Antique German Art Deco Weimar Porcelain "Lily & Ducks" Seafood Plate ca 1910s

Antique German crescent-shaped porcelain oyster plate, signed "R. S. Prussia," circa 1900.

Antique Continental Porcelain Sage Green & Light Pink Crescent Shaped Oyster Plate, Circa 1880's. Hand-Painted in Mint & Sage Greens with a Fine Gold Work Basket Weave Background and...

Antique Continental Porcelain Cobalt Blue and Gold Turkey Pattern Oyster Plate, Circa 1890.

Antique French Limoges porcelain oyster plate, signed "Martin China Limoges, France," circa 1900. Hand-Painted with fine gold details throughout. The gold work is in pristine condit...

Set of 4 unique, antique plates was made by Haviland & Cie in Limoges, France. The plates were hand painted by a professional artist in a decorating studio with Art Deco motif of five water lilies on pale blue background. Calm blue and green colors are accentuated by bright yellow centers of the flowers and the gold rims. The advent of Arts and Craft Movement created the notion that the aesthetic quality of everyday utilitarian objects could be improved by merit of craftsmanship, and many painters and artists felt inspired to merge their activities into decorative arts, such as ceramics, decor objects, or dinnerware. Large number of wholesale and retail firms, such as Pickard, Stouffer, or Brauer studios, and many high-end department stores that carried factory decorated Limoges's porcelain, had their own china decorating departments and produced high quality hand painted porcelain. Undecorated Haviland china...

Antique German cabinet portrait porcelain plate of a young win a gypsy dress, Handpainted.

Silesia, Germany. Six small porcelain lunch plates. Hand-painted with floral motifs in polychrome colors, gold rim. Approximately 1930. Marked "Silesia". In excellent condition, with...

Silesia, Germany. Eight small porcelain lunch plates. Hand-painted with floral motifs in polychrome colors, gold rim. Approximately 1930. Marked "Silesia". In excellent condition, wi...