S Fielding & Co Majolica "Fan" Oyster Plate c.1881

Diam:23cm (9inches)

Designed as a circular dish with a turquoise pebbled ground with 6 oriental fans  decorated with butterflies and blossoms all radiating from a circular central well. 

An identical plate, full page illustration, 'Majolica Mania' Bard Graduate Centre, NY, Curatorial Advisor, Nicolaus Boston page 110.

For information of S. Fielding & Co. see 'Majolica Mania' Bard Graduate Centre, NY,Curatorial Advisor, Nicolaus Boston pages 432-451