Set of Twelve Armorial Dinner Plates, England Circa 1860

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A handsome set of twelve armorial dinner plates marked Greene and Niner, featuring a central hand-painted coat of arms. The … Read more A handsome set of twelve armorial dinner plates marked Greene and Niner, featuring a central hand-painted coat of arms. The crisp white ground and vibrant borders reflect the precision of Victorian ceramic production, designed to bring a sense of lineage and ceremony to the nineteenth-century table.
Circa 1860, these original period pieces were crafted during a time when English families celebrated their heritage through bespoke commissions of fine porcelain.
Fashioned from ceramic and marked by the makers Greene and Niner, showing small chips to the rims that attest to a long history of use. Rooted in the Victorian tradition, these plates embody the nineteenth-century English love for heraldic detail and the formal elegance of a well-appointed home. See less