Antique Hand Painted Flowers w/Gold Gilt Signed Sherratt's Trinket Dish.

GORGEOUS! This lovely trinket tray is about 8" long and 3 3/4" wide at the widest point. Violet Purple Peonies Flowers, lush green foliage with a white background with magnificent heavy gold gilt - so pretty. Really something special, rare hand painted and signed by Master Artist, Samuel Sherratt (see info below if you are not sure who he was). This tray is truly a spectacular piece and would make the perfect addition to any collection.

Excellent condition - no chips, breaks, crazing or cracks.

Samuel Sherratt was a well-known and highly sought after painter of china. Sherratt was born and raised in Staffordshire, England, a place renowned for the craftsmanship of its world famous potteries at Stoke on Trent. Samuel Sherratt and his wife, Margaret, came to America in 1879, when they were both about 23 years old. In the latter 19th Century, Samuel set up a decorating studio in Washington D.C. on 13th Street NW, just around the corner from Epiphany Church. He was a popular and very talented china-painting artist and teacher and a contemporary of the great Artist, Paul Putzki. He appears to have been a sought after painter of porcelain, particularly for his works decorating china with lovely floral paintings . Sherratt's Studio signed pieces were simply signed "Sherratt's". Samuel Sherratt continued his craft until his death in 1903 at age.

Shipped with USPS Mail.