Small French Majolica Dish with Bird Onnaing, circa 1890

Majolica plate birds with blue flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.

French majolica plate with bird and white flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.

French majolica plate with bird & white flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.

French majolica plate with bird & white flowers Onnaing, circa 1890.

19th century Wedgwood Majolica dish in the shape of a leaf, with a central medallion surrounded by a vine pattern. Lovely form.

Antique French hand-painted Majolica porcelain "Beagles" wall pocket, Circa 1890's.

Gorgeous 19th century French Napoleon III caneware game pie dish or tureen with lid and original liner adorned with fowl. Game pie dishes were used in th...

This is a good small Serving Dish made of ironstone (Spode's Stone China) in the Ship Pattern, No 3068, produced by the English, Spode factory early in the 19th century, George 111rd Period. The pattern is called the Ship pattern number 3068, the chinoiserie decoration being transfer printed under-glaze, then very carefully hand painted in bold colored enamels with additional gilding over-glaze. As is usual with Spode ware the standard of hand painted detail is very high. A plate in this pattern is shown on page 54 of Steven Smith's book; "Spode and Copeland" published by Schiffer. The pattern is in the Chinese taste as produced by many of the English potteries of the time, to compete directly with the large import of Canton or Chinese Export porcelain from China. The dish has a mid brown edge similar to that often seen on Chinese plates. It is fully marked to the base, with the earlier Spode black printed Stone-China mark...