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If your grandmother is throwing out a chipped piece of china stored for years in her china hutch, ask her, beg her, to let you take the piece.  With proper china restoration from an experienced and talented restoration artist, the platter can be a beautiful piece for displaying on a prominent shelf or in your own china hutch.

There are a few artists, such as Luba Sokolina, who specialize in china repair and porcelain restoration.  The techniques she uses are amazing resulting in invisible repair lines and museum quality restoration.

It should be noted that these repairs do not usually allow the owners to use the plates for meals. They are used for display/decorative purposes only. 

Perhaps that china platter was a gift from grandmother’s wedding so many years ago or it was the one bit of luxury she cherished, but knowing the history can make the piece so much more meaningful.  Having a professional restoration is definitely recommended for exceptional results.

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Centuries ago, when China was ruled by Emperors, a Chinese man lived in a beautiful pagoda under an apple tree to the right side of the bridge.   It is over this bridge that the willow tree drapes.   The Chinese man, Tso Ling, was the father of a beautiful daughter, Kwang-se.  It is this daughter who was the promised bride of a wealthy and old merchant.

But the story is complicated by the girl falling in love with Chang, the father’s clerk. The girl and young man eloped across the sea to the island cottages.  The father followed them and caught them.  He was about to have them killed when the gods saved the two by transforming them into a pair of turtle doves.  These are seen flying together at the top of the design.

The Blue Willow present form was originally designed in the United Kingdom in 1790 Caughley Pottery Works in Shropshire.