ENGLISH PEARLWARE HAND-PAINTED PEAFOWL SHELL-EDGE PLATE

ENGLISH PEARLWARE HAND-PAINTED PEAFOWL SHELL-EDGE PLATE, blue-scalloped edge decoration, featuring a polychrome exotic "Spike"-style bird perched on a green-sponged branch. Impressed diamond mark to underside. First quarter 19th century. 8 7/8" D.


Literature: Parallels the Deikes -
Feathers and Foliage: The Life and Times of the Pearlware Peafowl, p. 123, fig. 5.97 (left).


Provenance: From the estate of Josephine Weidman, Cleveland, OH.