Dr. Hall not only has vivid childhood memories of eating off blue-and-white plates at his greatgrandparents 'house, he was also born in a village near the little pottery town of Caughley, in the English county of Shropshire, the home of willow pattern. Thus he has always had a special affection for willow pattern ware.
霍爾博士不但有「在曾祖母家以青花柳葉盤用餐」的童年記憶，而且生長在柳葉盤的故鄉﹘﹘英國中部陶瓷小鎮科富裡附近，因此對柳葉盤始終有一份特殊的親切。