Plate, The Apothecary #2
Item Number: P220
Item Shape: Soup Plate
Pattern Name: The Apothecary
Date: c. 1790-1800
Dimensions: D 9.75″
Maker: Bovey Tracey
Maker’s Mark: Impressed
Description:
A round soup plate. Printed in black in a line-engraved pattern with the TCC assigned name. The border is similar but not identical to the inner border printed in The Apothecary #01 in the TCC Database. The pattern is also nearly identical to that in The Apothecary #01, but this version includes one of two flying moths which are found in the original source print by Jean Baptiste Pillement shown here: 
The pattern can also be found in this collection in a printed and painted version on a reticulated dessert dish, see D39, and on a printed and painted version, see P254.
Condition: Good. There is a 4 inch hairline that has been professionally treated to stabilize it.
