The Royal Collection – The Arabesque Plate
Code: IPTS-25£6.95
This exceptional plate design is taken from a Sèvres cup and saucer (goblet litron) dating from 1786. Painted on a rich gold ground, the colourful arabesques and dancing classical figures, which were inspired by Raphael’s loggia decorations in the Vatican, recall the Sèvres dinner service commissioned by Louis XVI of France in 1782. ©2008 H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Order six or more of the same design for £6.50 each.
Description
Designed in the UK, but nowadays probably manufactured elsewhere, these beautiful “tin” (in reality steel with an over-printed design) plates are ideal for your posh or not quite so posh picnics. So whether your taste is Glyndebourne or Henley, or the local beach or park these plates make fantastic re-usable and un-breakable picnic plates that are bound to set tongues wagging. Robust yet light and washable (if in a dishwasher on a gentle programme) and when the conversation flags can even be used as a Frisbee!
Alternatively if Al Fresco dining is not your biscuit then the plates are great for finger foods or simply as decoration. Until picked up, most people would not know these are not the original porcelain plates as used in some of the great British houses of centuries ago.
