A small plate

A small plate made of white faience, used for serving dinner starters. The vessel shape refers to a kidney- or crescent-shaped pan. The object is decorated with a colourful decal of four identical asymmetrical floral compositions typical of Rococo or Far Eastern art. The joined elements are composed of sea green details, with two large pink peonies intertwined amidst them. All that is surrounded with yellow and blue flowers with light green leaves. Between them and the plate rim, there is a delicate elongated mesh pattern marked with fine brown dots. The plate edge is rimmed with gold.

The reverse of the vessel has a flat base, with the maker's signature “BOOTHS” stamped in the centre, (further imprint – illegible). This has been stamped in maroon carmine “BOOTHS/SILICON CHINA/”FLORADORA”. Glaze is thin, transparent, covered with a grid of cracks.

Yulia Dushka