Antique Decorative Dog Plate

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This is a late 19th-century decorative cabinet plate with a richly colored turquoise ground and an ornate gilt border featuring … Read more This is a late 19th-century decorative cabinet plate with a richly colored turquoise ground and an ornate gilt border featuring a repeating classical key/oval motif.

At the center is a detailed transfer-printed vignette of two dogs in an interior scene—one seated upright wearing a collar, the other reclining—set in a Victorian domestic setting with furnishings and decorative objects. The imagery has a charming, narrative quality typical of sentimental animal scenes popular during the period.

The reverse is marked “RICHARD BRIGGS – BOSTON.” Richard Briggs was a Boston china and glass retailer (active late 1800s–early 1900s) who imported and retailed decorated wares, often from European manufacturers. The mark indicates the retailer rather than the actual pottery factory.

Overall, it’s a striking Victorian display plate—meant for a cabinet or wall rather than everyday use—with strong decorative appeal due to its vivid enamel ground and charming canine subject. See less