AESTHETIC MERIDEN SILVERPLATE SUGAR AND CREAMER A visual feast for the moment! More details coming very soon!

RARE AESTHETIC MERIDEN SILVER PLATE CO. WALNUT NUT BOWL, c.1880s. The bowl is in the shape of an open textured Walnut and rests on tree limbs for legs with detailed leaves and assorted walnuts. The design reflects the Victorian love of nature as well as similar designs depicted in Japanese bronzes. The branch curls up to form a handle with leaves attached. The plating is in excellent condition. Slight wear within the bowl. No dings or scratches visible. Exquisite detail...

PAIRPOINT SILVERPLATE BASKET WITH HANDLE DECORATED W PASSION FLOWERS A visual feast for the moment! More details coming very soon! Square basket with decorative border, pierced gallery and an entwined handle with decorative passion flowers and vines on the sides.

AESTHETIC SILVERPLATE, DERBY, WATER PITCHER with bulbous base and rolled die band of Deer, Rabbits, other Wid Life as well as stylized floral bands.

AESTHETIC HARTFORD SILVERPLATE HONEYCOMB BOWL WITH APPLIED PEARS AND LEAVES A visual feast for the moment! More details coming very soon!

AESTHETIC PITCHER WITH WILD WAVES AND SEA DRAGONS. A visual feast for the moment! More details coming very soon!

COPELAND AESTHETIC BLUE & WHITE TRANSFERWARE WITH CRANES, c. 1878. This transferware design features palm or bamboo trees on a small island, with cranes or herons with fish in its beak. A butterfly hovers near the rim. The blue transfer on white is less common than the creamware with polychrome transfer. The design is open and flowing and does not compete with food served upon it. The pattern is numbered D9875...

AESTHETIC COPELAND PRIMROSE PLATTER W. LUSTRE, 1881 The pattern, PRIMROSE, was introduced BY W.T. Copeland in 1881. The Aesthetic Movement design has a black printed transfer of a stylized central exotic flower radiating in arches like a pinwheel star from the center and decorated with Acanthus leaves all around the edge. The central star is made up of small primrose blossoms as well as a border with tiny primroses...

AESTHETIC PLATTER, INDIAN EMPRESS, DESIGNED BY BRUCE TALBERT WITH ALLOVER DESIGN OF BIRDS IN TREES Brown-Westhead-Moore & Company introduced the INDIAN EMPRESS pattern in 1875. Bruce Talbert was an architect and designer, best known for his furniture and textiles. He was the designer of this wonderful complex design. Look carefully to see the number of birds hiding in the branches! The rich cobalt blue design is on a white background...

AESTHETIC POLYCHROME TRANSFERWARE PLATTER,BAMBOO & ALMOND BLOSSOMS This Japanesque platter has stems of bamboo on the left hand side while the major focus is a large branch of pink almond blossoms with the incongruity of young almonds maturing alongside the blossoms. The platter is approx. 16” in length and is in excellent condition. Another incongruity is the pattern name, BRAMBLE, which does not relate to either bamboo or almond blossoms! The maker was H & C...

AESTHETIC ENAMELED LAMP WITH BRONZE BASE, WITH BRONZE BASE. MAKER: JULES VIEILLARD. BRONZE BASE. The enameling is Persian Iznik style. A little over 8.5 inches in height and 4.25 inches in diam. This vase is handsomely enameled in the Persian or Iznik style. The varying bands of design include many foliate designs in rich colors including turquoise blue, cobalt blue, green, rust red and white...

DOULTON DECO PLATE w. Squiggles, Bright Pink against a strong Aqua Blue, and Yellow. (Description in progress.) The plate has intense colors...