Collecting Oyster Plates (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Oyster plates platters and servers produced in porcelain majolica faence English ironstone and French stoneware are displayed in over 475 beautiful color photographs. Ranging from the elegant to the everyday these plates date from the mid-nineteenth through the late-twentieth century. The informative and interesting text includes histories of the major oyster plate manufacturers (including Minton Wedgwood Haviland and the Quimper potteries among others) whose wears are on display. Also included are an examination of manufacturers marks a discussion of the ceramic and glass oyster plate forms and decoration current market values in the captions an extensive bibliography and an index.