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Your Price: $ 45.00
Item Number: 5462-1220995576
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From the heirs of the actual artist, this rare pair of hand painted China porcelain plates were painted by the same woman in 1883 and 1885. Each one measures about 7 3/8" in diameter and they are marked CFH for "Charles Field Haviland". Some of the pieces I've seen also has the initials "GDM", but these were sold as blanks and women (generally speaking) would paint them. The quality of these is such that they have an excellent translucense; if you hold this plate to the light you can see the shadow of your fingers behind it.
The first plate is signed "Mattie C. Prentis 1883" in gold paint. Mattie was still unmarried and was born to a wealthy northern family. The plate shows purple flowers, possibly violets, or perhaps other flowers. Behind each flower is a small bunch of ferns and folliage. They are very well done, some of the best porcelain painting I've ever seen!
The second plate is signed "M.C.P. Watson 1885". Mattie married by then and was now a Watson. Her paint style, while already wonderful, had become even more refined and skilled, in my opinion. The bouquet this time was even more spectacular than the other, a single flower in the center, also purple, with a large yellow center section. It is some sort of daisy, I believe. This arrangement shows more ferns and thistle type plants. The green leaves reach out onto the border of the plate; a study in naturalistic art and botany & botanicals.
In EXCELLENT condition, these plates have been well taken care of all these years and are MINT, free of damage or repair. Finer than any botanical print and more unique than a flower arrangement, these are definitely NOT to be missed! Only passed down through generations of family members, these have been in the same family for 120 years! |
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