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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 191632, member: 59"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> My Copeland/Spode India Tree set (inherited from my great aunt who used it every Thanksgiving) is the "rust with green leaves" colorway - S280!</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the OP's pieces - if you look at all the Coalport Indian Tree types on Replacements, it's easy to overlook the "Beaded" variety, but it's there and second on the list alphabetically. Beaded edge, slightly undulating (not fully scalloped and not exactly round shape.) Their closeup picture of the beaded detail looks like it might have been very slightly painted right on the outside edge and not overlapping the beads, or that might just be an enhanced "shadow" in the picture to emphasize the beads. hard to tell. BUT - getting back to the butter pat, shown above - that center design is absolutely India Tree, no two ways about it. As is the inner border with the "honeycomb." I know there are no painted flower sprays around the edge, but there is no room for them on such a small item. Variations due to item size are a fact of life in china - more detail vs. less detail, more upright vs. spreading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now - they don't show a butter pat in this version on Replacements, but they do show one "cup" (not a demitasse) and the handle is more angular than the plain C shape on this one. Could be another one of those size-influenced variances or something else. Impossible to say at this point, unless we can find another source with more piece illustrations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 191632, member: 59"]:D My Copeland/Spode India Tree set (inherited from my great aunt who used it every Thanksgiving) is the "rust with green leaves" colorway - S280! Back to the OP's pieces - if you look at all the Coalport Indian Tree types on Replacements, it's easy to overlook the "Beaded" variety, but it's there and second on the list alphabetically. Beaded edge, slightly undulating (not fully scalloped and not exactly round shape.) Their closeup picture of the beaded detail looks like it might have been very slightly painted right on the outside edge and not overlapping the beads, or that might just be an enhanced "shadow" in the picture to emphasize the beads. hard to tell. BUT - getting back to the butter pat, shown above - that center design is absolutely India Tree, no two ways about it. As is the inner border with the "honeycomb." I know there are no painted flower sprays around the edge, but there is no room for them on such a small item. Variations due to item size are a fact of life in china - more detail vs. less detail, more upright vs. spreading. Now - they don't show a butter pat in this version on Replacements, but they do show one "cup" (not a demitasse) and the handle is more angular than the plain C shape on this one. Could be another one of those size-influenced variances or something else. Impossible to say at this point, unless we can find another source with more piece illustrations.[/QUOTE]
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