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Lot 1293
Eight Pieces of Assorted Shell Majolica Including Oyster Plates
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first, a late 19th-century English oyster plate attributed to Samuel Lear, with painted "M" mark to the verso (10 1/8 in. dia.); (3) late 19th-century French oyster plates by Longchamp Terre de Fer (9 1/2 in. dia.); (2) late 19th century Wedgwood shell plates (8 3/4 in.), a mid-20th century shell form platter by Gustavsberg, Sweden (10 3.8 x 13 1/2 in.); and a triple shell form bud vase, unmarked (5 1/8 in.).

From the Collection of the late Michael Joyce and Archie Carter III, Greensboro, North Carolina
Proceeds to Benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry

The bud vase with old loss to rim, all others in good estate condition, some with very slight area of glaze loss.