Union Porcelain Works Clam Shaped Salmon Ground Oyster Plate

A late 19th century, French porcelain, crescent or half-moon shaped oyster plate, five pink blush oyster wells with hand-painted eyes on a salmon colored ground with a gilded fish ne...

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 French porcelain oyster plate, circa 1890. Six shell shaped oyster wells with colorful, hand painted ‘eyes’ surround a central turquoise, round sauce well, outlined in gold. The ...

A French porcelain oyster plate, circa 1890-1910. Octagonal in shape and glazed in a lovely soft turquoise, the five oyster wells sit on a bed of stylized coral or sea weed. The wh...

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 cream colored oyster wells with hand-painted eyes, on a sky blue ground. Shown behind the main ...

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

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...

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

Porcelain Oyster Plate With Shells, circa 1900.

French porcelain oyster plate with seaweeds Limoges, circa 1900.    

Antique 19th Century French porcelain oyster plate with the turkey pattern signed Limoges Haviland.