Thank you all for your renewed interest, and particularly Kate Q for her translations of the Arabic. I've looked up Ahmed ar-Rifa'i on Wikipedia,...
So stacking turtles is a thing, it seems! I was a bit disappointed when I first collected my plates to see that one of the nicest looked like...
I must try to find that book as well. I have looked up Doulton Burslem marks online, and found them on antique-marks.com. There is a C M Wray...
Yes, the bad photo on the right is the same as my square one with the plump squirrel, and the one at the top, shown sideways, is the same as one...
My bad, as they say! No wonder I've been getting nowhere with my own research, and needed you guys to put me right. And there it is, Burslem, on...
Thank you for this! And glad you like the plates. But it seems that Charles H Hart designed for Royal Doulton, not Doulton Lambeth. The photos...
Glad you like them, and that my taste isn't that strange! The monogram looks carefully done but there is an odd line in the top right hand corner...
I've bought a lot of 5 Doulton Lambeth plates, circa 1887 - 1891. They are painted with rather strange little scenes involving animals and...
I've just posted a photo of the base, surprisingly dirty. If the pot looks oriental maybe it was exported white and painted in Europe?
My memory failed me, as usual, the base has a wide, unglazed rim on the base.[ATTACH]
Sorry for the omission, will try to take a photo tomorrow. My memory is that it is much less crude than the unglazed areas of upper edges. Those...
Heron looks a strong possibility. It's just a feeling that the inspiration is Egyptian, it certainly doesn't look like the usual European "exotic...
Just found this one, looks like the same bird....
I think you are right, the Ibis beak is curved downwards, which would have been easy to paint. Of course the painter might have been as ignorant...
That's what I felt myself! I favour French because I feel that the Egyptian-looking motif would be better related to France than China, even...
This is an unusual little lidded pot with a pink painting on the lid. I think it is a scene of an ibis with palm trees in the background, which...
Thank you! What a lovely little set! So Vietnamese after all. I'm puzzled by the incredibly small size of the teapot, 4 fluid ounces, e.e. 2...
Thank you, that's exactly the same. I wish I could tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese, I often seem to get it wrong! Sake cups...
I have just acquired two little hand painted pots, showing dragonflies (I think) and a leafy plant, possibly a type of fern. They are about 2.3...
Thank you, you've given me lots of terms to continue my search, and I think that with them I may eventually find something, perhaps a lesser-known...
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