SAMPSON HANCOCK & SONS, manufactory founded 1857, Pair of plates with Far Eastern motif of a flowered branch in a vase

English faience (with craquelure underneath), enamel black, colorful enamel decoration, stencil (print), gilt;
rubbing and minor loss of black background in mirrors, rubbing of gilt on edges;
height 2 cm, diameter 22 cm; signed (both plates) in brown print: semicircular: CORONA WARE / closed 2-part crown surmounted by a cross / rolled at the ends with a banderole inscription: SHANCOCK & SONS / STOKE ON TRENT / ENGLAND / OBAN (design name), gray-black enamel: H
England, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Sampson Hancock & Sons pottery manufactory (1912-1937), ca.1930.
Shallow plates with a wavy rim, with a colorful motif set off from a black mirror background: on a greenish cluster, a vase with flowered cherry branches (?) standing on a three-legged base; colorful decoration with a partially visible printed stencil outline.
Vessel with the trade name Corona Ware, with Oban pattern (introduced from about 1912).