " Hi Anna. A beautiful set! Sure, we can add this blue example to the pattern record. As for the registry diamond on your Chrysanthemum pattern, if you can't find it in the National Archives I can try to look it up for you.

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