sBrown transfer printing was possible almost as soon as underglaze transfer printing on earthenware was introduced in the late 18th century.  It continued to be made throughout the 19th century and while it was only a small part of the market in Britain, it seem to have been much more popular in America. In the late Victorian period brown prints were used extensively for patterns in the aesthetic style which grew out of the fashionable arts and crafts movement.

Soup plate made by W. H. Grindley & Co., Staffordshire with one of the designs from Grindley’s Daffodil Series which was registered on January 7, 1882