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Lovely Rare Antique Polychrome Plate, Mother & Children, Charity, Soft Paste, 1840s

Name: Lovely Rare Antique Polychrome Plate, Mother & Children, Charity, Soft Paste, 1840s
Brand: NJNancysAntiques
SKU: 1442935173
Price: 32.00 USD
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Rating: 5.0 (450 reviews)

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Handpicked by NJNancysAntiques
Vintage from the 19th century
Materials: glaze, soft paste porcelain, enamels

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This is a fabulous antique soft paste (porcelain) plate made in the first half of the 19th century (around 1840) either in the US or UK. This is about the size of a child's dinner plate and these pieces were sometimes used as teaching tools. Decorated in a mulberry colored transfer print which is accented with hand painted details, the scene is labeled "Charity" and shows a woman, presumably a mother, holding a baby, with a young boy at her side and a kneeling (praying?) child on her right. In the background are trees, bushes, clouds and grass. The transfer is printed in a pretty shade of purple or mulberry, with an usual number of hand applied enamels adding to the details: dark red/pink, two shades of green, blue, & yellow. There is a dark purple line added about an 1" from the outer edge of the plate.

The plate shows small specks of paint or other dark specks here and there as well as a small bump (excess glazed over clay) at around 2 o'clock. These were inexpensive pieces made in large numbers for the masses. It is unmarked. Measures 8" across, 1-1/4" h with a footed rim on the bottom. Very, very good condition for a piece that is close to 200 years old: no chips or cracks, the image is clear and bright, like the day it was made.

The last photo shows a smaller companion piece that I found at the same time as this plate. It is in a separate listing. These were from a very old estate on the North Shore of Boston. This is a very rare, very old, very special piece.

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