Plate, stoneware with transfer printed decoration, designed by Julian Roebuck, made by Honiton Pottery Ltd., England, ca. 1981.

Stoneware plate, circular with a deep, sharply angled rim and deep buff coloured glaze. The overglaze brown transfer printed design incorporates various symbolic motifs, a crown and the words "ROYAL WEDDING", "CHARLES & DIANA", "LOYAL GREETINGS FROM ROYAL ASCOT" and "29th JULY, 1981, ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON".

The designer, Mr. Julian Roebuck explained in a telephone conversation that this plate was one of a group made for Ascot and not of the original batch. He described the design as drawn in the style of the embroidery of Elizabeth I's reign, and explained the motifs as follows (clockwise from top): The Prince of Wales's Crown surrounded by a spliced rope (The Prince was married in a naval uniform). Scots thistle, Tudor rope, clover leaf, a flower resembling the scarlet pimpernel, copied from Medieval manuscripts, cornflower, as the Prince is the Duke of Cornwall, honeysuckle, representing one theory of the origin of the name "Honiton". A Welsh leek.

Below the crown is a love knot and below the word Diana are two perpetually interlocking rings implying that the rope within us is constant. At the bottom is a bunch of white heather and an upward horseshoe, both signifying luck. These motifs are surrounded by a chain composed of the initials 'C' & 'D' interlocked.

C.122-1982