April 25, 2024
BLUE WILLOW - Single Light Switch Plate - Love Story Theme
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If you are into love stories this BLUE WILLOW Switch Light Plate will help to fullfill that feeling. Offered is a single light switch in the Blue Willow Pattern that measures a standard 4 1/2" high by 2 3/4" wide. It is brand new and never used. The piece is a heavy porcelain with a makers mark on the back that I can not identify. Included is a description of the story and link for it. Great piece! /bluechina.htm " THE STORY OF THE BLUE WILLOW CHINA " Long ago, in the days when China was ruled by emperors, a Chinese manderin, Tso Ling, lived in the magnificent pagoda under the branches of the apple tree on the right of the bridge, over which droops the famous willow tree, and in front of which is seen the graceful lines of the fence. Tso Ling was the father of a beautiful girl, Kwang-se, who was the promised bride of an old but wealthy merchant. The girl, however, fell in love with Chang, her father’s clerk. The lovers eloped across the sea to the cottage on the island. The mandarin pursued and caught the lovers and was about to have them killed when the gods transformed them into a pair of turtle doves. These are seen gazing into each other’s eyes at the top of the design. A lengthy and old Staffordshire poem of the pattern concludes with the verse: "In the oft quoted plate two birds are perceived, High in the heaven above: These
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