Help with a value on some pieces??

i love pieces with Victorian scenes on them...I was thinking of buying this set but need help with a value just to make sure I am not being ripped off...I found the plates but can’t find the other two. Can anyone help me with a value of what is a decent price to pay?? Or what they can be sold for?

 

1950s or so,and should be cheaper than dirt. There is literally NO market for this stuff now.I wouldnt pay more than a buck or two per item.

 

Yep - not much and not much. The market for 50s "pretty" pottery is pretty well dead. I'd only buy it if I wanted it myself.

 

From what I can see, the scenes look Georgian rather than Victorian.

 

https://www.bhg.com/shop/sabin-sabi...center-p3cde394a3ab012c2cb19c146b5490c20.html

 

I call that a classic "Fake Fragonard" - 18th century design genre painting. They were all over jewelry and everything else for a while in the 50s, all transfer prints.

 

I don't know if it was one or your posts, or someone else's. I commented on how the transfer decals (the center with the couple in it) are made by one company and sold to ceramic/porcelain companies to decorate their wares.

This is a fairly common decal from the 50s. You should be able to find quite a bit of it in thrift stores for low money.

 

As others have said, these "courting couple" dishes were very popular in the mid-20th century, many "affordable" manufacturers made them. Unfortunately, they're so prevalent, they're worth very little. I think I see a courting couple item almost every time I'm in the thrift!
And it's not a Victorian scene... more like 18th century, judging by the fashion. I'm mystified by how many listings call the couple Victorian!

 

Thanks!!! I actually was buying it for myself because I like it but didn’t want to be ripped off

 

I’m not claiming to be an expert. I’m actually far from it. I’m just going by what the pieces I DO own have called themselves.

 

I'm sorry, I truly didn't mean anything against your own judgement... I really just meant to express general surprise at this design being so often misidentified. You are absolutely right that the figures are often identified as Victorian.

 

The original painting these were based on might well be; the Victorians loved genre paintings, and seem to have liked some meant to echo earlier times.