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Lot 4002
Assortment of Ten Vintage Oyster Plates
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Early 20th century, includes (7) French porcelain oyster plates, hand-painted polychrome decoration and gilt accents, stamped with the model number "765" to verso (9 in. dia); a French Majolica oyster plate by Gien with turquoise blue glaze, marked (9 3/4 in. dia); a majolica oyster plate with polychrome glaze and shell feet, not marked (8 1/2 in. dia); and German porcelain oyster plate by Welmar, white iridescent glaze with gold highlights, marked (8 1/4 in. dia.).

All with surface wear, majolica plates with light crazing, Gien plate with hairline, (2) French porcelain plates with firing flaw separations to base and one with hairline cracks to rim.