Lot Essay
See The Clair Weiss Collection, Christie's, New York, 31 May 2000, lot 598 for a similar faux malachite oyster dish.
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IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, REGISTRATION DIAMONDS, SHAPE NO. 1323, AND DATE CYPHERS FOR 1875
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SIX MINTONS MAJOLICA OYSTER PLATES
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, REGISTRATION DIAMONDS, SHAPE NO. 1323, AND DATE CYPHERS FOR 1875
Comprising two faux malachite examples, two turquoise-ground examples, a pink-ground and a cobalt-blue ground example, each with a central circular well moulded with a band of shells, within six radiating shell-wells bordered with sea-shells and seaweed, within shaped rims
9 in. (23 cm.) wide (6)
IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, REGISTRATION DIAMONDS, SHAPE NO. 1323, AND DATE CYPHERS FOR 1875
Comprising two faux malachite examples, two turquoise-ground examples, a pink-ground and a cobalt-blue ground example, each with a central circular well moulded with a band of shells, within six radiating shell-wells bordered with sea-shells and seaweed, within shaped rims
9 in. (23 cm.) wide (6)