Early Australian China Painted gilt border plate decorated with Asiatic Pheasants | by Ethel L Thomas 1906 Nixon the Brunt design was best

the Brunt design was best suited for tea cups

Ralph Bourne and William Baker

Butterflies and Spider Web

the outcome is often spectacular

glossy Kingsware glaze on this piece - with superb colour

Early Australian China Painted gilt border plate decorated with Asiatic Pheasants | by Ethel L Thomas 1906 Nixon the Brunt design was bestEarly Australian China Painted gilt border plate decorated with Asiatic Pheasants This work has been executed on a fine quality Haviland Limoges plain blank signed lower right by Ethel L Thomas 1906 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 The first Australian Exhibition of