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Set of Three Marks & Rosenfeld Hand-Painted Fruit Plates — Gilt-Edged Octagonal, M&R USA

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Mid-Century (1940s–1960s) Gilt, Porcelain / Ceramic Good
HDRH-VR-0031
Three octagonal plates, hand-painted with the old harvest still-lifes — apples, green grapes, purple plums, a scatter of cherries. Two carry a raised beaded-gold band and bright, ripe color; the third wears a quieter double gold line and a softer palette. Gathered rather than matched, and better for it. Gilt rims still catch the light, and every one is marked on the back by Marks & Rosenfeld, the American giftware house known for its hand-painted ware and generous gold.
  • Set of three octagonal (cut-corner) plates, 8.5″ x 8.5″ each
  • Glazed porcelain/ceramic, gadrooned rims with gilt edging
  • Hand-painted Old World fruit still-lifes — apple, grape, plum, cherry
  • Underside marked "Hand Painted — M&R — U.S.A." in a gold laurel wreath — the mark of Marks & Rosenfeld
  • American mid-century
Condition: Two of the three show fine crazing in the glaze — the honest web that mid-century hand-painted ware earns with age — and one has a small chip on an edge. Beyond that the plates are sound and the gilt stays bright.
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Set of Three Marks & Rosenfeld Hand-Painted Fruit Plates — Gilt-Edged Octagonal, M&R USA

American Mid-Century

Hand-Painted American Giftware

Turn any of these three plates over and you'll find a gold laurel wreath tied with a bow around the monogram M&R — the mark of Marks & Rosenfeld, the mid-century American giftware house whose hand-painted florals, fruit studies, and romantic scenes came finished in generous gold. Their ware was made to stand beside the fine European plates on the same sideboard — and it fooled more than a few eyes then, as it still does now. These three are classic examples: octagonal cut-corner plates, each center painted by hand with its own arrangement of apples, green grapes, plums, and cherries, the sort of harvest still-life that once ended dinners properly, when the table was cleared and the fruit course came out on the pretty plates.

They came to us from an estate in Wake Forest, North Carolina — a collector who came south from Long Island, New York, and whose shelves held exactly this kind of gathered-by-eye charm. And gathered these are: two plates share a raised beaded-gold band and vivid color, while the third wears a quieter double gold line and a softer palette. A trio assembled rather than matched, which is its own kind of testimony — somebody liked these enough to keep finding more.

Materials Glazed porcelain-ceramic, hand-painted enamel fruit still-lifes, gilt edging and beaded gold banding.
Care Hand-wash gently if needed — no dishwasher or microwave. The gilt and the softly crazed glaze prefer a plate rail or stand to daily duty.
From the Research Archives
vintagerose.us Catalog No. HDRH-VR-0031 • July 2026

Specifications

Dimensions
10 × 10 × 4 in
Weight
2 lbs
SKU
HDRH-VR-0031
There was a time when dinner didn't end with the dinner plates. The table was cleared, and out came the fruit — apples and grapes, a wedge of cheese, something sweet — served on the pretty plates kept back for exactly that. These three are made for that moment. Octagonal, cut-corner squares a shade over eight inches, each one hand-painted at the center with a little harvest still-life: apples, green grapes, purple plums, cherries, and their leaves. The kind of fruit study people used to frame and hang on the dining-room wall. It's a gathered set, and we'll say so plainly. Two of the plates share a raised beaded-gold inner band and vivid, fresh color — the fruit practically ripe. The third takes a quieter road: a plain double gold line and a softer, more muted palette. What holds them together is the shape and the subject, the same octagonal form and the same Old World theme, each center arranged a little differently. Stand them up on a plate rail and they read as a trio without ever pretending to be identical. That's the charm of things assembled by eye rather than off a factory line. Turn one over and you'll find a gold laurel wreath around an "M&R" monogram, "HAND PAINTED" arched above and "U.S.A." below. That's the mark of Marks & Rosenfeld, the mid-century American giftware house whose hand-painted florals, fruit studies, and romantic scenes came dressed in famously generous gold — ware made to hold its own beside the fine European plates on the same shelf, and it still does.
  • Set of three octagonal (cut-corner) plates, 8.5" x 8.5" each
  • Glazed porcelain/ceramic with molded gadrooned rims and gilt edging
  • Hand-painted Old World fruit still-lifes — apple, grape, plum, cherry, with leaves
  • Two plates with a raised beaded-gold band and bright color; one with a double gold line and a softer palette
  • Maker's mark: Marks & Rosenfeld — "Hand Painted — M&R — U.S.A." within a gold laurel wreath
  • American mid-century
Condition: Two of the three plates show fine crazing across the glaze, the natural web that mid-century hand-painted ware develops over the years, and it's part of the honest record of their age. One plate has a small glaze chip on an edge. Past that the trio is sound, sits well, and the gilt still reads bright and warm.

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