Kutahya Plate Late19th c. - Hilmi Efendi

Beautiful Kutahya plate from late 19th or early 20th century. White paste, white slip, transparent glaze with decoration in cobalt blue, turquoise and brownish red. Beautiful rosette in the center. The back of the plate is decorated with three evenly separated floral sprays and the base bears a stamp in Arabic script reading ‘Hilmi - Kutahya” (Kutahya 19th Hilmi stamp plate from a private collection in Athens Greece).