
By all accounts a rare hand painted Nippon gravy boat, sauce boat aka saucier with under plate featuring exotic birds, flowers, berries and vines. Both pieces in a tear drop shape with the boat handle being build into the design. Beautiful Japanese china for fine dining, entertaining and a very pretty curio display. I would almost be included to use them as jewelry dish and tray. Backstamp features a rare red and green mark for which, according to Patton's book there is no identifiable date. Based on the design and coloration I have dated this to the 1930's or 1940's. Could be wrong but that's what it looks like to me.
CONDITION: Excellent vintage without damage or repairs. There is a slit bit of of paint missing from one of the berries, which, in my opinion does not distract.
SIZE: Plate is 7 inches long x 6 inches wide. Saucier gravy boat is 6 inches long x 4 1/2 inches wide and approximately 2 1/2 inches deep.
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Downsizing was inevitable and I've done it several times already. This is the big one, and I am still unboxing treasures retrieved from storage after decades.
All pieces are one of a kind handpicked by yours truly over 40 years to add texture, style and story to your authentic style.
My collecting story starts after watching Astaire and Rogers float across a dance floor as a young girl, I have loved art deco design, art, fashion and jewelry. So bold and beautiful, and so different from anything that came before it. Art deco changed social and design sensibilities forever. A lifetime collector of high quality antiques and vintage, I started by making contacts, researching and learning. Picking the best of the best, I live with art deco and vintage decor and used to wear the fashions of the day. To say that I feel in love is an understatement. I reveled in the fact that I was able to reflect my unique style and sensibilities with a marriage of old and new.
Since I was in my teens I have bought what pleases me, what I find beautiful and unique, and the things that speak to me on a creative level. I hope that you can see and feel the passion and love that I feel for antiques and vintage pieces and share with you. You will find art deco, collectible and vintage fine art paintings, original illustrations and magazine covers, home decor, marble, alabaster and metal lamps, nude flapper table lamps, sterling silver decorative accents and tableware for the home and entertaining, designer and estate jewelry and fine vintage watches in my shop.