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GREATEST EXPO RARITY!! 1851 CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION HUGE PORCELAIN PLATTER!!!

GREATEST EXPO RARITY!! 1851 CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION HUGE PORCELAIN PLATTER!!!

$ 792

Availability: 100 in stock

Restocking Fee: No

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Modified Item: No

Year: 1851

Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

Condition: SERIOUSLY JUST SHY OF PERFECT CONDITION!! NEAR MINT WITH NO FRONT SCRATCHERS AT ALL (PROBABLY NEVER USED!!) ONLY ONE MINOR MANUFACTURE FLAW ALONG FRONT LEFT BOTTOM CORNER NO HARM (EXPECTED IN THESE VERY EARLY SOFT PORCELAIN PLATES USUALLY QUITE A FEW BUT ONLY ONE IN THIS MARVELOUS PLATTER!! ) - HAS SOME VERY MINOR (HARDLY WORTH MENTIONING) LIGHT WEAR ALONG FEW OF ITS EDGES - TWO TINY AND SURFACE HARD TO FEEL FLAKES ALONG SIDE EDGE NO HARM AND ONE 1/2 INCH SLIVER FLAKE ALONG LEFT UPPER CORNER ALSO SO SURFACE AND THIN ALMOST CAN'T FEEL IT NO HARM - SOME MINOR CRAZING IN SPOTS ON BACK NONE ON FRONT - ABSOLUTELY NO CHIPS OR CRACKS OR DAMAGE WITH RARE PERFECT EARLY TRANSFERWARE PICTURE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND OUTER EDGE ART!! (SEE PICTURES)

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

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TRULY THE RAREST & GREATEST EXPOSITION PIECE TO COME UP FOR SALE IN MANY YEARS!! AND FROM THE RAREST AND EARLIEST AND 1ST OF THE FAMOUS WORLDS FAIRS!! 1851 CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION HUGE 20 X 16.5 INCHES TURKEY PORCELAIN PLATTER CENTERPIECE SOUVENIR STRAIGHT FROM THE EXHIBITION IN LONDON!! MADE BY THE FAMOUS EARLY PORCELAIN FACTORY IN GLASCOW, SCOTLAND "R. COCHRAN & CO" THEIR "ROYAL" FINE QUALITY LINE OF PORCELAIN. HAS THE COMPANIES LOGO ON BACK WITH THE QUEENS ROYAL "COAT OF ARMS" WITH THE WORD, "EXHIBITION" ABOVE IT. ALSO ONE OF THE FINEST "TRANSFERWARE" PICTURES KNOWN ON ANY PORCELAIN PIECE FROM THIS "CRYSTAL PALACE EHIBITION WORLDS FAIR"! VERY CLEAR DETAILED PICTURE OF THE "CRYSTAL PALACE" ON OPENING DAY SHOWING THE QUEENS CARRIAGE, THE QUEEN BEING THERE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN ITS DOORS IN AN "OPENING DAY CEREMONY". TRANSFER PICTURE IS A VERY DARK BROWN IN COLOR. IF YOU WANT THE GREATEST SOUVENIR PORCELAIN PIECE IN EXISTANCE FROM THIS VERY ELUSIVE RARE 1851 EXHIBITION (IT'S SAID THAT ANY SOUVENIR PIECE FROM THIS 1ST WORLDS FAIR IS ALMOST NON EXISTENT!!) THEN THIS IS THE PIECE!! NEVER HAS BEEN EXHIBITED OR FOR SALE ANYWHERE GUARANTEED!! COME STRAIGHT OUT OF AN OLD ENGLISH FAMILY COLLECTION. ONLY FOUND ONE OTHER PLATTER IN AN AUSTRAILIAN MUSEUM. TRULY FOR ONLY THE FINEST OF PRIVATE OR MUSEUM COLLECTIONS!
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