Minton Oyster Plate

This Minton plate is decorated very simply with a central hand coloured transfer print of a cherub in puce (pattern G1533) The outer rim features a very fine basket weave moulding and the edge is finished with gilding. It was made in 1874 for the retailer John Mortlock...

This Minton plate is decorated very simply with a central hand coloured transfer print of a cherub in puce (pattern G1533) The outer rim features a very fine basket weave moulding and the edge is finished with gilding. It was made in 1874 for the retailer John Mortlock...

This Minton plate is decorated very simply with a central hand coloured transfer print of a cherub in puce (pattern G1533) The outer rim features a very fine basket weave moulding and the edge is finished with gilding. It was made in 1874 for the retailer John Mortlock...

This set of twelve plates are by the French factory Choisy le Roi and are decorated with the finely engraved printed pattern "Le Langage des Fleurs", or the "Language of Flowers". Ea...

The decoration on this pair of Email Ombrant dessert plates from the Rubelles factory is achieved using graduated intaglio designs that are then flooded with the glaze to give form t...

This pair of Ashworth's Ironstone plates are decorated with their hand coloured and gilded pattern 3/792 done using the Imari palette of underglaze blu...

19th century Majolica Aqua Oyster plate Minton.

19th century Minton white Majolica oyster plate. Dated 1880.

19th-Century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton.

19th century Victorian Majolica aqua oyster plate signed Minton. With yellow flowers.

A lovely pair of antique English Minton white porcelain oyster plates. These fine quality oyster plates are a nice large size and have a beautiful shell design and gilt edge. Impress...

Pair of two Minton plates, circa 1862. Provenance : Jerome Schottenstein Estate, Columbus Ohio. Jerome was was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Schottenstein Stores Corp. The Schottenstein family were Lithuanian immigrants who began an extensive business empire in the late 19th Century. Schottenstein Stores owns stakes in DSW and American Signature Furniture; American Eagle Outfitters, retail liquidator SB360 Capital Partners, over 50 shopping centers, and 5 factories producing its shoes and furniture. It also holds an ownership interest in American Eagle Outfitters, Wehmeyer in Germany, Cold Stone Creamery and The Mazel Company. These superb quality Minton plates are from a dessert service shown at the International Exhibition of 1862 in London. The plates testify to the enduring influence of 18th Century Sèvres on the tastes of Victorian high society. The designs are far from being mere copies, however; while there are recognisable Sèvres elements, they are arranged in entirely new and delightful ways. On the rim are four imitation cameo heads of classical deities en grisaille on a red-brown ground, within oval reserves wreathed in laurel. The profiles are individually painted; compare, for instance, the winged helmeted heads of Hermes/Mercury and you will spot subtle differences. The cameo devices, used here for the first time by Minton, derive from the celebrated Sèvres dinner...