It is good to hear from you! Robert Copeland's book SPODE'S WILLOW PATTERN and Other Designs After the Chinese has Appendix 20, pp. 180-181 that gives the "Pattern Numbers for the late 19th and 20th century versions of Chinese Landscapes". 1/2140 is the number for blue willow with grasshopper border (not the standard blue willow border). Pattern number 2173 is not in the list; however, that does not mean that it isn't also a Copeland/Spode pattern number. When I was doing research for articles and my book on British Willow pattern, I contacted Robert who went back to the pattern books and found some more pattern numbers that were applicable to willow-type patterns. 1/2151 is one of the pattern numbers he found later that is for cobalt blue willow with grasshopper border. Pattern 2140 is for an azure blue.
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