I am happy to present a nice Botanic Garden Dinner plate featuring the pale version of the Honeysuckle or Pericylmenum Lonicera motif. The Variations pattern, created to compliment Botanic Garden, was retired several years ago.

There are two versions of the Honeysuckle. The 'dark' version has orange and yellow petals while the pale has lighter pink and peach colors.


The Honeysuckle was introduced in 1983 as a dinner plate motif and was retired in 1999. Toward the last few years of this motif, there was also a Pale version with yellow and peach colored flowers versus the brighter pink and orange flowers present on the original flower. Insect arrangements are different on each version as well. The design was inspired by an antique 1835 botanical illustration by William Clarke in the book Moral of Flowers by Mrs. Hey.

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Botanic Garden Variations pattern was introduced in 1990 and discontinued in 2000. All pieces feature a ring of Rhododendron and Forget-Me-Not and have a smaller version of the center BG motif. The backstamp is very complex as can be seen in the bottom photo.

Size	10-1/4" across
Transfer	Very bright and colorful with no flaws at all
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Very shiny glaze with no crazing or other glaze flaw seen
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	A nice minty Botanic Garden Variations Passion Flower dinner plate!

It is marked on the bottom with a modern 1st Quality oval ID mark.

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