Also Called :
Octagonal Platters
Rarity :
Common
Age :
Early to Late 19th Century
Price Range :
$75.-$1,100. (Depending on size)
Dimensions :
Left to Right:
17″ wide x 20 3/8″ long x 2 1/8″ high
17 1/4″ x 20 1/4″ x 1 7/8″
15 3/8″ x 19″ x 2 3/8″
14 3/4″ x 17 7/8″ x 2 3/8″
14″ x 17 3/8″ x 2 1/4″
12 7/8″ 15 7/8″ x 1 7/8″
11 3/4″ x 14 5/8″ x 1 1/2″
11 1/8″ x 14 1/4″ x 1 1/2″
10 1/2″ x 13 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
9 5/8″ x 12 5/8″ x 1 1/4″
9″ x 11 3/4″ x 1 1/4″
8 1/4″ x 10 7/8″ x 1 1/8″
7 1/8 x 10″ x 1 1/8″
7″ x 10″ x 1″
6 5/8″ x 9 5/8″ x 1″
6 1/2″ x 9 1/8″ x 7/8″
Weight :
Left to Right: 6 lbs. 11 oz.—–7 lbs. 7 oz.—–6 lbs. 8 oz.—–7 lbs. 13 oz.—–6 lbs. —–4 lbs. 14 oz.—–3 lbs. 5 oz.—–2 lbs. 13 oz.—–2 lbs. 12 oz.—–2 lbs. 5 oz. —–1lb. 12 oz.—–1 lb. 9 oz.—–1 lb. 5 oz.—–1 lb.—–1 lb. 1 oz.—–15 oz.
Provenance :
Left to Right:
Skinner’s Auction, Bolton, MA-1988
James Julia, Fairfield, ME-1988
Skinner’s Auction, Bolton, MA-1989
1989
Litchfield County Auction, CT-2006
Russ Carlsen Auction, Greenville, NY-1988
Skinner’s Auction, Bolton, MA-1988
Laws Auction Co., Manassas, VA-1988
1967
1989
Antiques At Crossroads, Oldwick, NJ-1965
Ed’s Auction, W. Rindge, NH-1967
Twin Eagles Shop, Boston, MA-1965
Mink Hill Farm, Henniker, NH-1965
1989
2012
Availability :
ALL SOLD
Description: Octagonal platters are common compared to oval platters, accordingly they command lower prices for the same size platter. Pricewise, there is an escalating range up the length ladder to the very large 20+” platters. They are attractive with their full Canton scene and rain cloud borders. They all have unglazed bottoms and they do not have any decoration on the undersides.
The 16 octagonal platters shown here range in size from 9 1/8″ long to 20 3/8″ long and weigh from 15 oz. to 7 lbs. 7 oz. We hope you like the first three snow pictures taken here the day after a snow storm hit CT! Using the snow bank in our courtyard solved the problems of showing 16 platters all in a row and helped them stand upright (not all straight & some sank too much in the snow). Next is a pile of the 16 platters weighing 60 pounds. The next 2 pictures of 2 platters show the largest and the smallest ones. The last 2 pictures show 5 forms described in the next paragraph.
At first glance, these 5 look like they might be octagonal platters. In fact, only the far left one is an octagonal. In order, left to right after the octagonal is: a gravy tureen stand (it is deeper than platters), an octagonal well and tree platter, an octagonal platter missing its strainer (note inset edges for the strainer) and, lastly a dish with narrower dimensions which is a celery/eel/relish dish.