United State Ceramic Tile Co. Romany Spartan Art Pottery Plate With Whale Design throw at a recent estate sale

at a recent estate sale

It was my grandmother's

this striking large black vase is unmarked

while also lending the perfect final formal detail to this wonderful

It thus felt rather serendipitous to find this Skansen souvenir (“minne

United State Ceramic Tile Co. Romany Spartan Art Pottery Plate With Whale Design throw at a recent estate saleThis heavy plate with a beautiful aqua green glaze and incised design of three whales circling around a triple spiral at its center was made in a limited edition by the United States Quarry Tile Company in conjunction with the Romany Spartan Ceramics Company in the 1950's. There were a few different plate designs produced, but this whale design I believe was by far the loveliest, and, perhaps for this reason, is the hardest to find! This plate would