American Atelier Willow Pattern Porcelain Dinner Plate

The item is a round porcelain dinner plate featuring the classic 'Willow' pattern, which typically depicts a romanticized Chinese landscape with a prominent willow tree, pagoda buildings, a bridge, and often a pair of doves or birds in flight. The plate is primarily white with the design rendered in a deep, consistent blue. The rim features an intricate border design that complements the central motif. The style is characteristic of transferware, a decorative technique that allowed for mass production of complex designs. The underside of the plate, which is white, bears a visible manufacturer's mark: "American Atelier" in a stylized script, followed by "WILLOW" and the numerical code "5231-20". Below this, the material is specified as "PORCELAIN", and care instructions indicate it is "OVEN DISHWASHER MICROWAVE SAFE", with the country of origin stated as "CHINA". There is also a small, circular maker's mark or symbol, possibly an emblem, near the top of the imprinted text. The plate appears to be in good condition with no visible chips, cracks, or significant wear to the glaze or pattern from the available images. Its quality is indicated by its specified characteristics as porcelain and its utility across various kitchen appliances, suggesting it is a durable and functional piece of contemporary dinnerware, rather than an antique collectible, given the clear manufacturing and care instructions.