F. THOMAS SEVRES ANTIQUE BAVARIAN PLATES C. 1908

This Set of Three Beautifully Hand Painted Porcelain Plates is made by F Thomas and is stamped Sevres, Bavaria (blue mark). Judging from the mark these plates were made approximately 1908, and probably distributed by the Rosenthal Porcelain Company of Germany. Each plate measures 6” Diameter, and has a colorful array of delicately hand painted flowers. The beautiful hand painting is toped off by a nicely applied satin finish overglaze.

NOTE: These three plates are not sold separately, rather as a set.

COMMENT: These are just simply gorgeous little plates, so exquisitely hand painted depicting the essence and vitality of life in its’ simplest and purest form being that of a wild flower in its’ natural environment exuberant in its beauty. Each plate has a different floral scene that evokes beauty from the simplest thing such as a wild flower. Flowers always say love and evoke emotional feelings of warmth and tranquility within the sole of ones being.

As a subject for artist of fine porcelains, flowers have always ranked high on the scale of porcelain and bone china painting and have been exonerated at many world exhibitions representing the quality work by the great artists of the many world famous factories who boasted their wares to the world.  The sincere naivety and pureness of the flower is what captures and has captured artists for many centuries.

Many years ago it was commonplace for factories in Europe to ship blanks to convents so that the nuns could lend their hands to try the art of hand painting to pass the time while on their sabbatical or during their period of silence where words were not spoken and only thoughts prevailed and prayer was of the essence.

Unfortunately most of them did it in their silent moments and was not doing it for gain; consequently a lot of great work went unnoticed and was not signed and has been discarded through the decades of time.

Hopefully some family members had the innate sense of real art and still preserve it today. Perhaps this is why there are times we find beautiful pieces that surface to the marketplace and wonder why such a great hand painted piece is not signed and sometimes try to attribute it to a specific factory because the blanks from some are recognizable.

Then, on the other hand, in early England the lady painters were not permitted to sign their work and only men were permitted to sign their work. Yes, this is a historical fact!

These plates deserve a home to be loved and cherished. Guaranteed to make you feel good! Also makes a great affordable classy little gift!

PHOTOGRAPHY COMMENT: Note that there is some distortion in the photos. Please pardon at this time. Better photos will be uploaded at a later date or upon request.

CONDITION: Excellent!