Early 19th Century Dinner Plates

Neoclassical Creil creamware plate. Antique black and white soup plate "Naissance de Romulus et de Remus" with grapevine border. Impressed and undergla...

Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate, French Marigold, by John Brewer, Circa 1815. The Derby porcelain plate is boldly painte...

Set of four acid green floral glass plates. Four acid green iridescent ripple edge glass hand painted plates, United States, early 20th century Dimensions: 7.63” diameter x .75” hei...

This is a spectacular and very rare set of ten dessert plates made by Derby in about 1825, which was the Regency era. The plates are richly gilded, each with an individual gilt pattern, and have superb fruit paintings, also each unique, by the famous porcelain decorator Thomas Steel. One can occasionally find one of these plates in the market, but to find a whole set of 10 in such fabulous condition is extremely rare. The Derby factory, later reshaped into Royal Crown Derby, is currently the oldest British porcelain factory still in production. Derby was one of the most prominent potteries right from the start of English porcelain production in the mid 1700s to today. Their items are of exceptionally high quality and many of the designs have become iconic, particularly the Imari designs; many of these are still being made today. Derby made many exciting designs in the Regency era, and these plates are beautiful examples. The marking at the bottom indicates that the plates were produced some time between 1806 and 1825, when the company was called "Bloor Derby"; however the style is from between 1820 and 1825. Thomas Steel (sometimes written as Steele) is considered the very best 19th Century porcelain painter of fruits. He was born in Staffordshire in 1772 and was first apprenticed by Wedgwood. He moved to Derby in 1815, where he became the foremost flower and fruit painter. In 1825 he moved on to the Rockingham factory in Yorkshire, and a few years later to Minton in Staffordshire, where he worked the rest of his life. Steel had a very recognisable style of fruit painting, perhaps best described by the biographer John Haslem: "Steele painted both flowers and insects well, but as a painter of fruit on china he had no superior, if, indeed, he had any equal in his day... His grouping is harmonious, the light and shade well managed, each piece of fruit is well rounded, and the outline softened and blended into the one next to it, each partaking of the reflected colour from the other." These plates each have a different richly gilded border, and octagonal paintings...

Cupid neoclassical Creil creamware plate. Antique black and white soup plate "L'amour et l'Himen l'entrainent à leur autel" with grapevine border. Impr...

Pair of Chamberlain Worcester soup plates. Large pair gilt and floral decorated plates with shaped pale green borders with reserves of floral sprays and gil...

Neoclassical black and white creamware plate. French transfer creamware plate with "Vue des ruines du temple d’Hercule sur les bordes du Tibre" ...

Simple and elegant, this set of Ancienne Maison Dagoty, Edourd Honore, botanical plates and serving pieces showcase the beauty and precision of the hand-painted flower specimens. The...

A very old, early 19th century or older Japanese Imari bowl very nicely marked. The bottom is beautifully decorated. Great in muted colors.

A small Japanese plate but beautiful quality. Circa 1800s, Japan.

An early antique blue and white transfer ware plate by Staffordshire. Stamp on reverse. England, circa 1828.

A set of four (4) Early 19th century English Coalport Plates. These plates are priced as a set. These plates feature blue, burnt red, yellow and green c...

The center of each finely painter with figures in provincial garb, within salmon-pink borders painted with palmettes in gilding alternating with grey-shaded flowers. Marked Nast Paris...

A pair of English neoclassical style plates. Painted English drab ware with Adam Buck scenes. Circa 1815.

A pair of 1800s English pearlware Chinese style, blue and white octagon shape plates. old descriptions on back from a dealer years ago.

Cupid neoclassical Creil creamware plate. Antique black and white soup plate "L'amour preside a leur entretien" with grapevine border. Impressed and un...