A few examples of appraisal values for
FLOWERS OF THE WORLD PLATES

• 5PC COLLECTIBLE PLATES,
  5PC COLLECTIBLE PLATES, FLOWERSLovely combination of mini plate collection sets (2) & Garden Treasures collection featuring beautiful floral designs. Irises and Peonies 1404A, Orchids and Hydrangeas 1152A, Luminous Bouquet A1745. Mini plate sets include original Bradford Edition boxes. Dimensions of boxes: 10"L x 5"W x 10"H. Includes Certificates of Authenticity. #bradford #plates #floral #collectibles Artist: Lena Liu Issued: 1995 - 2000 Manufacturer: Bradford Exchange Country of Origin: USA Condition: Good.
• 8 ASSORTED DECORATIVE FLORAL
  8 ASSORTED DECORATIVE FLORAL PLATESDecorative plates of various floral designs. Bradford Exchange Erin Dermer Zanobia Pickard
• Set of Twenty-One Royal
  Set of Twenty-One Royal Horticulture Bone China Plates Together with a Set of Twelve Wildflowers of the Southwest Porcelain Plates Estimate:$500-$700
• 5 POLYCHROME DELFT PORCELAIN PLATES
  5 POLYCHROME DELFT PORCELAIN PLATES Europe,18th-19th CenturyIncludes one plate decorated with yellow flowers, two plates decorated with flower vases, and a pair of Asiatic plates decorated with landscapes.
• A blue and white pearlware plate
  A blue and white pearlware plate transfer printed flowers with pierced border 18cm (7.25") diameter and ten other small plates bowls and saucers
• PLATE. Asian early 20th century.
  PLATE. Asian early 20th century. Loosely depicted birds and flowering trees in blue and red. Hairlines. 9 1/4''d
• ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA"
  ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA" DINNER PLATESFive Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Dinner Plates , dated 1967-73, reticulated dentil border and central botanical paintings of various flowers, bases with green Royal Copenhagen logos, underglaze blue waves, pattern 20, shape no. 3553 and 3558, and initials ; TOGETHER WITH three "Flora Danica" dinner plates, dentil borders, dia. 10 in
• Assorted collectable plates. 21
  Assorted collectable plates. 21 pieces total. Includes 11 Franklin porcelain ''Flowers of the Year'' plates (10.75'') 8 French porcelain DeLimoge plates (8.75'') 2 porcelain Indian heritage plates (8''). All good condition in boxes. See images. Shipping weight 25 lbs.
• 5PC WS GEORGE FINE CHINA
  5PC WS GEORGE FINE CHINA COLLECTIBLE PLATES, FLOWERSFrom "Basket Bouquets" series; Orchids 9908C, Parrot Tulips 1778C, Hydrangeas 204A, Irises 13292A, Lilies 13709A. Limited Edition. Gilt accents. Includes Certificates of Authenticity. W.S. George backstamp. #flowers #lenaliu #basketbouquets #plates Artist: Lena Liu Issued: 1992 - 1993 Dimensions: 8.25"W x 8.5"H Manufacturer: W.S. George Country of Origin: USA Condition: Good.
• GROUP OF CONTINENTAL FLORAL
  GROUP OF CONTINENTAL FLORAL DECORATED PORCELAIN PLATTERS AND PLATESGroup of Continental Floral Decorated Porcelain Platters and Plates,
• ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA"
  ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA" DINNER PLATESFive Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Dinner Plates , dated 1967-73, reticulated dentil border and central botanical paintings of various flowers, marked with green Royal Copenhagen logos, underglaze blue waves, pattern 20, shape no. 3553 and 3558, and initials ; together with three "Flora Danica" dinner plates, dentil borders, dia. 10 in
• THREE ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA
  THREE ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA PLATESTHREE ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA PLATES Denmark, late 20th century, porcelain. Set of three (3) hand-painted, botanical motif bread plates, including "Euphrasia officinalis L.", "Dianthus deltoides L." and "Oxalis Acetosella var. coerules D.C.". Each 5.6 in. (14.2 cm.) Condition: Good condition, with original packing and boxes.
