Design for an Octagonal Plate

This design sheet presents a decorative octagon plate with a cream ground bordered by a geometric black and gold frame. Pink and purple flowers with green foliage form a wreath around the inner well, rendered in delicate watercolor. Produced by Noritake, the Japanese porcelain manufacturer with operations in New York, this pattern exemplifies the firm's export porcelain strategy during the Meiji period. Such designs were hand-painted onto ceramic blanks before firing, combining Japanese artistic traditions with Western tableware forms and decorative taste. The octagonal shape and botanical ornamentation reflect the era's embrace of Japanese aesthetics in Western markets.