Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Majolica Turquoise and Gray Ground 'St. Louis' Pattern Oyster Plate
Date code WTL for 1882
Impressed uppercase mark and two small cyphers, puce painted D
Of lobed hexagonal form, the central well molded with a cluster of chrysanthemums, radiating six textured panels in alternating gray and turquoise, with sprays of flowering prunus branches and palm leaves, the shaped ochre rim with half flower heads at the joins. Diameter 9 1/2 inches.

Literature:
Majolica International Society, Karmason Library, no. KL001680 (second slide only).
Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989 and 2002, p. 75.

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

Hairline rim crack.

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