Insect Plates

This is a celebration of age-old crafts and treasures found in the Nymphenburg archives, and a celebration of the idea of having ‘options’ in design. The layout is designed by Jonger...

French Majolica Duckling with an insect plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement circa 1900.

French Majolica Duckling with an insect plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement circa 1900.

French Majolica Duckling with an insect plate Keller & Guerin Saint Clement circa 1900.

Step into the charm of an English garden with our porcelain plates, adorned with delicate hand-appliqué design of a dragonfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining ...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our porcelain plates, adorned with delicate hand-appliqué design of a bumblebee. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining ...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our porcelain plates, adorned with delicate hand-appliqué design of a butterfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining ...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our porcelain plates, adorned with delicate hand-appliqué designs of insects—ladybirds, dragonflies, butterflies, and bumblebees.

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a ladybird. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as ...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a butterfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a butterfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a dragonfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a dragonfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a bumblebee. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a bumblebee. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Step into the charm of an English garden with our ceramic plates, hand-painted with the design of a butterfly. Perfect as enchanting tableware to elevate your dining experience or as...

Meissen, plate, “Blaue Blume” pattern with insects. Plate from Meissen in the “Blaue Blume” pattern, decorated with blue floral motifs and insects in underglaze on white porcelain.

More than a dinner service, this remarkable ensemble is a hand-painted work of art, where every piece celebrates nature through an extraordinary variety of exotic birds, flowering br...

Albin’s insect plates are highly regarded by collectors of early natural history, entomology, and botanical illustration, and are equally prized by interior designers seeking authent...

Other companion natural-history and insect plates from Bertuch’s “Bilderbuch für Kinder” are also available separately.

Set of Three 19th-Century Continental Hand-Painted Porcelain Plates with Naturalist Fruit & Insect Decoration A captivating set of three finely hand-painted porcelain plates, dating...

PLATE 2 – INSECTEN LXXXV The companion engraving presents another fascinating selection of insects.

Three hand-painted porcelain plates with blue flowers and insects, gold rim. Early 20th century.

Heliconia with Insects – After Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 54 from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 19th-century lithograph Description: A fine 19th-century hand-coloured lit...

Meissen, Germany. Open lace porcelain plate. Hand-painted with a bird motif and insects, gold trim.

Meissen, Germany, three large deep plates. Hand-decorated with flowers and insects in blue. 19th century.

Meissen, Germany. Open lace porcelain plate. Hand-painted with a bird motif and insects, gold trim.

Four porcelain lunch plates. Hand-painted with floral motifs and insects in blue.

Meissen, Germany, porcelain plate hand-painted with floral motifs and insects.

Two antique b & g Bing & Grondahl plates. Hand-painted with butterfly and insect. Measures: 16.5 cm. 1860s-1870s.

Sets of nineteenth-century insect plates have become increasingly sought after by collectors, natural history enthusiasts, and interior designers.

When framed together, the prints form an impressive natural history display suitable for libraries, studies, offices, or interiors inspired by Victorian scientific aesthetics. Natur...

Heliconia with Insects – After Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 54 from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 19th-century lithograph Description: A fine 19th-century hand-coloured lit...

This finely matched pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel dishes, each measuring approximately 8½ inches in diameter, dates to the Meiji period, circa 1880 to 1890, and is attributed to ...

This Antique Victorian insect clip was created out of silver in the 1880’s. The silver wings are decorated with engraving. The insects body is set with an oval facetted stone. The in...

2 antique b & g bing & grøndahl plates. Hand painted with butterfly and insect. Measures: 16.5 cm. 1860 / 70s.

The lower part of the wings are made from large facetted polished steel elements also riveted to the brass baser plate. The insect is fitted with an articulated joint that has been r...

These plates beautifully illustrate the relationship between insects and their host plants, combining botanical accuracy with careful observation of insect life cycles.

The third plate shows insects associated with a flowering plant and a small branch bearing leaves and caterpillars.

The second plate (No. 79) presents insects associated with willow (Salix) and related hedgerow plants.

Each plate presents insects at different stages of development—caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult—placed in direct relation to their host plants.

The plate is titled “Insect. IV / Insectes IV” and presents six numbered insect subjects, together with two larval stages.

Works such as these were published in illustrated series that documented fruit species for gardeners, collectors, and naturalists, while also serving as decorative works of art for r...

Title: Antique Entomology Print, English Insects on Oak, Willow & Elm, Albin 1720 Description: A finely composed group of early 18th-century natural history engravings by Eleazar Al...

These plates represent some of the earliest systematic studies of British insect life, combining botanical observation with the detailed depiction of metamorphosis.

categories : Color photography, 20th. century, Archival pigment print, Still life, Insect, Nature, Dragonfly, Silver plate,

19th-Century Hand-Colored Lithograph of Insect Life Cycles – Moths, Bees, and Caterpillars with Host Plants This illustration is a detailed entomological plate showcasing various st...

([DNB][2]) Its engraved and hand-colored plates introduced young readers to animals, insects, plants, geography, science, technology, antiquity and cultures from around the world.

Equally appealing as a collectible sculpture, conversation piece or luxury gift, the caterpillar would suit collectors of unusual Italian decorative objects, silver and silver plate,...

The delicate firefly wings are beautifully inlaid with lapis lazuli, creating a vivid contrast between the deep blue stone and the reflective silver-plated surface. The insect rests ...

Palissy ware is a ceramic technique, named after the French potter Bernard Palissy, known for its realistic, high-relief depictions of nature, often including animals, plants, and in...

The trees were often sawed into logs and planks on site to avoid the transport of unprofitable dead weight, dangerous insects and snakes. This plate, depicting the Dutch East Indies,...

This plate is well potted with a recessed rim. The pattern is transfer printed under-glaze in cobalt blue, then carefully hand painted in bold coloured enamels over-glaze in Gilt ...

The plate is headed “Insekten XLIX / Insecta XLIX / Insectes XLIX” and is historically described as: “Verschiedene Einheimische Grillen-Arten” – Various Native Species of Crickets.

Set of Three Antique Butterfly and Moth Prints by Bertuch, c. 1800 Set of three original antique hand-colored copper engravings depicting spectacular butterflies and moths together ...

Schmuzer Source: Bilderbuch für Kinder Plate: Insecten XXVI / Insectes XXVI Place of Publication: Weimar, Germany Date of Manufacture: Circa 1800 Period: Early 19th Century Sty...

Its hundreds of engraved and hand-colored plates introduced readers to animals, birds, insects, plants, marine life, geography, science, technology, antiquity and cultures from aroun...

Original Antique Print of Three Moths and Metamorphosis by Bertuch, c. 1800 Original antique hand-colored copper engraving depicting three species of moths together with their cater...

Alongside the adult butterflies, Bertuch illustrates their caterpillars and pupae, demonstrating the remarkable process of insect metamorphosis. This combination of scientific observ...

Original Antique Print of Swallowtail and Painted Lady Butterflies by Bertuch, c. 1800 Original antique hand-colored copper engraving depicting three colorful butterflies together w...