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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dgbjwc, post: 3262397, member: 308&quot;]As janetpjohn suggested it&#039;s primarily transfer with a few bits of hand painted highlights.&nbsp; Usually if you look close you can see a few tiny flaws where the transfer didn&#039;t quite take correctly.&nbsp; In your last picture it looks like there are some examples of this in the branches and leaves.&nbsp; The best way to find the hand painting is sometimes to run you hand lightly over the surface of the plate.&nbsp; The hand painting will be felt as gentle ridges usually along the edges of the flower petals.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t feel those ridges then it&#039;s most likely the trim that qualified it as hand painted and the rest is all transfer.&nbsp; The surface of the blank was not perfectly smooth which is why I think you are getting that granular effect in your photos.&nbsp; It wouldn&#039;t be noticeable if it wasn&#039;t for the magnification.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pretty plate but typical for it&#039;s type.&nbsp; By the time your plate was produced the export boom was in full swing and cost cutting measures were in full effect.&nbsp; Any way the manufacturers could save money and time they used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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