Meakin plate, side plate and soup bowl, willow pattern

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Dinner for one: a plate, side plate and soup bowl made by J.&G. Meakin, decorated with the willow pattern. This trio is unusual in that the decoration is green, whereas the vast majority of willow pattern ware is blue. Condition good. Size (diameter): plate 243 mm; bowl 205 mm; side plate 186 mm.

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The legend behind the pattern

No one knows the exact origin of the Willow legend. Some say the Willow pattern legend was invented in England over 200 years ago to promote sales of Minton's original willow pattern derived from an older Chinese design. ... Others say the legend was told in China more than a thousand years ago and brought to Europe from Eastern lands by the Crusaders. Regardless of the origin, the story, with variations, persists.

The Romantic Fable: Once there was a wealthy Mandarin who had a beautiful daughter She had fallen in love with her father's humble accounting assistant, angering her father (it was inappropriate for them to marry due to their difference in social class). He dismissed the young man and built a high fence around his house to keep the lovers apart. The Mandarin was planning for his daughter to marry a powerful Duke. The Duke arrived by boat to claim his bride, bearing a box of jewels as a gift. The wedding was to take place on the day the blossom fell from the willow tree.

On the eve of the daughter's wedding, the young accountant, disguised as a servant, slipped into the palace unnoticed. As the lovers escaped with the jewels, the alarm was raised. They ran over a bridge, chased by the Mandarin, whip in hand. They eventually escaped to the safety of a secluded island, where they lived happily for years. But one day the Duke learned of their refuge. Hungry for revenge, he sent soldiers, who captured the lovers and put them to death. The Gods, moved by their plight, transformed them into a pair of doves (possibly a later addition to the tale, since the birds do not appear on the earliest willow pattern plates).

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_pattern

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