Tobacco Leaf Dessert Plate mottahedeh-green-lace-dinnerware A small phoenix bird perches

A small phoenix bird perches on the leaves of the flowering Nicotiana (Tobacco) plant

This Queen Victorian pattern commemorates its 160th anniversary

Presented in a luxury gift box

The most fashionable tables in the early American Republic were set with blue and white “Canton" or “Nanking" wares

with its frieze of delicate palm and lotus leaves and symmetrical design

Tobacco Leaf Dessert Plate mottahedeh-green-lace-dinnerware A small phoenix bird perchesThis extravagant design was originally made in China, probably for export to the Portuguese and Brazilian markets. Of all the 18th century dinner patterns, this was the most highly prized. A small phoenix bird perches on the leaves of the flowering Nicotiana (Tobacco) plant. Twenty seven colors and 22k gold make up this pattern based on an original in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This pattern, one of the longest running patterns by Mottahedeh