RARE Antique Staffordshire Lavender Transferware Oblong Oval Drainer Fish Platter Botanical Wild Flowers

For consideration is a very rare piece from the Aesthetic Movement. It is a platter insert designed especially for the oblong size of a fish, specifically for draining juices or to allow the fish to rest above the sauce so it doesn’t get soggy.  These types of platters and inserts especially are seldom found.  The light purple / lavender transfer design is exquisite with an intricate and striking mix of botanicals and wild flowers. I think this piece is exquisite and so beautiful. 
I think it would be amazing to add small pegs or dowels on the holes and use it as a necklace holder!  

This antique piece was manufactured in Staffordshire, England. 

Circa 1870-1880 

Measures: 19” x 6 1/8”

Condition: no chips or cracks. Some crazing throughout. Absolutely Gorgeous

This type of transferware is called Aesthetic Transferware. You can learn more about these pieces and the Aesthetic Movement at this blog post I wrote some time back, which still remains one of my most visited posts:

http://nancysdailydish.blogspot.com/2010/03/aesthetic-movement-and-transferware.html


To learn more about English transferware and see it in many practical and decorative uses please visit me at one of the places below:

BLOG: www.nancysdailydish.blogspot.com
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Featured on Etsy Documentary Short November 2012:

http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/collecting-english-transferware-one-womans-story/