These are two exceptional early platters made by William Taylor Copeland in famous Indian tree pattern. They had impressed Copeland mark, that dates the pieces between 1850 and 1866.
The platters are hand painted. You can see the strokes of the paint.
The bigger platter is 13" by 10 1/2", the smaller one is 11" by 8 3/4".
These are really extraordinary pieces. It is impossible to be seen on the picture, but when the lights touches the brown of the platter it changes and looks like gold, or like silver, or like copper. I haven't seen anything like that on antique piece.
They are in very good condition with no chips, crack or crazing. There could be some small flaws consistent with age and use.
Exceptional collector’s piece. Would have a place in any china collection.
When this plates were made:
Abraham Lincoln takes office as the President of the United States.
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick has been published. He would like to see people lower their conceit and look for happiness and meaning in the small things.
The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin is published. In the South complaints arise that the novel is exaggeration. In the South, owning a copy of the book is made illegal.
he British arrive in lower Burma and bring opium from India for sale to the Burmese.
Louis-Napoleon is declared Emperor Napoleon III. He would like to create a dynasty. France is no longer a republic. It is called the Second Empire.
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia goes to war against the Ottoman Turks over what he sees as his right to defend Orthodox Christians in Turkey and in Jerusalem
In London, construction of the Clock Tower (Big Ben) is finished.
The Supreme Court of the United States rules that African Americans, free or slave, are not citizens and have no recourse in federal courts.
The Second Opium War ends.
The Crimean War ends
Charles Darwin has been sitting on his Origin of the Species for 21 years. He has it published.
Rabbits are brought to Australia, which will produce an ecology disaster.
The Frenchman Victor Hugo has his historical novel Les Misérables published.
In the United States the first paper money is issued.
In London, the first underground (subway) passenger system opens.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is founded.
There is a long list of companies that produced Indian Tree patterned wares over the years.
This is a piece of history that everyone will be proud to have.


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