A GROUP OF ELEVEN ENGLISH CREAMWARE OR PEARLWARE MINIATURE PLATES AND PLATTERS CIRCA 1790-1820

molded or applied with various foods or flowers, comprising two oval platters molded with a whole fish or fish head, an oval and a circular platter each molded with a roast fowl, an oval platter applied with two roast chickens, two oval platters each molded with a large marrow, an oval platter molded with clusters of grapes, an oval dish molded with a thistle and two plates, one molded with a spray of bleeding heart and the other with a pear sprig. Minor chip, restored chip and haircracks.

The fish and thistle platters, D. M. & P. Manheim Antiques, New York

The green-glazed platter with the amrrow, the platter with the grapes and the circular platter with the fowl: each with a minor short fine haircrack to the rim. The other platter with a marrow: minor 1/4-in. flat chip to the top side of the rim edge. The platter with the whole fish: 1/2-in. restored chip to the underside of the rim.
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