I am pleased to offer a Portmeirion Birds Of Britain 10 inch pizza plate or platter featuring the Harlequin Duck or Histrionicus Histrionicus bird. This platter has a desirable green band which was discontinued long ago.

The platter is in excellent shiny condition with no crazing and is in very near mint condition with a few very, very minor signs of use. Please be sure to look below to see more photos and a complete description.


The Harlequin Duck was mostly used on dinner plates and not often seen on other shapes. The green band was discontinued early in the range due to production problems.

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The Birds Of Britain pattern illustrations were taken from the 'Natural History Of British Birds' by Edward Donovan which was printed in 1794. The entire range was retired several years ago.

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During the late 1970's and early 1980's, Portmeirion used a numbering system on some motifs. This item has a number 6 near the bird's name.

Size	A little over 10" across the top, just under 9" across the bottom foot, and a lip of about 7/8" high
Transfer	The bird motif is perfect and colorful The green band is an even grey-green color, without seams, rough areas, or other common problems that often plagued the green band pieces.
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Very shiny glaze overall with no crazing The bottom surface is unglazed and has several concentric rings for use in the oven.
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	Mentioned only to be completely accurate, there are a few VERY short, shallow, narrow and hard to see stacking marks from another item stacked on top. I could only see them looking sideways and closely under a bright. Very minor.
Other Comments	An excellent hard to find green band Harlequin Duck pizza plate for your BOB collection or table!

The bottom is marked with a 1792 Donovan Birds Of Britain ID mark.

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