Limited edition, 1971, parcel gilt and polychrome, featuring an outer edge of gilt florettes above a turquoise band, the plate centered with a coat-of-arms, produced to commemorate 2500 years of Persian monarchy. In original box.

10.75 in.

Estate Collection, Lincolnton, North Carolina

A SPODE COMMEMORATIVE BONE CHINA IMPERIAL PLATE OF PERSIA, LIMITED EDITION, GILT MAKER'S MARKS, 1971, the parcel gilt and polychrome enameled dinner plate with a gilt rim and conforming border of continuous florettes above a turquoise blue ground band of stylized tapering scales pattern enclosing the intricately detailed armorial shield of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, opposite an underside centering gilt Farsi text above English text "THE IMPERIAL PLATE OF PERSIA WITH THE APPROVAL OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI ARYAMEHR, SHAHANSHAH OF IRAN. THIS PLATE HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN 1971 IN A LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000 TO COMMEMORATE 2,500 YEARS OF PERSIAN MONARCHY." Diameter: 10 3/4"