Union Porcelain Works Clam Shaped Salmon Ground Oyster Plate

A German porcelain oyster plate by Carl Tielsch, Altwasswe, circa 1875-1900. A beautiful turquoise ground model to resemble waves, six shell shaped wells surround a round central sa...

A late 19th century, French porcelain, crescent or half-moon shaped oyster plate, five pink blush oyster wells on a baby blue ground. Shown behind the main wells are the brown glazed...

A late 19th century, French porcelain, crescent or half-moon shaped oyster plate, five pink blush oyster wells on a white colored ground hand-painted with blades of sea grass and a g...

An Elite Limoges porcelain oyster plate, France, circa 1890. Decorated with running garlands of pink and red roses, along with lesser garlands of lighter colored petaled flowers, t...

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...

French Oyster Plate Porcelain Flowers Limoges circa 1900.

French Oyster Plate Porcelain Flowers Limoges circa 1900.

Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate, Annual Lavetera, by John Brewer, Circa 1815. The Derby porcelain plate is boldly p...