Antique Majolica Plate with Drippy Dog necklace founded in 1893 by brothers

founded in 1893 by brothers Stephen Bartlett Foster and John Roy Foster

(I am including a photo of another doll with gorgeous hand-sewn costume for reference

just excellent

Framed: 7" x 5 11/16" x 11/16"

Antique Majolica Plate with Drippy Dog necklace founded in 1893 by brothersI'm not attracted to this sort of majolica as a rule, but I sure love this plate. Specifically, I love this dog, which but for the glazing one might take for a lamb, and what could be better than a lamb like dog!? And in this case the drippy, painterly green and brown animating the border seem just right, coloring what look to me like cabbages to nibble on. And with some drippy yellow too, as if our dog has marked its territory! With the fairly faint