I am pleased to offer a Botanic Garden salad plate in the Eastern Hyacinth or Hyacinthus Orientalis motif. This Hyacinth plate displays the insect version used after 1985 and the flower petal color is more of a blue vs. the original version which is green.

It is in very nice condition with no signs of use, shiny glaze, and no crazing. It is new, but without a UPC tag and came from a boxed set without tags on each piece.



The Hyacinth motif was an original 1972 flower on salad plates and still remains in production today. There is also an Oriental Hyacinth listed in Portmeirion's Botanic Garden catalog and shows this motif as retired in 1985. As far as I can tell, they both have 'Eastern Hyacinth' as the common name and 'Hyacinthus Orientalis' as the latin name. In 1985 there was a color and insect arrangement change. The older version (called Oriental) has a more green while the newer (called Eastern) has a more blue flower. Both motifs are based on an image found in a 1824 botany book, The Universal Herbal by Thomas Green.

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Size	8-1/2" across
Transfer	Very bright, shiny, colorful, and no fading
Ground	Very white
Glaze	The glaze is very shiny and there is NO crazing
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	Excellent opportunity to add the newer version of Eastern Hyacinth to your collection!

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