I am happy to present a mint Portmeirion BG crescent dish featuring a Barbados Cotton Flower or Gossypium Barbadense motif. The crescent dish shape was retired several years ago and is no longer available.

This dish is especially rare because it is in the discontinued Variations pattern. Crescent dishes in Variations, usually accented with sprigs of Forget-Me-Not and/or Rhododendron, were never made for the general Botanic Garden catalog. It was made for sale exclusively at Portmeirion's factory store in the UK and has an oval green 2nds ID mark.

The dish is in mint clean condition with no flaws or crazing and no indication that is ever was used.


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 three flower heads which is one of the last arrangements before the flower was retired.

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Size	4-1/2" high in the middle and 8-3/4" across at the bottom
Transfer	Perfect and colorful without fading or flaws
Ground	Very white
Glaze	Very shiny glaze and no crazing or other glaze flaw found. The bottom is ridged and unglazed.
Chips/Cracks	None
Stains	None
Use Marks	None
Other Comments	An excellent retired and hard to find Cotton Flower Variations crescent dish!

The bottom carries a oval 2nd's ID mark. This ID can mean a quality second, but is also used on samples or one of a kind items and I bought it with another dish marked 'sample'. I do not see any flaws on this nice dish. The dish style was never offered in Portmeirion's normal catalog.

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