Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Decorative Ceramic

A Collection of Decorative Ceramic Plates Including a W. S. George Limited Edition Plate and a Niagara Falls Souvenir Plate - An assortment of decorative porcelain and fine china cabinet plates. The collection includes a limited edition plate from the On Gossamer Wings collection titled Monarch Butterflies by the artist Lena Liu. This piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity identifying it as plate number 8927G and bearing the hallmark of W. S. George, with a printed copyright date of 1987. The plate features floral and butterfly motifs in a soft painterly style and is fitted with a white-coated wire plate hanger. Also included is a souvenir plate featuring multi-coloured transfer-printed scenes of Niagara Falls, Canada. The central decoration includes depictions of The Canadian Horseshoe Falls Illuminated, the Floral Clock Queenston, and the Maid of the Mist Steamer, finished with a scalloped edge and a gilded rim. The group contains further plates, including one with a heavy gold-gilt filigree border on a white ground, and others with floral and figurative transfer designs. Several plates in the stack are fitted with white-coated wire hangers. Multiple orange adhesive labels reading 96 are applied directly to the decorative surfaces of several plates, and one plate bears a small white square adhesive label printed with the number 4.