Another possible source of the term could stem from porcelain plates made with a Blue Willow pattern that were used on railroad dining cars. In either case, “blue plate” was associated with ...

The original Willow pattern was created in 1780 when British potter Thomas Turner and engraver Thomas Minton combined a number of popular Chinese pottery patterns. By the early 19th Century, […] ...

A huge, spreading willow tree, probably 120 years old and evocative of the draping trees on willow-pattern plates, was the prompt for a Chinese-Vietnamese-Australian family buying a block on a ...

It isn't a matter of recreating the Willow pattern plate look, you can be as funky as you like with your blues. The combo of colours you choose will create a very different feel.

THE WILLOW PATTERN PLATE runs on Mondays through Fridays from 22 February - 24 March at 10:30, with additional shows on 27 February and 5 March at 17:00. Tickets, ranging in price from R60 - R80 ...