Shallow and deep Pompei plates

The rims of porcelain plates are adorned with dark brown bands featuring geometric (meander motif) and floral patterns. On the back, there is a seal of a lion underneath which there is an inscription: TRADE MARK and a band with the inscription POMPEI below which is the abbreviation TR & P. The manufacturer is English, from Burslem, and operated between 1873 and 1883.

This type of decoration was popular at the end of the 19^th century and was produced by many other manufacturers. It is, in fact, typical transferware pottery, as evidenced by the parts of cracking and clumsy rendition of the design.