A very fine porcelain oyster plate with gilt seaweed design by English company Brownfields for retail by Tiffany & Company. The cream plate has a ruffled edge and features raised white seaweed which has been delicately gilt. To the rear is an English registration mark which dates to the 20th of October 1883. The piece has both an impressed mark and a transfer mark for manufacture by Brownfield's who worked out of Cobridge in Stoke-on-Trent in England during the 19th Century. The plate also has a transfer stamp for Tiffany & Co, New York, which indicates it was made by Brownfield's for retail by Tiffany. At this stage in the history of Tiffany & Co the firm had been operating a store in London for a number of years, so it is possible that this plate was retailed in their London store, put also equally as possible it was retailed in the United States. The oyster plate is in very good antique condition with no chips or cracks, however has very fine crazing throughout, often seen in 19th Century porcelain. A beautiful example of the collaboration between English makers and Tiffany & Company from the height of their fame.
Measures - 24cm W x 1.5cm D
N.B. The images of the plate show the feet of the acrylic display stand.