hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
hand painted toleware, "Automnal Branch"
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One-of-a-kind, hand-painted toleware platter, “Autumnal Branch“.  Artist CM Pickard, dated 1947.  Measures 20 inches diameter.

The Antiquary's Story:

The term toleware comes from the French words “tôle peinte” and means “painted sheet metal”— these pieces are often hand painted, stenciled and gilded, set on a black background. The application is applied most often to tin, but in Scandinavian countries, we also see it on wood.

While toleware has a long history in Europe, here in the US, a the practice began in 18th century New England and with Dutch immigrants in Pennslyvania.

The art from had a resurgence in the 1960s, and in both 1979 and 2002, it was used as the subject for US Postal Service Stamp designs.