Mason's England Pottery, pair of hand-painted “Chinoiserie” plates, 19th century

Porcelain profusely decorated with underglaze polychrome elements and colored enamels. It shows in the center a beautiful landscape with a large bird surrounded by flowering branches, resting on one leg on a large suiseki rock. The rim has alternating scenes of flower boxes on a glazed blue background and small landscapes with flowers, birds and small bees. The rim is gilded, as are small details of the background. on the base it shows a stamp indicating “MASON'S / PATENT IRONSTONE/ ENGLAND”.

Diameter: 24.6 cm; 24.6 cm