Rare Collector England Coalport "Bird of Paradise" Dinner Plate - pattern Y4788

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 Coalport Fine Bone China Made in England
Marks on back make it circa 1891
This is a very fine and absolutely magnificent dinner plate brought to you by one of England's premier manufacturers of fine bone china... Coalport..

The Bird of Paradise pattern is an old and extremely ornate pattern made by a number of China manufacturers, but none so impressively and intricately as this service from Coalport.... the detail and coloring in the pattern is simply magnificent and almost too intricate to describe accurately...
the piece is a clean white with multiple intricate and very very ornate borders, beginning with a heavily stylized outer rim border with three large medallions of florals in shades of gold, blues and greens and a center pattern of deep cranberry pink... golden yellow swirls and ornamentation encircle the intricate border, while inset cameos of light blue flowers with green leaves add to the overall design...
The outer border would be enough to make a wonderfully elegant plate, but this pattern goes even further with a central pattern of the bird of paradise sitting on soft green grass near a wonderful tree filled with stylized golden yellow flowers with green and blue leaves...the ornamentation and design are impossible to completely describe, and the photos tell the story of this magnificent design...
I've owned, purchased, and sold many wonderful sets of china, but I have to say that this one tugs at my
heartstrings and is very hard to part with... this plate comes to you from a wonderful Hinsdale Il estate where it was treated with the respect it deserves and is in almost new condition, although this is unlikely, given it's age...excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, or discoloration
The plate is marked with the older Green Coalport mark, as pictured 




Coalport ware has been made by the Coalport Porcelain Works of England from 1795 to the present time. Early pieces were unmarked. The Coalport factory probably made much of the unmarked Chelsea-grape ware. About 1810-1825 the pieces were marked with the name Coalport in various forms. Later pieces also had the name John Rose in the mark. The crown mark has been used with variations since 1881. The date 1750 is printed in some marks, but it is not the date the factory started. Some pieces are listed in Indian Tree. 


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