Focus on this artwork and analyze the Plates.
All of the plates are painted on circular bone china blanks from Doulton & Co. of Burslem, Staffordshire, England, with twenty-four plates of each type.
All but the desert plates have scalloped rims, and all but the game plates and dessert plates are bordered with a gilt scroll and trellis design.
The soup plates each have a shallow bowl decorated with a historic Canadian landscape. 
The heraldic shield of the landscape's province is included on the border.
Clara Elizabeth Galbreaith of Hamilton, Ontario, painted twelve of the soup plates, and Phoebe Amelia Watson of Doon, Ontario, painted the other twelve.
The fish plates illustrate  Canadian freshwater and saltwater fish, shells and seaweeds.
Lily Osman Adams of Toronto painted eighteen of the fish plates, with underwater designs, and Louise Couen, also of Toronto, painted the other six.
The dinner plates show historic landscapes, and also include the heraldic shield of the province in the border design.
Margaret Irvine of Toronto and Martha Logan, originally from Hartford, Connecticut, each painted twelve of the dinner plates.  Margaret Irvine was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, sometime between 1847 and 1856.  She was the daughter of William Irvine and Jane Dignam, who came to Canada from County Fermanagh, Ireland, between 1846 and 1859.  The Irvine Family settled in London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
The game plates each depict a different Canadian game bird, and the borders are decorated with plants from the bird's habitat. 
Small maple leaf motifs decorate the rims.
Alice Egan of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was chosen to paint twelve of the game plates, and Elizabeth Whitney of St. Catherine's Street in Montreal to paint the other twelve.
They were asked to decide how they would divide the task. Alice wrote "I chose the ducks, or rather my father did. My father was afraid that other artists would paint the birds with deformed legs and wings, as they paid no attention to bird's joints.
Her father was a hunter, and she used his Audubon books as guides for her illustrations.The salad plates illustrate different Canadian ferns.
Justina A. Harrison of Toronto painted twelve salad plates and M. Roberts, of whom little is known other than that she lived in Toronto, painted the other twelve.
The cheese plates show Canadian songbirds.
Hattie Proctor of Toronto painted twelve of the cheese plates and Elizabeth Whitney painted the other twelve. Whitney also painted twelve game plates.
The dessert plates show wild or cultivated Canadian fruits.
Alice M. Judd of Hamilton and Margaret McClung of St. Catharines each painted twelve of the dessert plates.
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