ANTIQUE PORCELAIN & CERAMICS

Circa 1880.  Extraordinary set of twelve brilliantly colored floral plates. Each plate is a garden filled with poppies, pansies, cornflowers, too many bright flowers to list!  Around the delicate edge of these plates, framing them to perfection is a heavy bright brushed gold rim. The plates were imported by Ovington Brothers, a well known New York retailer and were made by H &Co. ( Havilland Co.). They are also marked England which is a mystery to me because Havilland was an American company that made it's porcelain in France (Limoges).  Excellent original condition, with no visible wear. Fresh from a local Brooklyn estate.  9" diameter.  Price  $1400 for the set of 12.