Rare English Mellor, Venables & Co. Flow Blue Ironstone Whampoa Pattern Platter bronze bowls also with a twining

also with a twining

The saddle seat affords the comfort for which Windsor chairs are noted

Art Nouveau rectangular wooden tray by Emile Galle

Cube base: Width 5 Depth 5 Height 5 inches

It also houses two drawers over three and terminates on bracket feet

Rare English Mellor, Venables & Co. Flow Blue Ironstone Whampoa Pattern Platter bronze bowls also with a twiningDETAILS A large, antique rectangular canted corner serving platter with flow blue decoration in the Chinese taste. STYLE Chinoiserie Chinese Export style PATTERN MODEL Whampoa MAKER Mellor, Venables & Company (Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England, 1834 51) MARKS Impressed: Ironstone and printed Whampoa PERIOD Queen Victoria (1837 1901) Early 19th century DATE Circa 1840 DIMENSIONS Width 13 Depth 10 Height 1. 5 inches CONDITION Note: crazing.