I am pleased to offer a Botanic Garden original Oatmeal Bowl featuring the Canterbury Bells or Red Star motif. The Canterbury Bells is one of the original six oatmeal flowers, retired in 1978, and also one of the four that did not have an assigned name.

The bowl is very shiny with a perfect transfer and shows few, if any, no signs of use. As common on Botanic Garden pieces made in the 1970's, this bowl has very clean and hard to see crazing. Please be sure to look below to see a full deescription.


The Canterbury Bells flower was one of the four original oatmeal motifs, introduced in 1972 and retired early in 1978, that did not have a Latin name printed next to the common name. The other three unnamed oatmeal motifs were retired in the same year. The design was inspired by an image in the 1840 botany book La Flore des Dames by A. Jacquemart.

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Size	About 6-1/2" across the top and 2" high
Transfer	Excellent, no fading, and colorful with no flaws
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Nice shiny glaze everywhere. There are several patches of VERY CLEAN and hard to see crazing. Unfortunately, most bowls of this age do have crazing. With crazing, dishes should be used for serving dry foods only.
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None, except for a very very minor stacking marks from another item stacked on top. Mentioned only to make a complete description.
Other Comments	A nice original Canterbury Bells oatmeal bowl in exceptional condition!

Below is a generic photo (with a Crest ID) of a Botanic Garden oatmeal bowl to give you a better idea of the bowl's shape.

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The oatmeal bowl is marked on the bottom with a 1st Trophy backstamp used from 1972 until about 1978.

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