HAVILAND LIMOGES ~PRESIDENTIAL ~COBALT DROP ROSE PLATE

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STUNNING RARE MUSEUM QUALITY HAVILAND LIMOGES!!! "PRESIDENTIAL 7 1/2 INCH SALAD PLATE"*** "DROP ROSE #55 VARIANT PATTERN WITH COBALT AND GOLD TRIM" ***~LARGE PINK AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSES~ !!! This is a very rare and beautiful Haviland Limoges PRESIDENTIAL cobalt and gold trim drop rose salad plate. T were few of these pieces manufactured and most are in private collections or in museums. This pattern was sold to President and Mrs. McKinley in the year 1900 for their personal use. This was just one year before President Mc Kinley was assassinated. Because of this it is considered Presidential china and is refered to as "Presidential Drop Rose" It is undoubtly the most desired and rare drop rose pattern ever made. You will rarely see any of these china pieces sold on the open market. The pattern is called "Drop Rose" and is a variant of Schleiger #55 a Haviland classic. This fabulous pattern is highly sought by even the most advanced collectors. This salad plate is a medium/dark pink rather than the lighter dusty pink and is hard to find it has a high price valuation in all of the books. I have read about it but have not seen it pictured in any of the normal collector books. "Drop Rose" is one of the most elegant Haviland patterns ever made and a delight to the eye. This is the most unusual and beautiful of all drop rose patterns. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY EBAY STORE FOR MORE FABULOUS RARE HAVILAND LIMOGES AND SHELLEY CHINA PIECES"!!! CLICK & Visit My eBay Store: PANZY'S CHINA TREASURES OF LIMOGES THIS IS A FABULOUS PRESIDENTIAL DROP ROSE COBALT & GOLD TRIM SALAD PLATE AND A MUST HAVE FOR THE SERIOUS HAVILAND OR PRESIDENTIAL CHINA COLLECTOR!!! The colors of pinks, and greens with cobalt and gold trim on rich delicate Limoges porcelain gives this piece a most desirable look and is one you should want for your collection. It displays beautifully or can be used for special occasions should you be lucky enough to have a set of this extraordinary pattern.I believe this piece is on blank #4 which is one of the most beautiful of the Haviland blanks. The beautiful delicate salad plate has a faired shape indented in and out all around the plate. T is a delicate cobalt and gold trim around the outer rim of approximately 1/4 inch around the plate. Under the beautiful decorated rim is the fabulous drop rose decoration. T is one single rose dropping down from the wreath of roses with a special second wide gold decorated ring intersecting the dropped rose around the bottom inside the plate. In the center of the plate t is a golden starburst decoration. STUNNING RARE MUSEUM QUALITY HAVILAND LIMOGES PRESIDENTIAL DROP ROSE SALAD PLATE WITH COBALT & GOLD TRIM!!! ***BRIGHT WHITE SPOTS ARE JUST GLARE FROM THE CAMERA, NOT GOLD LOSS OR DAMAGE*** The trim on this piece has the cobalt on the rim with a gold weaved trim on it for about 1/4 inch and just under the trim is another golden design. The outside of the rim hase a full outer gold rim on them with the cobalt pattern under that. The entire inside cobalt trim is decorated in gold on and under it. This highlights the cobalt and gives all the rim edges the desirable double gold decoration. The design on this piece has the entire inner rims surrounded with large open pink American Beauty Cabbage Roses nestled in green foliage with a single rose dropping down towards the center of the piece. THIS RARE HAVILAND LIMOGES PRESIDENTIAL DROP ROSE SALAD PLATE IS FABULOUS EVEN FOR THE MOST ADVANCED COLLECTORS!!! This fabulous salad plate is an excellent example of the quality porcelain and work the Limoges factories are known the world over for. This fabulous salad plate is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or flakes and has little if any wear to the gold or pattern. Even the gold starburst in the center of the plate shows little to no wear. "Photos are slightly brighter than the actual item". It looks like it was almost never used. It is a fabulous quality antique fit for any collection or museum that fe... read more

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