This item was purchased in the 2000s along with other Milan-pattern plates, coffee cups & saucers, etc. Like the other products, it has been a decorative item (or perhaps a display piece?) in the china cabinet for over twenty years. My husband and I are both getting older, and we are organizing our belongings as part of our end-of-life preparations. If anyone is interested in this item, please feel free to inquire. The Narumi Milan series (blue) items listed over the past few days are likely ours, and we have written about the Bone China Milan series, so please take a look if you have the time.