I am happy to present a retired and unusual Botanic Garden dinner bell with gold stripe accents on the top of the bell base and handle. It was manufactured in 1986 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Woman's Weekly magazine.

This bell features the Forget-Me-Not or Myosotis Palustris flower. An attractive shiny blue butterfly and a green lady bug are the featured insects! It is in mint condition!

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The Forget-Me-Not flower is an original 1972 coffee cup motif and remains in production today. It was based on an illustration by William Clarke in Mrs. Hey's botany book,Moral of Flowers.

Size	About 4" high and almost 2-3/4" across the bottom
Transfer	Perfect
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Perfect and shiny, no crazing or other glaze flaw noted
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	The gold trim is perfect with no rubs or missing gold. The clanger is present and makes a nice ringing sound. A nice rare Botanic Garden special edition dinner bell!

There are two ID marks. One is the normal Botanic Garden Crest ID and the other is a special ID for the Woman's Day bells.

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The Crest ID, especially, is a little distorted looking because of the angle used to take the photo. In the upper right of the photo below, it looks like there is some shelf wear which is only a glitch of the camera. In person, there is no shelf wear and the bottom is very clean.

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