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I would like to know the age of this plate and why or what purpose was it made for. Any Ideals would be greatly appreciated. I am curious as to wheater it has a link to our navy or arm forces. Curiosity is running wild is it a 1 of a kind or commercially made?

Seems to be a contemporary/recent plate made to imitate plates exported from China in the 18th century that were painted with US and European scenes/heraldry/etc. This one has a false Qianlong era mark on the back that I'm not familiar with. Usually genuine plates like these were made as part of large dinner sets of maybe dozens of pieces. They didn't include reign marks. See: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ewpor/hd_ewpor.htm

Thanks rat for that wonderful link to the Met. That complete set made or Samuel Chase was really impressive. The more I get into this Chinese porcelain addition the more I want to know.
Thanks

The stamped mark reads 仿大清乹隆年, meaning made in the style of the time of the Qing QianLong emperor.

Thanks for translating this mark for me, I know so little about Chinese writing. Thanks for the insight

Practically brand new in imitation of Chinese export wares for North America in the China trade with the United States after the revolution. Mark reads "in imitation of Great Qing Qianlong reign."

Thanks for translating So this plate imitating works Done during the Great Qing Qianlong reign. Would you say that the painting on this plate is of poor quality?

The design on your plate is decorative and is a modern interpretation of the motifs (American eagle/stars/garlands) that graced the 18th and 19th century export wares destined for the U.S.

Not commemorative of any event. U.S. coat of arms not factually represented. The plate is a recent production made for the "tourist trade".

When you said recent and tourist trade, What comes to mind with me is President Nixon's trip to China in 1972 and Henry Kissinger trip to China. Does that mean that the plate could be as old as 45 years old, or younger than that?

By recent, it could have been made this decade and probably was. It is sometimes impossible to accurately date a piece of porcelain made within contemporaneous times.

Quite a lot of faux Americana was produced in China in order to get a piece of the market action spawned by the USA's bicentennial celebration in the 1970's.

Here are links to a related forum thread.

Best regards,

Bill H.



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