Description: Lot of Blue Willow (4)Dinner plates and (2) saucers. The dinner plates are 10" in diameter and the saucers are 5 1/2 in diameter. Normal wear for the age of the plates. One dinner plate has a small discoloration mark on the bottom rim. Another plate has a blemish on the rim. Please see photos. Made in Staffordshire England. Interesting story of the inspiration for the Blue Willow pattern. So the story of Blue Willow goes that once in ancient China, there lived a rich mandarin, whose beautiful daughter was betrothed to a wealthy old merchant. Her affections, however, lay elsewhere – on her father's poor but handsome secretary. When their secret meetings were discovered the girl was imprisoned in her father's pagoda. From there, she concealed messages in coconut shells and floated them downstream to her lover. The mandarin, sensing something was going on, hastened the wedding arrangements, but the secretary and daughter promptly eloped. In a small boat, right in the middle of the sea, the mandarin caught them. In his parental wrath he was about to beat them to death, when divine intervention caused them to turn into a pair of turtle doves. The mandarin, his plans foiled, returned to his pagoda, whilst the turtle doves flew freely above.
Price: 39 USD
Location: Portland, Oregon
End Time: 2024-10-10T19:37:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Churchill
Pattern: Blue Willow
Origin: England
Product Line: Willow Blue
Type: Dinner Plate
Color: Blue
Material: Ceramic
Set Includes: Dinner Plate, saucer
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
