Asiatic Plants service

I'm thinking of buying parts of a large dinner service. It's green
transfare ware but I don't recognise the mark: asiatic plants, written
in a picture of a leaf. Does anybody out there know who manufactured
this and when? Thanks a lot.

Jessica V....

Both shown in blue transfer, Replacements Limited shows two patterns by
this name, one with an unidentified manufacturer.

servies...

thanks Jessica, the one with the unidentified manufacturer is indeed
the one, except for the colour.
If even THEY don't know the manufecturer....

Kris Baker...

How about posting a clear image of the mark? (Upload the image
to your webspace and give us the URL.)
The leaf itself may be the clue.

servies...

I do have a picture, but i dont now how to show it to you.
i don't have a website, so i dont have webspace...

Kris Baker...

Most ISPs give you some personal space so you can share photos.
If xs4all doesn't, you can use one of the free photo host services
(photobucket, web-search's Picasa, etc).

servies...

hi kris, tried that!

hope that someone out there knows something about the mark and pattern

Kris Baker...

Forgot. Here's a list of Replacement Limited's "Asiatic...." patterns.
If you want to play around with those links, and found pieces of your
shape, you might ID the manufacturer and some matching pieces.

Kris Baker...

Hmmmmm. For some reason, I expected to see part of the
pattern (as shown on the Replacements site) repeated as the
mark. But I don't see that at all.

I don't see this design as part of any manufacturer's backstamp,
either.....so I'm wondering if it's a "tag" from a transferware
sheet, that was used to identify the pattern itself (rather than
the manufacturer). Transferware patterns were often produced
by various companies throughout the years.

I still think you should buy it. In green, it's beautiful. Are there
enough pieces available to make a set, or display? Even if you
had to fill-in wth compatible patterns or plain pieces, you'd
certainly have something wonderful.

I found something interesting in my "marks" book, that relates
to the marking. if the pattern name appears, the pieces were
made after 1810. The example given is "Asiatic Pheasants",
which sounds like a companion pattern to your "Asiatic Plants".
I'm guessing that your pattern was produced between 1810
and about 1870, due to no other information appearing on
the backstamp.

Wouldn't that be an interesting display, to find the various
"Asiatic ........." patterns in your color? (At least I like to have
things done like that, kinda matching but not really.)