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⭐ INAUGURAL YEAR + DIFFERENT MATERIAL — Wedgwood BLACK BASALT Mother's Day Plate from 1971, the FIRST year of the Wedgwood annual Mother's Day series. This isn't jasperware — it's black basalt, Josiah Wedgwood's other signature stoneware (developed in the 1760s, BEFORE jasperware), and considered the most prestigious of all Wedgwood materials. Beautiful matte-on-matte central scene of a seated mother with her cherub child, surrounded by a hand-applied GILT (gold) laurel-and-berry border — the gold leaf detailing is what elevates this above the standard 1971 black basalt version. SPECS: • Approximate diameter: 6.5" (standard annual plate size) • Approximate weight: 9.2 oz • Material: Black basalt stoneware (NOT jasperware — different process and collector niche) • Pattern: Mother and cherub figural relief + 'Mother' cartouche, gilt laurel rim border • Backstamp: WEDGWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND / 71 (impressed; '71' = 1971 year code) • Date: 1971 — INAUGURAL YEAR of the series HISTORY: Black