Twelve porcelain dinner plates in the style of Chelsea, each with a wide pink border overlaid with a gilt and floral design, the flowers adorned with cobalt blue centers. The center of each plate is hand painted in a polychromed and varying design featuring birds of paradise in landscape settings. Backs have gold anchor marks and painted inscriptions "Made for the House of Philip Oriel New York". 10-1/4" diameter. English, early 20th century. Note: The House of Philip Oriel was an antiques and reproduction company founded by Arthur Vernay in the early 1900s. It went out of business in the Great Depression. Condition: Light wear to gilding.