Fabulous large 19" x 15 5/8" platter or tray that is 1 1/2" in depth. Perfect as wall 'art' or decor, or to enliven any table setting or buffet top. Victorian era, it survives with vibrant glaze colors, a dark glaze rim, and a single small flaw you'll never even see unless you turn it over and search (see images - we've pointed it out for your inspection. I do not see it on the front. The tray or platter is in a wonderful Japonaise or Chinoise pattern so popular in mid-Victorian England and Europe, USA, this one was part of an anonymous longtime collector's elegant estate - all finest quality and names such as CLEWS and SPODE, others. Staffordshire ironstone or stone china masterpieces. I acquired all I could, and will be listing many in weeks ahead. Full measurements also appear on the photos.
Very good to excellent condition for age and type, the platter dates c.1850, give or take a decade. As noted above and on our photos, it has a single flaw, a tiny nick to rim at about the 7 o'clock position, hard to even see, but on backside it shows a very fine tight hairline extending from it about 2 1/2" (see images). Not much considering its weight and size and age at 170 or so years old. Investment quality, the large platters are increasingly rare to find, and are shown in all the decorator magazines and sites more and more. Everyone always loves blue and white, and Imari.
