Early Australian China Painted frilled edge plate decorated with Azalea Flowers | #2 | by Ethel L Thomas 1909 Type_Ladies of the British Isles Approx 13cms (5 1/8") square

Approx 13cms (5 1/8") square

Sugar Bowl | approx 10cms (4") diameter

Two iterations of this Loving Cup were produced - one with Crowned Conjoined Portraits [the example offered here] - and one without Crowns

Gres finish

were brightly coloured and crowded with details of plants and animals

Early Australian China Painted frilled edge plate decorated with Azalea Flowers | #2 | by Ethel L Thomas 1909 Type_Ladies of the British Isles Approx 13cms (5 1/8") squareEarly Australian China Painted frilled edge plate decorated with Azalea Flowers This work has been executed on a fine quality MZ Austria blank signed within design Ethel 1909 and on the underside of base in full Ethel L Thomas 1909 Provenance: this piece [and many others to come] were purchased from the family of Ethel Lawry Thomas [later post marriage known as Ethel Lawry Medcalf]. She was a known exhibitor at the 1907 Melbourne exhibition see here