United State Ceramic Tile Co. Romany Spartan Art Pottery Plate With Whale Design cactus planter handmade and handpainted with 24k

handmade and handpainted with 24k gold accents

This chop was purchased from the estate of a collector in central Massachusetts which included a phenomenal array of fine figurines and animal-related art and objects from around the world

holding a cache of collected rocks or shells

Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu

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United State Ceramic Tile Co. Romany Spartan Art Pottery Plate With Whale Design cactus planter handmade and handpainted with 24kThis heavy plate with a beautiful aqua green glaze and incised design of three whales circling around a triple spiral at its center was made in a limited edition by the United States Quarry Tile Company in conjunction with the Romany Spartan Ceramics Company in the 1950's. There were a few different plate designs produced, but this whale design I believe was by far the loveliest, and, perhaps for this reason, is the hardest to find! This plate would