Antique French Clairefontaine Compotier - Cake Stand, Shabby Blue Transferware, Ironstone c1886 Celebration China for the US state that

for the US state that was home to the birds would have seemed wildly exotic

The plates approx diameter 21cm

Stunning on display

decorated in the Ribbons pattern and stamped for Depot Drulot

Both plates have the fault at the same point and since it would have been there since they were made

Antique French Clairefontaine Compotier - Cake Stand, Shabby Blue Transferware, Ironstone c1886 Celebration China for the US state thatA lovely but shabby French antique cake stand compotier in blue and white transferware ironstone with a lovely tea stained patina. Antique style in this bold deep navy blue piece, with authentic signs of age, including three visible chips to the plate rim. From the renowned faienceries of Clairefontaine, with "Terre de Fer" stamp (Ironstone) on its base, dating the piece to the late 19th Century. A very romantic deep blue design showing birds,