Bristol or S J Kepple Pottery Soft Paste Porcelain Plates and Tazza. There are seven pieces for sale. This is quite a collection, and there is a whole variation of techniques on the plates. There is gilding around the rim and circling the flowers in the center. The rim has a blue transfer print of ivy. The flowers themselves have been handpainted. The flowers look like Pansies, Orchids, Irises, Passion Flowers and Chrysanthemums. They have been painted delightfully with a lot of detail.
Sometimes Bristol Pottery was marked with a blue cross, and it is said that this was in imitation of the desirable Continental pottery at the time. It is noted in [85] that Bristol pottery was reproduced in the early 20th Century in soft paste porcelain by S J Kepple of Bristol. (These plates seem to be in soft paste porcelain). The reference also goes on to note that these were sometimes marked with a cross and a date. Perhaps these are Bristol or Kepple pottery plates. Or perhaps you can help us identify them.

Some additional information: Here is an example of the blue cross which is on the back of two of the plates and the tazza. There is also the number 1871 on the back of the iris plate.

Width 23.2 cm