GILMAN & CTA !! Very Rare Sacavern Pottery Lot/Set of Lidded Shell Tureen & Six Shell Plates

EXTREMELY RARE SACAVERN POTTERY GILMAN & CTA PORTUGUESE LIDDED SHELL TUREEN AND SIX SHELL DINNER PLATES

AN EXTREMELY RARE SET / LOT OF SEVEN ITEMS MANUFACTURED IN SACAVERN, PORTUGAL DURING THE 1950's BY GILMAN & CTA, SACAVERN POTTERY.   THE SACAVERN POTTERY WAS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 1856 AND 1859.  THE FACTORY CLOSED PERMANENTLY IN 1982 AND TODAY A MUSEUM STANDS IN ITS PLACE.  THE FACTORY WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PORTUGUESE MAN WHO LATER SOLD TO GILMAN.   THE DESIGNER RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LOT/SET OF SHELL ITEMS WOULD HAVE BEEN MARIA DE LOURDES CASTRO WHO DESIGNED THE ITEMS DURING THE 1950's

THE SET/LOT CONSISTS OF A BEAUTIFUL LIDDED OYSTER/MOLLUSC SHAPED TUREEN ALONG WITH SIX GORGEOUS MATCHING DINNER PLATES, ALL CRAFTED WITH THE NECESSARY RAISED DETAILS FOR THE SHELL IMAGE TO BE AS REALISTIC AS POSSIBLE WITH MISTED BLUE TONES BLENDING INTO WHITES TO CREATE A REMARKABLE VISUAL APPEAL

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : EACH ITEM IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH - " GILMAN & CTA, SACAVERN, PORTUGAL"

LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/216589642/antique-faience-dish-plate-gilman-cta?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=sacavem+porcelain&ref=sr_gallery-1-26

https://www.rubylane.com/item/1356998-1542/Sacavem-Portugal-Pottery-Gilman-CTA-Lady

CONDITION : ALL SEVEN ITEMS ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CRAZING, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : TUREEN - 13.5cm HEIGHT WITH LID.....9.3cm HEIGHT OF HANDLE.....6.4cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....10cm by 8cm OVAL BASE .....25.8cm LENGTH.....20.2cm WIDTH ACROSS RIM

          PLATES EACH - 1.8cm HEIGHT.....22.4cm LENGTH.....22.5cm WIDTH ACROSS RIM

ONE BID FOR ALL SEVEN ITEMS AS A LOT/SET

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R50             A Courier service is also available upon request 

                   This LOT/SET may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier

PLS CONSIDER COURIER OR COLLECTION FOR THIS LOT DUE TO ITS NATURE AND SIZE ONCE PACKAGED