I have a Wedgwood plate that I could use some help dating. The plate shows very intricate floral patterns around the perimeter and an Asian scene as part of the central image. There are a couple of figures that appear to be Japanese to me. There is also a lake with some boats and a small town/city that has been highlighted in yellow in the background. The marks on the back of this plate are many. There is a 3 line mark in blue showing: “Wedgwood ~ Etruria England ~ Made in England” There is an impressed mark that reads “Made in England” above another string of impressed letters that I cannot decipher. There is the common impressed 3 part code – the first character is the month of manufacture and looks like a 3 (for March) – the middle symbol is the workman’s mark and looks like an M – the last character(s) are the year, and since this looks like a “Z” to me, it would mean either 1871 or 1897. Then, there is a mark that looks like the number 8 in a dotted like style. Next, there is a handwritten mark (above the glaze) in a reddish brown color that looks like “A4682, 19” to me. Finally, another stray blue mark (under glaze) that looks like either an M or a W.

Can anyone help me to decipher the markings on the back of this piece? I would really like to accurately represent the age when I go to sell it.

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Thanks in advance