Early Australian China Painted frilled edge plate decorated with Azalea Flowers | #2 | by Ethel L Thomas 1909 Type_Ladies of the British Isles were brightly coloured and crowded

were brightly coloured and crowded with details of plants and animals

Sculptor: José Puche

but we will stick to just saying he designed and produced some of the greatest glass of the period

but bear in mind these are very heavy items

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

Early Australian China Painted frilled edge plate decorated with Azalea Flowers | #2 | by Ethel L Thomas 1909 Type_Ladies of the British Isles were brightly coloured and crowdedEarly 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