• Eight Continental floral plates a
  Eight Continental floral plates a muffin dish and cover and sundry decorative plates
• ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA"
  ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA" BREAD PLATESFourteen Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Bread Plates , dated 1968-83, dentil border with central painting of various flowers, bases with green Royal Copenhagen logo, underglaze blue wave, pattern no. 20, shaped no. 3552, and initials, dia. 5 5/8 in
• ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA"
  ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA" DESSERT PLATESTwelve Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Dessert Plates , with dentil border and central botanical paintings of various flowers, marked with green Royal Copenhagen logo, underglaze blue wave, pattern no. 20, shape no. 3551, and initials, dia. 6 3/4 in
• A pair of 19th century Chinese
  A pair of 19th century Chinese plates. Hand painted with flying birds blossoming flowers below a Willow tree. Diameter - 20cm
• Four Flora Danica Plates Danish,
  Four Flora Danica Plates Danish, 20th century, hand-painted floral decoration named verso, gilt sawtooth borders, all with wavy blue line Royal Copenhagen marks under glaze, each 9-3/4 in.,
• A Set of Twelve Royal Copenhagen
  A Set of Twelve Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Dinner Plates 1957 decorated with Geranium palustre L., Caltha palustris L., Dentaria bullifera L., Orchis sambucina L., Campanula latifolia L., Lathyrus sylvestris Oed., Brunella grandiflora Jacq., Narcissus Beudonarcissus L., Rhamus Frangula L., Arctium Lappa Miill., Anemone vernalis L. and Atropa Belladonna L., respectively. Diameter 10 1/2 inches.
• COLLECTION OF FOUR SETS OF EUROPEAN
  COLLECTION OF FOUR SETS OF EUROPEAN PORCELAIN FLORAL DECORATED PLATES, VARIOUS SIZESCollection of Four Sets of European Porcelain Floral Decorated Plates, Various Sizes,,
• 6 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA
  6 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA DINNER PLATES6 Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica plates, hand painted with botanical species. Gilt decorated beaded borders with serrated rims, marked on underside with pattern #20/3549. Measures 10"W.
• 6 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA
  6 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA DINNER PLATES6 Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica plates, hand painted with botanical species. Gilt decorated beaded borders with serrated rims, marked on underside with pattern #20/3549. Measures 10"W.
• FOUR ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA
  FOUR ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA PLATES Four Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica botanical motif plates comprising, two luncheon plates depicting Calluna Vulgaris Salisb and Myosotis Sylvatica Hoffm; and two dinner plates depicting Geranium Palustre and Trifolium Alpestre Mull, having maker's mark to underside, lunch marked 20/3554, dinner marked. 20/3549. Approximate dimensions: small diam. 8.75", large diam. 10.25"
• Salesman's Book of Fruit and Flower
  Salesman's Book of Fruit and Flower Color Plates Some refer to these as Nurserymen's books but this one folds into thirds and slips into a 7.25 x 10 in. leather case - clearly for travel. The 5.25 x 8.5 in. plates are glued back to back with a ribbon between them in groups of 3. The leather front has gilt Fruit & Ornamental Foliage. The marbled paper cardboard dividers are joined by fabric. The book contains 126 wonderful color plates of fruit flowers and trees most printed by J.W. Thompson & Co. (80+ plates). A few are by C.M. Search & Co. (17 and at least 2 more); a couple by Mensing & Stecher (2); some are unknown (23) because the printer information was trimmed off or in one case the page has torn across the bottom but probably represent one of these three companies all based in Rochester NY the center of fruit/flower color plate printing. Based on the working times of these companies the book probably dates between 1876 (when Thompson started) and 1886 (when Mensing died and the company became Stecher Litho. Co.).As demand changed or species were replaced often the salesman would paste a new image over the old one. This salesman did just that (and fortunately only glued across the top of the plate leaving the underlying plate nearly intact). Many of the plates have prices penciled at top (many were 25 or 50 cents or 3 for $1). Species that were apparently no longer available - many with others pasted on top - have "W" on them (for withdrawn?). The illustrated species [including the ones covered by newer selections]:Apples - Duchess of Oldenburgh Haas [covers Alexander (Emperor)] Dominie or Wells of Ohio [covers Huzzar] Red Bietigheiner [covers Nickajack and Emperor Russian] Salome [covers Stark and Czar of Russia] Walbridge [covers Late Russian] Red Astrachan Yellow Transparent [covers Rawle's Janet] Fameuse or Snow [covers Ben Davis] Grimes Golden [covers Laver] Baldwin [covers Mann] Walker's Beauty [covers Wealthy] Sylvan Sweet Whitney's Seedling Siberian Crab Dartmouth Crab Hyslop Crab [covers Van Wyck Sweet Crab] Martha Crab [covers Large Red Siberian] TetofskyPeaches - Hopkinsville Seedling