Osier pattern
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In tableware the Osier pattern is a moulded basket-weave pattern in delicate relief used round the borders of porcelain plates and other pieces of flatware. It originated in Germany in the 1730s on Me
A version of the third type "New Osier", known as "Brandenstein-Relief". Modern plate.
Lao ricebasket; the sort of weave imitated in the first "Sulkowski" type
Wicker fence with the sort of weave imitated in the "old osier" pattern
Frankenthal porcelain imitation of the "old osier" pattern, with minimal vertical bands
Coppicing
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Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a stump, which in many species encourages new shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the
Coppice stool shortly after coppicing
After one year's regrowth
Recently felled chestnut coppice near Petworth in West Sussex
Old hornbeam coppice stools left uncut for at least 100 years, Coldfall Wood, London