Antique French Majolica Oyster Plate, Pink Seaweed Design, c.1890 — 10” A665

Antique Moser style majolica oyster plate, circa 1890, documented in Snyder’s Collecting Oyster Plates (page 128). Features five sculpted oyster wells with hand-painted details on a textured lavender ground, accented by raised gold seaweed branches. Front surface in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. A rare and desirable collector’s example of late 19th-century Bohemian influence in European ceramics.

Year Range
c. 1890