Pair of 19th Century French Asparagus Plates

Pair of 19th century dishes with multicolored transfer decoration depicting a garden with florals and butterflies in vibrant color. Marked "Parterre" stone china. No maker's mark.

Unusual pair of large cut glass serving dishes, circa 1920's. They have scalloped edges surrounding a wonderful pattern, almost like a fan with a central starburst design and simila...

Pair of 19th century dishes with multicolored transfer decoration depicting a garden with florals and butterflies in vibrant color. Marked "Parterre" stone China.

Late 19th century French Majolica asparagus plate made by Salins, circa 1880. The asparagus is lain on a bed of leaves and appears to be in a basket w...

Pair of resin dishes in glazed terracotta. In the South West of France, the country named Landes was a poor country having very few natural resources, the inhabitants lived on meager harvests whose land was manured by their flocks of sheep. The Landais also exploited the resin of the maritime pine: it was collected at the foot of the tree using a very artisanal technique which offered low yields: tapping with “crot” (from the Gascon cròt: hole). To harvest the resin, ancient resin workers dug a hole at the foot of the pine, generally between the roots, which they lined with moss. The resin obtained, if it had not crystallized on the care before arriving at the base of the pine, was full of impurities: twigs, sand, insects, and it contained very little turpentine. A first progress was to put dishes at the bottom of these holes which made it possible to collect the resin with fewer impurities, In 1844, the resin pot...

A good pair of Porcelain oyster plates from Limoges made for the ABR.FRENCH & Co in Boston with 5 oysters wells and gilt decor. Dimensions are 9" long by 7" wide. No damage noticed. Please refer to photos for more details. Pictures are part of the description. Please visit our showroom in Winter Park...

A fine pair of 19th century English Spongeware pottery plates. Both plates with green & blue painted decoration that appears to have been dabbed or spread with a sponge, hence the name spongeware. One of the plates has some overpaint and is more brightly decorated than its mate. Simply a great pair of 19th century Staffordshire spongeware plates...

Beautiful yellow pattern marked Chinese plates.