Preliminary identification
Photo reference
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Overview
An exquisite hand-painted earthenware plate featuring a vibrant Italian Renaissance-inspired design with stylized phoenixes and a central Florentine fleur-de-lis. Produced under the famous 'Titian Ware' line, it showcases a warm, ivory-glazed body with a distinctive pie-crust molded rim highlighted in rich yellow.
Story
Introduced around 1905, this pattern captured the Edwardian obsession with Italian Grand Tour romance. Staffordshire potters used Renaissance motifs to bring Mediterranean warmth into chilly British dining rooms.
Maker / Origin
The Adams family was one of the oldest and most illustrious names in Staffordshire pottery, with roots tracing back to the 17th century. By the early 1900s, William Adams & Sons was highly celebrated for its 'Royal Ivory' bodies and artistic hand-painted slipwares, eventually becoming part of the Wedgwood Group in 1966.
Condition & Value
The plate appears to be in very good antique condition with vibrant colors and minimal surface wear. There is minor typical crazing in the glaze on the reverse, which is entirely expected for earthenware of this age and does not significantly hurt the value.
Full Research
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.