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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marie Forjan, post: 30820, member: 147&quot;]Interesting! Your photos sparked something, I searched through my records and found this I had asked about on ebay in 2008:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]7784[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]7785[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]7786[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the answer I got, I didn&#039;t record who posted the answer:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Your plate presents a bit of difficulty. It&#039;s nearly impossible to definitively ID majolica from photos--more so in some cases than others. I suspect that your plate is a more recent Chinese piece. The pattern is based on an old English pattern that I run across with some frequency in Victorian Greenware, a precursor to Victorian majolica that continued to be popular even after Victorian majolica made its debut. While the pattern is obviously based on the earlier English one, it is not exact. If you&#039;d like to compare, there&#039;s a photo of a greenware example in Bockol&#039;s book, Victorian Majolica on page 128. Nor have I ever seen the pattern done in anything other than solid green or solid cream. In addition, the base looks more modern to me than what I see on older pieces. The lack of a defined table-rim isn&#039;t something I usually see on old pieces. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>It&#039;s still quite a pretty plate, though, and I would think it should sell well as a decorative item.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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