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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 3637027, member: 12007&quot;]In my opinion, the decorative art aesthetic movement in the UK is as I stated, post 1870&#039;s and regarding the Japonisme plate, that was made for mainly the British and possibly colonial (Canada, Australia) market, definitely not the Asian market. The blue plate, however, would have had no appeal to the sensibility of the typical Victorian British household so that would have be an export piece, for sure. I don&#039;t think it would have any appeal to the Asian market as the design is pretty weird with that oddly drawn character - all I can imagine is that it was made in limited quantities possibly for a British company trading in the east, maybe for use in the staff canteen. </p><p>More than likely the Chinese character would have been drawn properly when the design was ordered but the British workmen producing the pieces had no idea what it was and interpreted it as best they could, not knowing the dimensions or even which way was up. A pretty rare plate IMHO. There can&#039;t be too many of these floating around, there was probably just one service made. No-one would order this TWICE! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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