I am happy to present a Portmeirion Birds Of Britain 7 inch bread and butter plate featuring the Cirl Bunting or Emberiza Cirlus bird. This plate is ringed with a Green Band, retired many years ago. Green band plates are now difficult to find.

This plate is either a reproduction or Portmeirion found a stash of some old green band plates. The UPC sticker is dated to early 2008, however, green band items have not been made almost 20 years. The ID mark on the back is a smaller lime green 1794 Donovan backstamp with a faint X scratched through it. While it is officially a 2nd, I do not see any quality issue or factory flaw that would indicate the quality is less than the best. The plate is in remarkable condition with no flaws, crazing or signs of use and the green band is perfect!


Green band accents on Portmeirion items were discontinued many years ago due to production problems. The Bird Of Britain series currently uses an Acorn pattern.

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The Birds Of Britain pattern illustrations were taken from the 'Natural History Of British Birds' by Edward Donovan which was printed in 1794.

Size	Approximately 7-1/4" across
Transfer	Perfect, bright, very colorful with no flaws noted
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Very shiny glaze with no crazing or other glaze flaw found
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	A hard to find 'new' Birds Of Britain bread and butter plate!

The ID Mark is a lime green 1-1/4" by 1-1/4" standard 'E. Donovan 1794' ID similar to the one below. It is a reproduction piece. There is a 2nd's X scratched through the mark, but I do not see any flaws at all on the dish.

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