Antique Alfred Meakin Medway Decor All Blue Dinner Plate circa 1897 james california poppy It's fun to imagine what

It's fun to imagine what types of food might have been presented at the table on this pretty wonder of a plate

these same teacups are greeting similar

Mary Land (from the introduction)

The maker's mark has almost been completely won away but you can see very light reference to it if you hold the bowl at an angle towards the light

Antique Alfred Meakin Medway Decor All Blue Dinner Plate circa 1897 james california poppy It's fun to imagine whatNature gives to every time and season, some beauties of its own Charles Dickens {HISTORY} Created in 1897, this antique Alfred Meakin dinner plate hails from Tunstall, England. Decorated in the Medway Blue pattern consisting of flowering tree branches, butterflies and a decorative inner band with geometric flowers, this is one of the prettiest antique dinner plates we have ever seen. Hard to find, in single dish form, this beauty is a bit of a rarity