Haviland Oyster
19th Century Haviland Limoges Turkey Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French turkey oyster porcelain plate with five white wells on raspberry pink ground
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Haviland Limoges Turkey Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French Limoges porcelain turkey oyster plate with five white wells and brown shells
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Haviland Co. Limoges Porcelain Red & Gold Oyster Plate Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland Co." Circa 1900.
Hand-Painted Red
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Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French CFH Limoges Porcelain Ivory & Gold Detail Oyster Plate Circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Charles Field Haviland" Limoges Porcelain Wave Pattern Oyster Plate Hand-Painted
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Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$345
H 1 in Dm 8.75 in
Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Porcelain Sea-Life Oyster Plate Circa 1880's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Porcelain Oyster Plate signed "Haviland & Co." Circa 1880's
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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12 19th Century Haviland Oyster Plates Aesthetic Movement
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is an unusual set of French Oyster plates with a true Aesthetic Movement Decoration. The
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Antique 19th Century French Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain, Paste
Antique French Oyster Plate, c. 1885
By Charles Fields Haviland
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Charles FIeld Haviland Oyster Plate, c. 1885
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique hand painted Charles Field Haviland oyster plate.
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Antique Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Turkey Pattern Hand Painted Haviland Oyster Plate.
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Antique 19th Century French Tableware
Antique French Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate, Cobalt and gold, c.1890s
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
French Oyster Plate Porcelain Sealife Haviland Limoges
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with sealife pattern (shells, seaweeds, fish
Category
Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Haviland & Company Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
The antique Haviland & Company Limoges Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate is a beautiful and collectible
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Antique 1890s French Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Porcelain Haviland & Co. Limoges Oyster Plate, circa 1885
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Porcelain Haviland & Co. Limoges oyster plate circa 1885-1895 with pale blue
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Antique 1880s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland Pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
Collector piece, mid-19th century famous Haviland Limoges porcelain oyster plate, with six oyster
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Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland Pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
Collector piece, mid-19th century famous Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, with six oyster
Category
Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland Pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
Collector piece, mid-19th century famous Haviland Limoges porcelain oyster plate, with six oyster
Category
Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 0.79 in Dm 8.67 in L 0.79 in
6 French Hand Painted Floral Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plates
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Big Flats, NY
A set of six French Haviland Limoges oyster plates feature hand painted floral motif, each plate
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Porcelain Oyster Plate "Haviland pour Gilman Collamore", 19th Century
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Paris, FR
Mid-19th century Limoges porcelain oyster plate
This colorful porcelain oyster plate has 6 cases
Category
Antique 1850s French Other Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 0.79 in Dm 8.67 in L 0.79 in
French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Crab & Turtle Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain Oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
Category
Antique 1880s French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Rare Cobalt Oyster Plate Signed Haviland Limoges, circa 1890
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French rare cobalt oyster plate signed Haviland Limoges, circa 1890.
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed Haviland Limoges Co., circa 1890
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French porcelain oyster plate signed Haviland Limoges Co. circa 1890 in turkey pattern with
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand Painted Sea Horse & Conch Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
Category
Antique 1880s French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand-Painted Sea Fan & Shells Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
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Antique 1880s French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Hand-Painted Sea Anemone and Fish Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A porcelain oyster plate with six shell shaped wells, each showing a hand painted sea life specimen
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Antique 1880s French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
H 0.75 in Dm 8.75 in
Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French haviland limoges oyster plate.
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted porcelain Haviland Limoges oyster plate.
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted porcelain oyster plate.
Category
Antique 1880s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Limoge Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Sea Life Haviland Limoge Hand Painted Porcelain Oyster Plate with Turkey Pattern Made For
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
CH. Haviland Limoges Hand Painted Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hand Painted jeweling C.F. Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate. The coloring is Cobalt Blue with Gold
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Antique 19th Century French Tableware
French Oyster Plate Porcelain Sealife Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-Century French porcelain oyster plate with sealife pattern (shells, seaweeds, starfish
Category
Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, "Turkey" pattern, made for Davis Collamore
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, "Turkey" pattern, made for Davis Collamore, signed
Category
Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, "Turkey" pattern, made for Davis Collamore
Category
Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Oyster Plate
By Charles Fields Haviland
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges C.F. Haviland Hand Painted Oyster Plate
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate, c.1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate, made for Burley and Company, c.1900
Category
20th Century French Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Set of 8 Haviland Coral Oyster Plates
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Rare set of 8 Theodore Haviland "Aesthetic Movement" hand oyster plates with 3 different
Category
Antique 19th Century French Dinner Plates
Antique French Charlie Fields Limoges Oyster Plate
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Charlie Fields Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate, Seaweed Design, c. 1900
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Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Thirteen Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plates
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form.
