烤肉盤-PLATTERS-MEAT-STRAINERS (Octagonal) zt

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Also Called: Meat Platters, Platters and Strainers, Platters and Drainers, Platters and Mazarines

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Rarity: 

 Rare

Age: 

 Early to Mid 19th Century

Price Range: 

 $750.-$2,450. (Complete, depending on size); Single strainers: $200.-$400. Single Bottoms: $550.-$2,050.

Availablitiy: 

 2 Available

Dimensions: 

Left to Right:

12 1/2" wide x 15 1/2" long x 2 3/8" high; Strainer: 9" x 11 3/8"

14" x 17" x 2 1/2"; Strainer: 10 1/8" x 13 1/4"

17" x 19 1/2" x 3 1/4"; Strainer: 12 7/8" x 15 3/8"

 

Weight: 

Left to Right:

Total Weight: 7 lbs. 9 oz. Top: 1 lb. 14 oz. Bottom: 5 lbs. 11 oz.

Total Weight: 9 lbs. 13 oz. Top: 2 lbs. 10 oz. Bottom: 7 lbs. 3 oz.

Total Weight: 19 lbs. 2 oz. Top: 5 lbs. 1 oz. Bottom: 14 lbs. 1 oz. 

Provenance: 

Left to Right:

DeCaro Auction, Odessa, DE-1989

Jim Galley, PA-1984

Jim Galley, PA-1989

Description:  These Canton meat platters and strainers are very useful and are hard to find complete. A set is worth more than the sum of its parts. Individually, platters or strainers are scarce, a set is considered rare. First are 3 sets shown with the pieces together and separate. Next are the bottoms of both the platters and strainers showing they are unglazed.

Most of these platters have 4 flowers on the outside, the only exception are platters in the 11" long or smaller category. There is a closeup of one flower and following that is a single platter that shows the inset edges that all the strainers fit into. All strainers are about 1/4" thick and have a large center finger hole to facilitate removing or placing the strainers. The larger strainers often have beveled edges on the undersides. Note: these oval pierced plates are also known as "drainers" or "mazarines". The range of sizes we have seen for platters is as follows: 7 3/4" wide x 10 7/8" long to the largest at 17" x 19 1/2". 

The last photo has 4 orphan platters and one orphan strainer. If anyone has orphans, please let us know and maybe a match can be made for you or for us. Inset measurements for the 4 platters left to right: 5 3/4" x 8 3/8"-----5 3/4" x 8 1/2"-----7 3/4" x 10 1/2"-----10" x 13". Note: your strainers should be 1/8"-1/4" smaller than these measurements to fit. Our strainer is: 9 1/8" x 11 5/8".