Romantic Dinner Plates

Majolica oyster plate with different flowers on each shells, circa 1900 signed Longchamp.  

Majolica oyster plate Longchamp circa 1890. Rare colors. Hairline.  

Majolica oyster plate with different flowers on each shells, circa 1900 signed Longchamp.  

Majolica oyster plate with different flowers on each shells, circa 1900 signed Longchamp.  

This set of a dozen Minton dessert plates was made in England circa 1835. The beautiful grisaille decoration shows a center bouquet of lovely ros...

Early 20th Century set of eleven agate espresso cups and saucers complete with polished brass bases and handles. Likely Italian in origin, this set is exquisitely polished to a smoot...

Porcelain fish service from the French brand Limoges. The service is decorated with all kinds of different images of fish. The service dates fro...

Beautiful porcelain fish service from the French brand Limoges. The service is decorated with all kinds of different images of fish, the edges a...

Lovely Rare Majolica pink iridescent oyster plate attributed to Fives Lille, circa 1890.  

Lovely rare Majolica pink iridescent oyster plate attributed to fives Lille, circa 1890.  

6 Silver or silver plated coasters with velvet case, midcentury . It looks like they were never used Nice pieces for your table.

A set of six French faïence transfer printed creamware “assiette parlante” or talking plates, produced by P&H Choisy, Seine, France – circa 1824-1836. Transfer printed in black with six different courting scenes sourced from the lithographs by Jean Gabriel Scheffer (1797-1876). Scheffer was a Swiss school painter and lithographer active in Paris from 1822 to 1846. He produced humorous lithographs illustrating Paris customs and manners. His original 1826-28 lithographs of the scenes that decorate these plates can be found in the Musée Carnevalet collection in Paris. Bordered with an egg and dart rim, an inner border of entwined roses and leaves. They are numbered one to six and inscribed on the front as follows: 1. Il est passé — ai-je eu peur (He passed – I was scared) 2. J’ai trop peur!.. (I’m too afraid!..) 3. …Moi! je n’ai rien avec lui. (…Me! I have nothing with him.) 4. Nous serons comme frere et soeur. (We will be like brother and sister.) 5. Tu ne’es pas gentil ce soir. (You’re not nice tonight.) 6. Dieu, que je suis lasse! (God, how tired I am) Five of the six plates have a Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet (SPB) paper label on the verso. Parke-Bernet, an American auction...