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Antique 1880s French Late Victorian Porcelain
French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th-century French porcelain oyster plate with turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
Category
Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
Category
Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
French Oyster Plate Porcelain with Turkey Pattern Haviland Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Austin, TX
Antique 19th century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.
Category
Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Oyster Plate, Turkey Pattern, Signed "Haviland Limoges"
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted porcelain oyster plate in a Turkey pattern signed "Haviland Limoges
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Oyster Plate, c. 1890-1900s
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Oyster Plate, Made for Maple Co. London, circa 1890-1900
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Antique 19th Century French Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1880
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted limoges porcelain presidential oyster plate in the original Turkey
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Antique 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Presidential "Turkey" Oyster Plate, Circa 1880.
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Limoges porcelain Presidential oyster plate in the original Turkey
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate in Blue Glaze
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate in blue glaze signed and
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Green Oyster Plate, circa 1890
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland & Company, Limoges porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed and made
Category
Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Rare Color Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate, circa 1890s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges oyster plate, circa 1890s. Rare color yellow.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1880-1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand-painted Haviland Limoges porcelain oyster plate, circa 1880-1890.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
French Porcelain Oyster Plate, Charles Fields Haviland Limoges, circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French porcelain oyster plate signed "Charles Fields, Haviland Limoges," circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880's.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Art Nouveau "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate with Hand-Painted Sea
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate in Red, circa 1890
By Haviland & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland & Company, Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed and made
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Antique 1890s French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 1 in Dm 9 in L 1 in
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French "Haviland & Co." Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1880s.
Hand
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Haviland Limoges Hand-Painted Porcelain Oyster Plate, circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges hand-painted porcelain oyster plate, circa 1890.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
H 1 in Dm 7.5 in L 1 in
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Haviland Limoges porcelain Turkey Pattern oyster plate, circa 1890.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Porcelain Oyster Plate Charles Fields Haviland Limoges circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French porcelain oyster plate signed "Charles Fields, Haviland Limoges," circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 1 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Antique French 19th Century Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed Haviland & Co. Limoges
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French 19th century hand-painted porcelain oyster plate signed "Haviland & Co. Limoges".
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Antique French Rare Yellow Color Haviland Limoges Oyster Plate, circa 1890s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French rare yellow color hand-painted Haviland Limoges oyster plate, circa 1890s.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland & Co." circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate Signed "Haviland & Co.," circa 1890.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Presidential Turkey Design Oyster Plate Signed "T. Haviland Limoges Co."
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique presidential turkey design oyster plate, signed "T. Haviland Limoges Co.," circa 1880.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Haviland Limoges Porcelain Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate circa 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French hand painted Limoges Porcelain Turkey pattern oyster plate signed, "Haviland & Co
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Antique Late 19th Century French Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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Haviland Oyster For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the haviland oyster you’re looking for. A haviland oyster — often made from ceramic, porcelain and gold — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer haviland oyster, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each haviland oyster bearing Victorian or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made haviland oyster over the years, but those crafted by Haviland & Co., Charles Fields Haviland and Limoges are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Haviland Oyster?
Prices for a haviland oyster start at $120 and top out at $4,500 with the average selling for $595.
Finding the Right Porcelain for You
Today you’re likely to bring out your antique and vintage porcelain in order to dress up your dining table for a special meal.
Porcelain, a durable and nonporous kind of pottery made from clay and stone, was first made in China and spread across the world owing to the trade routes to the Far East established by Dutch and Portuguese merchants. Given its origin, English speakers called porcelain “fine china,” an expression you still might hear today. "Fine" indeed — for over a thousand years, it has been a highly sought-after material.
Meissen Porcelain, one of the first factories to create real porcelain outside Asia, popularized figurine centerpieces during the 18th century in Germany, while works by Capodimonte, a porcelain factory in Italy, are synonymous with flowers and notoriously hard to come by. Modern porcelain houses such as Maison Fragile of Limoges, France — long a hub of private porcelain manufacturing — keep the city’s long tradition alive while collaborating with venturesome contemporary artists such as illustrator Jean-Michel Tixier.
Porcelain is not totally clumsy-guest-proof, but it is surprisingly durable and easy to clean. Its low permeability and hardness have rendered porcelain wares a staple in kitchens and dining rooms as well as a common material for bathroom sinks and dental veneers. While it is tempting to store your porcelain behind closed glass cabinet doors and reserve it only for display, your porcelain dinner plates and serving platters can safely weather the “dangers” of the dining room and be used during meals.
Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is stronger than ceramic because it is denser.
On 1stDibs, browse an expansive collection of antique and vintage porcelain made in a variety of styles, including Regency, Scandinavian modern and other examples produced during the mid-century era, plus Rococo, which found its inspiration in nature and saw potters crafting animal figurines and integrating organic motifs such as floral patterns in their work.
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