Wood Duck | My Portmeirion Collection

Osprey Platter:

The platters and large dishes in the Birds of Britain range are spectacular. This is the Little Egret, here on a 13 inch platter:

The Pheasant, 13 inch, here seen together with a trial pheasant plate:

The Barnacle Goose, 13 inch round platter, pictured in Sea Kale:

The Wood Duck on the beach:

The oval Wood Duck platter comes in two sizes, 15 and 13 inch:

The 15 inch Mute Swan:

The Fieldfare on the seashore:

The Osprey:

There are many beautiful oven dishes, platters and tureens in the Birds of Britain range, the Mute Swan, the Pheasant, the Common Sandpiper and the tureen with the smaller birds:

The Common Sandpiper is depicted on an oval dish:

The same bird can be seen on this lasagna dish, only now it is called the Snipe:

One bird, the same picture, two different names:

The outdoor pictures were taken on the beach near our home.

The Birds of Britain range was launched in 1977. The illustrations are from The Natural History of Britain by Edward Donovan, 1794.This is the small teapot with six cups:

On the tea pot is the Bullfinch, the cups have the Redpoll, the Goldfinch, the Blue Tit, the Redstart, the Robin and the Willow Warbler. Here is the same set seen from the other side:

On the tea pot the Nightingale, on the cups the Linnet, the Greenfinch, the Bearded Tit, the Sedge Warbler, the Great Tit and the Marsh Tit. The larger cups have the same birds:

The bird on the tea pot is the Hoopoo. The Roller is on the other side ot the teapot:

A sugar and cream set completes the teasets. You can see the Tree Creeper, the Willow Warbler and the Goldcrest on the sugarbowls. The jug has the Bearded Tit and the Blue Tit.