Arkansas Traveler Missouri Mammoth Sallie Worrell Steadley [covers Governor Garland] Salway [covers Mammoth White Clingstone]Cherries - Large Montmorency Empress Eugenie Moore's Early May Early Richmond [covers Lieb] Toronto Louis PhilippePears - Bartlett Kieffer's Hybrid Flemish Beauty Clapp's Favorite [covers Frederick Clapp] Duchess D'Angouleme [covers Souvenir du Congress] Claywood's BeautyPlums - Weaver Mooney Louisa Blackman [covers German Prune] Lombard [covers Orange Quince]Quince - ChampionStrawberries - Sharpless Seedling Crescent Seedling James Vick New Strawberry-Big BobGooseberry - Smith's Improved Downing's SeedlingOther Berries - Gregg Raspberry Hansell (red raspberry) Snyder Blackberry The Marlboro (red raspberry) Fay's Prolific Currant White Grape CurrantGrapes - Niagara [covers Brighton] Lady Washington Moore's Early Pocklington Moore's Diamond [covers Vergennes] Empire State [covers Prontiss][Berry with name removed covering Rhubarb labeled as "Wine or Pie Plant"]Russian Apricot Elruge NectarineEverbearing Mulberry Russian Mulberry Lucretia DowberryFlowers:Clematis Jackmanii Perpetual Clematis-Henryii Perpetual Clematis-Gem Magnolia Acuminata Tartarian or Upright Honeysuckle Passion Flower [covers Rhododendron] Spirea Aurea Spirea Reevesii Althea-Variegated Leaved Hydranea Paniouls Grandiflora Variegated-leaved Weigela Calycanthus or Sweet Scented ShrubRoses - Greville or Seven Sisters Queen of the Prairies General Jacquemynot La France American Beauty [covers Perpetual White Moss] The "Bride" [covers Crested Moss]Trees etc.Kilmarnock Weeping Willow Weeping Mountain Ash Cut Leaved Weeping Birch American Sweet Chestnut Tulip Tree (2) [first covers Oak-Leaved Mountain Ash second covers White Leaved Weeping Linden Balsam Fir Norway Spruce White Pine Irish English or Swedish Juniper Hemlock Spruce Red CedarIn the mid-19th century a "horticulture craze" took hold in America particularly in the Upper Midwest. Although a boon for nurserymen and seed distributors it also became a target for conmen with complaints ranging from non-delivery of ordered products to inferior or misrepresented plants to inappropriate stock for a particular region. To attempt to gain some respectability back many nursery owners recruited and trained salesmen to represent their stock throughout the nation. This coincided with another craze - color plate illustration. D.M. Dewey in Rochester NY is credited with being the first to bring the two together and begin producing color plates of fruits flowers and other nursery stock that salesmen and store owners could show to potential customers. Dewey even printed a "training manual" for salesmen (1875) guiding them in what to show customers and how to entice them to purchase more than they originally intended (see Kabelac). For unclear reasons Rochester became the "hub" of printing these wonderful color plates as more printers and booksellers took up the business and the area boasted over half a dozen companies printing primarily if not exclusively these fruit and flower plates by the 1880s and 1890s.The techniques of printing these varied from the standard hand-coloring of lithographic plates to a combination stencil and hand-detailing. Eventually multicolor lithography (chromolithography) was introduced. A number of examples of this art form were included in the Amon Carter Museum exhibit "Stamped with a National Character" (and William Reese's accompanying book by the same title). Some printers offered large and small plates the former for store counter displays the latter for salesmen and even personal use. Other firms only offered one size. J.W. Thompson appears to have been one of the latter offering the small plates for sales books (Kabelac). The plates weren't cheap. Prices could run 35 cents or more each for large plates; ten to 15 cents each for small plates was not uncommon. Kabelac (1982) found ads for "cheap" books of 40 plates for $3.50; "regular" books of 70 plates sold for twice that - well over $100 today (according to some calculations) the price of a fancy "coffee table book."With the resurgence of interest in horticulture today these plates have historical appeal - we see the tenacity of favorite varieties as well as those which have fallen out of favor or even gone extinct. And the brilliance of the color and simplicity of design of these plates insures their esthetic appeal today and into the future.References:D. M. Dewey The Tree Agents' Private Guide: A Manual for the Successful Work in Canvassing for the Sale of Nursery Stock. (Rochester N.Y. 1875).Kabelac Karl Sanford. Nineteenth-Century Rochester Fruit and Flower Plates in The University of Rochester Library Bulletin. (Vol.XXXV 1982) pp.93-114.Lyon-Jenness Cheryl. "Planting a Seed: The Nineteenth-Century Horticultural Boom in America " Business History Review Vol. 78 No. 3 Autumn 2004.Reese William S. Stamped with a National Character: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books. New York: The Grolier Club 1999. Condition: The outer leather case has gotten wet and at some point probably mildewed. The tab for closure missing. The book of plates apparently was damp but does not show the damage of the case. The plates are variable some with minor surface soil or foxing one with a section of the lower edge missing. Overall however they are bright and attractive.
