Have a luncheon table that looks like a vegetable garden with porcelain that looks like asparagus. Various makers.

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Barbotine majolica covered asparagus server with matching platter, the server bottom having holes to allow excess water to drain onto the platter by design, providing drip free serving. Cream with green and eggplant highlights. ca. 1880s. French. Ceramic. Keller and Guerin, makers. Image © 2024 Chairish, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.chairish.com/product/8492400/19th-century-french-barbotine-covered-asparagus-server-with-matching-platter-by-keller-guerin?epik=dj0yJnU9S0dNZENCdWVXLW9WYURpY2J1b0RXaExLSi1Tb3RRQUYmcD0wJ

Majolica ceramic two piece asparagus serving set, a divided handled platter and footed sauce boat, both pieces molded as ribboned and bent asparagus spears. Art Nouveau/Jugendstil, made in the early 1900s. Made in Bohemia in what is now the Czech Republic but was then part of Austria-Hungary. Julius Dressler, maker. Marked with the Tower stamp used by Julius Dressler in the early 1900s. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2024. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/serving-pieces/julius-dressler-majolica-asparagus-serving-set-two-pieces/id-f_3748632/
Barbotine majolica asparagus pitcher with a turquoise glazed interior modeled as a bundle of white and green asparagus with purple spear tips, tied at the center and bottom with a red ribbon. The handle resembles a bent asparagus spear. Mid 20th c. French. Maker not known but inscribed Made in France to the base. Image © 2024 BLACK-EYED SUSANS BOUTIQUE LLC. Fair use license. via https://black-eyedsusansantiques.com/product/mid-century-french-barbotine-asparagus-pitcher/
Minton majolica asparagus cradle naturalistically modelled as a bundle of asparagus fixed to an aesthetic movement base. ca. 1870-1871. Ceramic. Made in England by Minton. Maker’s marks: impressed Minton and year code for 1871, with registration diamond for 25 February 1870. Image © Premier Antiques. Fair use license. via https://www.premierantiques.co.uk/rare-minton-majolica-aesthetic-movement-asparagus-cradle-c1871-2739-p.asp

Pair of covered tobacco jars, shaped like a bunch of asparagus with naturalistic polychrome decoration. ca. 17655-1765. French. Soft-porcelain, ceramic. Mennecy Manufacture, maker. Maker’s marks: marked D.V. in relief. Image © Christie’s 2025. Fair use license. https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/collections-provenant-des-familles-cosse-brissac-dormesson-la-bedoyere/paire-de-pots-tabac-couverts-en-porcelaine-tendre-10/273816?ldp_breadcrumb=back

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