Featured Please help me identify this porcelain plate

I thought this plate quite interesting but could not find the mark (see last photo), nor do I know what country it is from, or age. It ranges from 8 3/4 to 9" across. Also, can you see what the image is? It took me a long time to see it, but maybe you will see it right away.

 

Hi, it's a porcelain mark from Greiner & Son I believe.

http://www.steinmarks.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=stein207


Penned mark, dated 1850 - 1897. It was withdrawn after 1897 due to complaints by Meissen.

 

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

 

Looks like a shrimp.
I think it is meant for seafood.

 

I see a butterfly....not good eating that I know of though

 

@clutteredcloset49 That's what I thought for a couple years but something was strange about it, and then I saw what it really is. Look again!

 

Yes! And the butterfly is doing what?

 

@Jaena
After you told me to look again.
I saw the moth and thought Cabbage Moth. It doesn't look like the ones I found on the net. However, there is a White Cabbage Butterfly.

So it's a salad plate
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=white+cabbage+butterfly&FORM=HDRSC2

 

Should add that it's a pretty plate. I like it.
@kyratango might like it even though it's not jewelry.

 

It looks like the butterfly is chowing down on a flower.

Jaena, I have your avatar on one my the shelves in my family room. Gorgeous, isn't it? Daisy and button is one of my favorite patterns. It reflects a lot of light.

 

@clutteredcloset49 - Yes, I think butterfly with a somewhat strange body. I have no idea if it was meant to be used or was made as a decorative plate. Glad you saw the butterfly!

 

@ola402 - Yep, you got it! What do you think the other veiny type designs are - like above the head of the moth?

Oh, and yes, I love the daisy and button pattern too! I have one for sale and I cannot understand why it hasn't been snatched up yet.

 

I think it's just the artist's idea of the stems and leaves that would be holding up the flower. I love this type of plate, when there's something going on with it that's a little different, not just a flat plate. Very nice.

 

@ola402 - You are probably right - leaves. That makes the most sense! I kept thinking trees, then leaves, then trees. But you have settled me on leaves. Thanks!

 

@Jaena
I think it is a flower with leaves behind it.



Gerbera Daisy?

 

@clutteredcloset49 - Yes, I really think that's right! Thanks for your artwork on the photo! That will really help others see what we are talking about. And wow! You even have a terrific suggestion for the flower species - Gerbera Daisy. How did you find that? I am so impressed!

 

Thanks for mentioning the art work now I am on the same page

 

Funny, I found these few majolica that are similar.

 

The flower looked similar to a daisy, but the leaf was wrong. I'm still not convinced it's a gerbera daisy. The leaf on the plate still appears to be a lot broader.
Maybe @Ownedbybear will know.