Scully & Scully New York Vintage Whimsical Nonsense Botanical Plates Box of 6

Six decorative porcelain plates made exclusively for Scully & Scully of New York, with each plate bearing that mark on the back. Referred to as "Nonsense Plates", featured artwork by Edward Lear(1812-1888) the artist and author. Lear is well known for his nonsense art, stories and poems After his death in 1888, all of these botanical drawings were published in a collection of their own, Nonsense Botany (1888). Each one of these 6 salad plates feature one of Lear's silly plants along with its comical scientific name using binomial nomenclature in full color. The plants chosen for these plates are: Phattacia Stupenda
Tigerlillia Terribilis
Manypeeplia Upsidownia
Shoebootia Utilis
Piggiwiggia Pyramidalis
EnKoopia ChicKabiddia. These plates were made in Japan and are no longer made. Comes with original box Approximate Measurements: Diameter: 7.34” Condition: One owner, gifted to me as a wedding present, I used two of the plates a couple of times, they are in new condition.