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More generally, although Japanese images were popular, the genuine artefact or image was often misinterpreted or adopted at several removes from the original. The design of this transfer-printed pattern includes an owl, a bird not immediately associated with Japan.  However, the asymmetrical arrangement was generally recognised as in Japanese taste.  The design name, as marked in the reverse of the plate, is 'Andalusia'.  The irrelevance of name to pattern was  common in Victorian ceramics; indeed, relevance was extremely uncommon.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co. operated at the Cauldon Place works, Hanley, establised in about 1802 by Job Ridgway. By the 1870s the company was one of the largest in the area,  with over 1000 employees.  It made a wide variety of table and toilet wares in earthenware and porcelain, and ornamental Parian, eggshell porcelain and majolica wares, and it supplied both the British and Russian Royal families.","physicalDescription":"This white earthenware plate has transfer-printed decoration in blue with a pattern of fans and flowers with views of mountains, lakes, trees, and a fisherman, embellished with chrysanthemums and leaves in 'Japanese' style","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.","id":"A9051"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"White earthenware, printed","categories":[{"text":"ELISE","id":"THES48961"},{"text":"British Galleries","id":"THES48985"},{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AT7983"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"125E","id":"THES49214"},"free":"","case":"CA4","shelf":"","box":"17"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Plate","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Cauldon","id":"x31141"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1875-1885","earliest":"1870-01-01","latest":"1885-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"23.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 07/07/1999 by Terry","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Marked 'BWM & C ANDALUSIA'  with shield and badge surmounted by a crown 'S' printed in blue; 'BROWN WESTHEAD MOORE & CO 5' impressed","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8877"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Made by Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co., Hanley, Staffordshire\nMade in England","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Plate, made by Brown Westead Moore & Co, Cauldon Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, about  1875-85","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"chrysanthemums","id":"x30170"},{"text":"Trees","id":"AAT132410"},{"text":"Landscape","id":"x31100"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThis plate was highly fashionable in style, although it was inexpensively made for everyday use. The pattern was influenced by traditional blue and white ceramics from China and Japan and shows a mixture of Aesthetic design, with its asymmetric composition and motifs such as an owl, fans and Japanese chrysanthemums.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Plate\nMade by Brown Westead Moore & Co, Cauldon Place, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, about 1875-85\nMarks: 'BWM & C Andalusia S' printed, 'Brown Westehad Moore & Co 5' impressed\nEarthenware, transfer-printed\n\nC.216-1984","date":{"text":"23/05/2008","earliest":"2008-05-23","latest":"2008-05-23"}}],"partNumbers":["C.216-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"216","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LR0647","2019LP8876","2019LU9318","2019LV6321"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"1999-07-01","availableToBook":false}}