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Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Stina Rosén on July 23, 2026, 12:02 pm Dear Transferware Collectors Club, I hope you don’t mind my inquiry. I have an unmarked Staffordshire transferware dinner plate (26 cm / approx. 10¼ inches) that I am trying to identify. The plate appears to be: * black transfer printed * hand coloured in pink/red and olive green * highlighted with gilt decoration * finished with a pearlware/lustre glaze * probably dating from about 1845–1860. The back has only impressed numbers, which appear to read either 9 over 63 (or possibly 89 over 6). There is no printed maker’s mark or pattern name. The central design depicts two Chinese figures beside a balustrade, presenting a vessel, with a third figure seated in a pavilion beneath a flowering tree. The border consists of large pink flowers with olive-green/black scrollwork and gilt geometric ornament. I have searched several pattern databases but have not been able to find an exact match. I wondered whether anyone might recognize the pattern or suggest a likely manufacturer. Many thanks for your time and expertise. Kind regards, Stina

Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Stina Rosén on July 25, 2026, 2:19 am, in reply to "Unmarked Staffordshire plate "

Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Len on July 25, 2026, 8:51 am, in reply to "Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate " Hi again Stina. Thanks for the pictures. Yes, this is the Tea House pattern. The impressed fractional numbers would indicate a date of manufacture of September 1863 for the plate itself - the pattern would likely have been applied not long after that.

Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Stina Rosén Fjällman on July 26, 2026, 11:19 am, in reply to "Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate " Thank you Len! Do you happen to know which Staffordshire manufacturer produced the Tea House pattern in September 1863, or is the maker still unknown? Kind regards, Stina

Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Len on July 30, 2026, 8:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate " As a number of potteries produced the pattern it's probably not possible to know which of them might have made this plate.

Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Len on July 24, 2026, 7:02 pm, in reply to "Unmarked Staffordshire plate " Hi Stina. If you're able to upload a picture of your plate that could help a lot as far as identification is concerned. The pattern sounds like it could be Tea House, which was made by a number of makers, but hard to be sure.

Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate Posted by Stina on July 25, 2026, 2:22 am, in reply to "Re: Unmarked Staffordshire plate " Hi Len, thank you, I forgot to attach the pictures, now it should be solved Kind regards Stina

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