EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE 1900-1930 GILMAN & CTA PORTUGUESE SACAVEM PORCELAIN CAKE / PASTRY PLATE - ART DECO / MODERNIST PATTERNING
AN EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE PORCELAIN CAKE / PASTRY PLATE MANUFACTURED BY SACAVEM PORTUGAL WHILE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES GILMAN. THE PLATE IS DECORATED BY HAND IN MAGNIFICENT AND PROMINENT COBALT BLUE TONES WITH AQUA AND SKY BLUE ALL MERGING GLORIOUSLY IN PATTERNS AROUND TAN AND MOCCA BROWN MOTIFS BEST DESCRIBED AS A MODERNIST ART DECO STYLE
THE CAKE / PASTRY PLATE IS CRAFTED IN A SQUARED STYLE SHAPE WITH GENTLY SCALLOPED RIM AND A GOLD TRIM AROUND THE CENTER PORTION. A PAIR OF HANDLES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FROM THE SIDES
SACAVEM POTTERY FACTORY WAS A FAMOUS CERAMIC PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL UNIT FOUNDED IN 1850 AND LOCATED IN THE PARISH OF SACAVEM, PORTUGAL. TODAY IT IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SACAVEM MUSEUM. THE FACTORY WAS BEGUN BY MANUEL JOAQUIM AFONSO. BETWEEN 1861 AND 1863 THE FACTORY WAS SOLD TO JOHN STOTT HOWORTH AFTER WHICH IT BECAME HIGHLY DISTINGUISHED DUE TO ITS PRODUCTION OF FINE FAIENCE BASED ON KAOLIN (A CLAY WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF PURITY). KING LOUIS I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PRODUCTION THAT HE AWARDED THE FACTORY THE TITLE OF "ROYAL". THE KING ALSO GAVE HOWORTH THE TITLE OF BARON HOWORTH OF SACAVEM. IN 1893 WHEN JOHN HOWORTH DIED, HIS WIFE THE BARONESS FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN GILMAN TO ADMINISTER THE FACTORY. IN 1921 JAMES GILMAN DIES AND WAS SUCCEEDED BY HIS SON RAUL WHO TOOK HERBERT GILBERT AS A BUSINESS PARTNER. IN 1983 THE COMPANY CLOSED PERMANENTLY
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE CAKE / PASTRY PLATE IS STAMPED UNDERNEATH WITH THE SACAVEM LOOPED BELT MARK AND - "GILMAN & CTA, SACAVEM, MADE IN PORTUGAL"
CONDITION : BESIDE AGE RELATED CRAZING UNDERNEATH, THE PLATE IS IN PERFECT CONDITION HAVING NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC.
SIZE : 2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....2.2cm HEIGHT OF HANDLES..... 11.5cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....23.4cm ACROSS RIM .....26.4cm HANDLE EDGE TO HANDLE EDGE
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