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Enchanting Yellow Victorian Majolica Plate - Fan Motif browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives: Decorative Art: Ceramics: English: Pre 1900: item # 406025 GlitzQueen History and Art to Wear 56 Calle Monte Aplanado, NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 Phone: 505.205.1404 Guest Book Sold; thank you! $225. |
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The most feminine and drop-dead beautiful piece of Majolica I've ever owned, this antique plate features blue, white and dusky rose fans, cherry blossoms, butterflies and a dragonfly against a happy yellow basketweave pattern edged with bamboo. It's been a star of my personal collection for at least 15 years and, now that I'm simplifying, the time has come for someone else to love it as I have. Acquired while I was living in England, it's presumably European and certainly from the 19th century. The Renaissance art of Majolica-making was revived in the early 1850s and Oriental motifs appeared about a decade later. Thus, probable dating of this plate is circa 1865-1890. Relatively few pieces have maker marks, so their lack has minimal impact on value. I'm far from a china specialist, but a lady who's selling her cakestand of the same pattern elsewhere online (for $375 plus shipping) saw an S under the glaze and speculated that the maker may have been Shorter. However, this looks nothing like the more rigid and restrained fan design normally associated with his firm (a pity since those plates are now selling as high as $975). One other plate like this is currently offered online without attribution for $275 plus shipping. Ours is priced lower in deference to a few small problems: a chip out of the rim on the base, a couple of tiny ones under the edge, a little loss of surface finish and an area of old restoration near the edge. The flaws are hard to spot, with so much going on, but naturally they have to be disclosed. (Actually I never noticed the restored bit before going over the piece with a magnifying glass today.) There's also the fine overall age-crazing we expect, most visible on the fans. Condition issues, if not severe, are of less interest to most Majolica collectors than the charm of the design and fresh glaze colors. Thanks for looking! |
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