Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold

Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 3/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 4/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 5/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 6/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 7/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

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Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 9/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

Antique Victorian MINTON OYSTER PLATE Davis Collamore & Co NYC Cobalt Blue Gold (image 10/[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null])

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Showcase by Seller SourceBookAntique VictorianMinton forDavis Collamore & Co. Ltd.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~COBALT BLUE & GOLDOYSTER PLATEHAND PAINTED~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~9" DiameterX XX XX XX XX XX XThis is a beautiful 9" diameter antique, Victorian era oyster plate made by the Thomas Mintons Company for Davis Collamore of 5th Avenue, New York City, New York. This information is marked on the underside. Also there are some mold numbers incised in the porcelain on the back. It is embellished with heavy handpainted gold work. The golden edge is scalloped, with a floral design. The shells are delicately painted.It has SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS in the porcelain, which are visible both on the underside of the plate and on only 2 of the oyster depressions on the front.Here is some information that I found about the Davis Collamore company of New York City:"Davis Collamore & Co. was a high-end New York City importer of porcelain and glass, headed by Davis Collamore (7 October 1820 â 13 August 1887). The firm, rivals to Tiffany & Co. and Black, Starr & Frost, commissioned designs from Copeland Spode and Thomas Minton Sons, that featured hand-painted details over transfer-printed outlines and often rich gilding. Porcelain by Haviland, Royal Worcester, and Villeroy & Boch also appear with the firm's stamped underglaze marks integrated with the manufacturer's. Davis Collamore was among the first to recomgnize the beauty and value of American-made cut glass and also offered Rookwood Pottery, for which they were the representatives at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889.Davis Collamore, born in Scituate, Massachusetts to a family that had been settled there since 1639, was the youngest of twelve children. At the age of sixteen he moved to New York City to be employed by his brother Ebenezer, an importer of glass and china, at 171 Broadway, with a residence near St. John's Park. In 1842 he established his own business, at 595 Broadway.Davis Collamore & Co.'s premises also matched the moves uptown of fashionable New Yorkers. An ad for tea and dinner services advertised from the firm's early premises, at 479 Broadway, just below Broome Street, appeared in Harper's Weekly, 25 April 1863. Retail shops were opened at Broadway and 21st Street, then on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, and then, in 1911, at 48th and Fifth Avenue and finally at 7 and 9 East 52nd Street. There was a branch at the fashionable resort of Newport, Rhode Island."If you purchase more than one item for us, we can send everything in one package. Many times this means you will receive FREE shipping on your additional purchases, depending on the amount of additional weight! May we ask you to please take a moment to look, (above), at the other treasures we have for sale?Please You will be able to clearly see the detail of this item. A picture is worth a thousand words!Layaway is available on all of our items. Our layaway program is free, without any hidden fees. We can work out a plan with you if you would rather pay for an item in installments. Please contact us for more information about making payments and we will be able to figure something out with you. Thank you for looking at our auction!Please e-mail us by Since we deal in antique, collectible and one-of-a-kind items all of our sales are final...no returns, please.We accept Have you seen something we have listed ... read more

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