Is Aynsley bone china all hand painted?
Wife thinks cottage garden dish has decals.
Though I'm not familiar with this manufacturer, there is a way to tell if the painting is actually a decal. Older decals were made with dots of color. If you take a magnifying glass and look at the painted surface, if it is dotted, it's a probably a decal. Also, you can usually see a ridge close to the edge of the decal.
It really irks me when I go into an antique store and I can see clearly that the piece they are selling as "hand painted" is really only hand decorated, ie... a decal with some hand applied gold work, enamel, or something to that effect.
See my website for some beautiful hand-painted china: http://www.porcelainartist.net Click on the gallery page and a slide show will come up. Hope this helps.