Wedgwood is famous for its Jasperware first made by founder Josiah Wedgwood in 1759. The company went on to create transferware in the early 1800s. The process involves engraving a design on a piece of copper using a special ink, then transferring the design to paper. Next the paper is pressed onto the pottery and the piece is fired to fix the design on the ceramic.

This plate is an authentic old piece of Wedgwood’s Peoney (yes, it’s spelled this way, not Peony) transferware pattern in brown. The original Wedgwood Peoney pattern is printed in brown with no other colors. This is a “clobbered” plate, meaning it has added color painted over the glaze. The original Peoney pattern was first made in the first decade of the 1810s. The color was probably added after 1950 when styles became colorful.