A THEODORE DECK IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY DISH
France, late 19th century

Of circular shape, resting on a pronounced, straight foot, with an everted, scalloped, flattened rim, the body covered in white slip and painted in cobalt blue, red, turquoise, green and black, the decoration inspired by Ottoman Iznik pottery production, the centre and cavetto embellished with floral sprays of stylised carnations, tulips and lotus flowers against a turquoise ground, the rim with tufts of grass and saz leaves, half rosettes around the border to the cavetto, all against a cobalt blue ground, the plain back marked in red letters reading 'T. H. DECK', 25.7cm diam.