• Set of twelve hand decorated
  Set of twelve hand decorated plates: each with floral bouquets, pink and gilt borders, English or Continental, late 19th/early 20th century, 8-7/8 in. One with 1/2 in. rim chip.
• TWELVE FRANKLIN MINT FLOWERS OF THE
  TWELVE FRANKLIN MINT FLOWERS OF THE YEAR PORCELAIN PLATES, DIAMETER: 10-3/4 INTwelve Franklin Mint Flowers of the Year Porcelain Plates, Diameter: 10-3/4 in
• FOUR ROYAL COPENHAGEN 'FLORA
  FOUR ROYAL COPENHAGEN 'FLORA DANICA' PLATESmodern, with various date marks each with printed and painted marks each numbered 20/3550 each 8 3/4 inches diameter Condition:
• Six Meissen flower painted
  Six Meissen flower painted plates, circa 1880, 22cm diameter
• 12 Chinese famille rose plates:
  12 Chinese famille rose plates: birds and butterflies among flowering plants, eleven with celadon ground, all with blue seal marks, late 19th century. Private Collection
• A group of English ceramics
  A group of English ceramics decorated with flowers and leaves, comprising five plates, three cups and saucers and two jugs
• *A Set of Twelve English
  *A Set of Twelve English Porcelain Botanical Plates each of octagonal form centered with a polychrome foliate spray. Diameter 8 3/4 inches.
• A set of sixteen Nymphenburg
  A set of sixteen Nymphenburg plates, circa 1900, printed and painted with flower bouquets, 25cm diameter
• ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA"
  ROYAL COPENHAGEN "FLORA DANICA" DINNER PLATESThree Royal Copenhagen "Flora Danica" Porcelain Dinner Plates , dentil border and central botanical painting of flowers, two bases with green Royal Copenhagen logo, all with underglaze blue wave, pattern no. 20, shape no. 3599 and initials, dia. 10 1/8 in
• 12 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA
  12 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA DINNER PLATES Royal Copenhagen, 20th century. Set of twelve porcelain Flora Danica botanical motif dinner plates. Including Hieracium aurantiacum, Andromeda polifolia, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Cardamine pratensis, two Epilobium alpinum, Oxalis
• 12 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA
  12 ROYAL COPENHAGEN FLORA DANICA DINNER PLATES Royal Copenhagen, 20th century. Set of twelve porcelain Flora Danica botanical motif dinner plates. Including Hieracium aurantiacum, Andromeda polifolia, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Cardamine pratensis, two Epilobium alpinum, Oxalis
• A Set of Four Royal Copenhagen
  A Set of Four Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Porcelain Plates 20th Century Diameter 8 1/2 inches.
• SET (12) FLORA DANICA DINNER PLATES
  SET (12) FLORA DANICA DINNER PLATES Letter dated to 1961, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, gilt and polychrome paint decorated porcelain with reticulated rim, each plate painted with a different botanical, image titled in Latin verso, each with transfer decorated makers mark and blue underglaze wave insignia verso, 10"dia