I am pleased to offer a Portmeirion Botanic Garden 1997 Christmas plate that carries the recently retired Blue Passion Flower or Passiflora Caerulea flower. The plate is in mint condition and is a 8 inch salad plate size.

Christmas plates were produced during the 1990's and discontinued at some point. I am not sure which year was the first or last.

A nice plate for serving Holiday chocolates!

(Please excuse any white areas in the left side Holly border that are only glare from photo lighting.
The laurel is complete and perfect in person.)

The Passion Flower was an original 1972 dinner plate motif and retired recently in 2003. The long lived design was based on a William Clarke illustration in the 1835 antique botany book Moral of Flowers by Mrs. Hey.

Size	8-1/2" across
Transfer	Perfect and colorful without fading or flaws
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Very shiny and bright with no crazing or other glaze flaw seen
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	A perfect Holiday item for the Botanic Garden collector!

The bottom is marked with a Crest ID backstamp.

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