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...

Derby Porcelain Yellow-ground Botanical Dish, Pattern #216, circa 1795 The Derby Porcelain oval dish has a yellow-ground border with a central wel...

Wedgwood Creamware Specimen Plate with Iris Plant, 1862. The creamware Wedgwood pottery plate is painted in the central well with four Iris plants- two open and two closed- on their...

Flight & Barr Worcester Botanical Porcelain plate, circa 1792-1800 The Flight & Barr porcelain dessert plate has a simple purple flower to the center with a gilt line surround. The wide, shaped rim is finely painted with three different alternating flowers- a yellow rose, a red carnation, and a pink double-headed plant with a gilded rim. Measure: Diameter: 7 3...

Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica lunch plate in hand-painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration. Model: 20/3572 Dating: 1969-1974 Latin name. In perfect condition. First factor...

This is a very good antique Side / Desert Plate or Dish, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern, during the reign of George 111 in the ...

This is a beautiful desert plate by Newhall, dating to the turn of the early 19th century, Georgian period, circa 1820. The piece is very well potted on a low foot and a moulded basket work border to the cavetto. The plate is finely hand decorated over-glaze with hand painted pattern...

This is a very good antique porcelain platter or dish, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern,...