Remarkable Majolica Bamboo and Basket dessert or salad plate circa late 1800's. This hard to find plate has a wonderful basket weave pattern with bamboo flowers and is approximately 7.75 inches in diameter. This plate is in good condition with no nicks, chips or cracks, there is a very fine crazing but no flaking of the glaze, and some light use marks only seen in reflective lighting. There are couple of brown pin point marks on the center edge of the plate as shown in the pictures. The back shows some staining and has some type of circle markings as shown in the pictures also. . We have seen this pattern attributed to Banks & Thorley, but haven't seen these markings attributed to them. You can find a picture of a cup and saucer of this pattern in the book The Collector's Encyclopedia of Majolica by Marian Katz-Marks.
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