I am pleased to offer a retired Botanic Garden Cotton Flower (or Gossypium Barbadense) pin dish. The Cotton Flower motif has been changed often over the years and this item carries the very first version also found on the original oatmeal bowls.

It is in super condition with shiny glaze, beautiful transfer, and no signs of use. As common on older Botanic Garden, there are three very short and hard to see lines of crazing on the inside wall.


The Cotton Flower was originally used in 1972 on oatmeal bowls, then on bread and butter plates in 1976, and finally retired in 1988. The motif was based on an antique 1830 botany book Flora Conspicua by Richard Morris and William Clarke.

The Cotton Flower has gone through several different insect arrangements over the years. Also, there are varieties with one, two, three, and four flower heads. This item has the original version with one flower head and is identical to the arrangement on the original oatmeal bowls.

During the late 1970's and early 1980's, Portmeirion used a numbering system on some motifs. This item has a green number 4 near the bottom of the flower.

Size	4-1/2" across
Transfer	Perfect, very bright, and colorful without fading or flaws
Ground	Very white
Glaze	There are three short lines of very clean crazing on the inside wall only. Almost impossible to see. It has excellent shiny glaze with no other glaze flaws seen.
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None, there are no scratches or other indications of use
Other Comments	A mint Botanic Garden pin dish with an excellent original retired Cotton Flower!

Seen on the bottom, the mark is a Susan Williams-Ellis Trophy ID backstamp.

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