IT'S THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT ARE VITAL. LITTLE THINGS MAKE BIG THINGS HAPPEN. JOHN WOODEN

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Just like John Wooden's quote above, this antique platter made by East Palestine Pottery Company might be mini in size but it's big in color and personality. 

Started in 1890, the East Palestine Pottery Company was located in East Palestine, Ohio where it operated independently for over a decade before it was purchased by fellow area potter W.S. George in the early 1900s. With its slim window of production, East Palestine Pottery Company (also known as E.P.P.Co) pieces are fun finds for antique dishware collectors. The factory burned down under W.S. George's management in 1912, and although W.S. George was using both E.P.P.Co's production facility, dish patterns, and shapes upon acquisition, W.S. George marked all pieces with their own stamp beginning in 1904, so finding a piece with just an E.P.P.Co backstamp is both a treat and a treasure.

That detail aside, this 9" inch platter bears all the lovely hallmarks of a dish that has been traveling the world for 130 years. Light staining, crazing, and fading transferware marks add a lovely aged aesthetic, and three small chips on the rim on the back hint at some previous adventures. Each time-worn mark adds its own layer of story to the overall aesthetic, highlighting never detracting, from the pink and white rose bouquets, the scalloped edge and the gold splatter painted ends. Featuring an embossed edge and a fluted shoulder, the De Soto mark on back is often confused as a pattern name, but it is actually a dishware shape that includes many different patterns within the series. 

Bright and airy with a color palette that includes raspberry, sky blue and celadon, each floral arrangement features a unique bouquet. Influenced by the romantic Victorian era aesthetic, it is a lovely display piece in and of itself, but also looks really pretty with other mismatched antique dishware of the time period. 

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• Stamped on back with maker's mark and shape name
• Colors include milk, raspberry, amethyst, celadon, pine green apricot, sky blue, periwinkle, pale pink and dove grey
• Small size

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In lovely aged antique condition, this platter features light staining and light crazing on the front and there small chips on the back along the rim. The chips cannot be seen from the fan of the platter. The transferware is wearing in some areas as well as the gold along each end. There is a small black dot on the front near the bottom (largest) rose bouquet. this is an age-old nick that moist likely occurred over 100 years ago. Please see photos.

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Measures 9.75" inches (length) x 7" inches (width) and weighs 15 oz.