Antique W.T. Copeland & Sons Chinese Plants Plate Aster - eBay (item 350060554917 end time May-22-08 10:19:40 PDT)

This is a beautiful Antique Plate in the "Chinese Plants" pattern by W.T. Copeland & Sons (William Taylor Copeland). The plate measures 10" in diameter and is in excellent condition with NO chips, NO cracks and NO repairs. The nicely beaded rim shows traces of original gilt striping and is marked on the underside with an impressed "COPELAND" over a crown. Please take a moment to look at the photos and feel free to email me with any questions that you may have. Be sure to check my other listing for mates to this plate as well as other listings for antique and vintage items which I will be listing in the coming days. Thank you for your time and best of luck with your bids!!! ****Note: This plate predates the copies done by SPODE for the "Blue Room Collection" and the current production of the same pattern (now called Aster) which is a pink print and coloured underglaze also by the SPODE factory.****

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