VTG 9" Carolina Turtle Dove Plate by National Audubon Society Alfred Meakin

Vintage 40's Decorative Hanging Bird Plate, Audubon Carolina Turtle Dove Beautiful Alfred Meakin, England Plate #17 Columbia Carolinensis plate depicting Carolina Turtle Dove reproduced from The Elephant Folio Edition of Audubon’s Birds of America. Endorsed by the National Audubon Society New York. Made in Tunsdall, England The series of plates were made in the 1930s and early 1940s. This plate depicts a Carolina Turtle Dove, and the decoration is transferware and the colors are bright, crisp, and vivid. The luncheon-sized plates have a subtle embossed floral and vine perimeter. The plate is properly hallmarked. Dimensions: 9" in diameter Rim is raised about 3/4" Materials: porcelain, ceramic, Very Good Condition, no cracks, no chips, some appealing crazing from age. (Please see pics) INCLUDES Vintage Wired Hanger attached on back