Spatterware and gaudy Dutch, the country folks’ Sunday-best tableware in the first half of the 19th century, have been fetching prices generally paid for porcelain from palaces. Made in Engla… ...

A red spatter creamer with a bird of paradise center was “better,” going for $4,730. But the red-, green- and blue-spattered creamer with a blue, red and yellow peafowl was the “best ...

A dish might have just a spatter border, or several colors forming a pattern. Many pieces have a design of a bird, tree, flower or house hand-painted in the center. Spatterware was made in England ...