Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-Ground Plate, French Marigold

Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate, Marsh Hibiscus, by John Brewer after Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, #882, 1806, circa 1815. The Derby Porcelain plate is superbly painted with a Marsh Hibiscus botanical specimen with richly gilded borders with swans and stylized flowerheads on a rich salmon ground.y gilded borders with swans and stylized flowerheads are on a rich salmon ground. The flower is named on the reverse: "Marsh Hibiscus". Diameter: 8 7/8 inches (22.5 cm) Mark: crown, crossed batons, and D mark in red, numerals 4 & 13 in yellow & green inside foot rim. John Brewer, (1764-1816) John was the elder of two brothers who both worked at Derby. Their parents were both artists and from 1762-1767 had studios in London at Rupert Street. Brewer started working at Derby in 1795. He was a talented watercolorist and had never applied his art to porcelain painting. At Derby, he painted a variety of subject matters including plant and flower painting. The Botanical Magazine is one of the oldest - and longest-published - of the British botanical...

The beautiful and stylish Derby porcelain set of six plates are painted by William Longden with fruit within a heart-shaped gilt border. The fruit depicted include grapes, plums, str...

Antique Paris Porcelain set of Botanical plates, Flamen-Fleury Factory, circa 1830-1835 The set of four Paris porcelain circular plates from Fl...

The rare Chelsea or Chelsea Derby Porcelain plates are painted in the center with a floral bouquet panel surrounded by a mazarine-blue border and fine gilt highlights of dentil work...

This is a stunning and extremely rare plate made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800. This plate is not only beautiful, it is a true piece of history. The plate has a nice ribbed r...

This set of eight antique English porcelain plates features vibrant hand-painted floral decoration. Made at Derby circa 1825, each plate features an exuberant bouquet of garden flowe...

These seven blue and white seven soup dishes are elegant. They were made by Derby Porcelain at the Nottingham Road factoryin Derbyshire, England, circa 1805, and have the Derby mark ...

This is a stunning part-dessert service made by Derby between about 1795 and 1800, painted with named botanical studies by John Brewer. The service consists of a lidded sauce comport on a stand, two kidney shaped dishes, two lozenge shaped dishes, one lozenge shaped low footed comport...