Saucer & Plate Shapes, Styles & Designs

Hi! this week I would like to share with you the different Shapes, Styles & Designs for saucers & plates. As far as shapes go, you will find that most saucers are the typical "round" shape, but wait! There are other shapes out there! Not as many as I have shown you with the cups & cup handles & for that reason I decided to share some of the different styles & designs you may find as well! Lets get started!

This Shape is called - Apollo

This Style is called - Art Deco (Swirl)

This Design is called - Basket weave

On this piece the inner rim displays a design

 resembling the weave used in making baskets.



This Design is called Beaded trim,

also referred to as "Jeweling", a term from the Victorian

era meaning "raised dots" or raised area of designs.



This Style is called - "Bowl" or "Deep Dish".

The edges of this saucer are curved upward,

giving it a bowl like appearance.

This Style is called - Coupe.

 This style does not have a pronounced rim. Coupe style

 pieces feature a concave body style that is similar to a contact

lens & they do not display an indent in which the cup would set.



This Shape is called - Dainty

This Shape is called- Dodecagon

This Shape is called - Elite

This Design is called- Embossed

In this design the edge or rim has a decorative raised

area forming a pattern or design in the body of the rim.

This Design is called- Encrusted

In this design the Gold is applied in a thick

layer that is slightly raised, like a crust on a pie.

This Design is called - Filigree

Filigree is a lace like ornamental work of Gold or Silver.

This Design is called- Floral

This Shape is called - Flower

This Design is called- Fluted

In this design the pattern consists of parallel

grooves, which are semicircular in profile.



This Style is called - Gold Trimmed

This Design is called -Greek Key

The "Greek Key" is referring to the design on the rim.

The Pattern on this piece is called "Indian Tree"

This Shape is called - Hexagon

This Design is called - Latticework

In this design rows of crisscross clay is used in order to

form an open diamond shape area on the rim of the piece.

This Shape is called - Leaf

This Design is called - Middle Design

In this design the rim is a solid color & the art

work is solely displayed in the center of the piece.

This Shape is called - Multi-sided



This Style is called - No Rim

In this Style there is no pronounced rim.

This Style is called - No Trim

This referrs to the lack of gold or platinum

 on the exterior rim of the saucer or the plate.

This Shape is called- Old Chelsea

This Shape is called- Old Staffordshire



This Shape is called - Oval (or Egg)

This Design is called - Paneled



This Style is called - Platinum trim



This Shape is called- Quadrilateral

This Style is called- Restaurant

This style is made out of earthware which is a thick,

strong & generally heavier in weight than most pieces

& can withstand extreme temperature & daily usage.

This Style is called - Rimmed

In this style the saucer or plate is typically flat & has a

 distinct edge which ranges in width from 1- 1/2" to 2-1/2"

This Design is called- Rope

In this design the the area around

the rim resembles a rope like pattern.

This Design is called - Scale

In this design the pattern resembles the

scales found on fish & some reptiles.

This Shape is called - Scalloped

This Shape is called- Smooth edge

This Shape is called- Spiked



This Shape is called - Square

This Style is called- Verge

In this design there is a point at which the rim ends

& the center portion of the saucer or plate begins.

This Shape is called- Yorktown