This relief molded jug in a buff or light mustard color is 7-1/2" high. It is marked on the bottom with the Ridgway anchor and vase mark and dates to about 1830. Before glass and plastic containers were widely available to hold liquids, especially wine, such decorative stoneware pitchers were made in various sizes and colors. Even though these jugs had a utilitarian function, they were decorated like sculptures...
Shallow Famille Rose Bowl. Classic pastel palette having a three dimensional effect created with a garden rail feature in the design. Excellent condition. Size: 9.125" Dia. x 1.375" H.
Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Plate. Hot pink balances with touches of dark brown in a compelling combination. Excellent condition. Size: 9" Dia.
Chinese Export Porcelain Creamer. Richly decorated with traditional florals but having the unusual addition of a bird in flight. Excellent condition. Circa 1800. Size: 4" H 4.25" L(spout to handle).
Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl. Floral painting of exquisite detail. Excellent condition. Size: 2.875" Dia. x 1.625" H.
Chinese Porcelain Armorial Dish: Arms of Cary Impaling Dubois. The center crest with rampant lion and in the border above, a swan. Condition report: numerous edge "frets." Circa 1725. Size: 4.875" Dia.
Chinese Export Porcelain Cup And Saucer. The cup having dark blue swirling field surrounding a scene of court life; and with saucer having matching blue field surrounding worn painted decoration. Circa 1800. Size: 4.625" Dia.
A FRENCH GLAZED TERRACOTTA PLAQUE, SIGNED AND DATED, 1874. Divided into three sections, but is one tile -- depicting the three Theological virtues, Faith, Charity and Hope after the painting by Del Sarto. J. Fromentin and dated 1874, verso inscribed with artist name and date and further impressed with the studio stamp of J. Loebnitz-Maison Pichenot. Repaired. 12 inches x 19 inches (31 x 38.5 cm) minor chip on bottom corners-beautifully painted under glaze.
Thinly potted Chinese export Kraak plate with deer motif, about 8-3/8", in excellent condition. Border II, c. 1580-1600. This is the only border in which the cavetto and rim are not decorated as a single unit. The blue is intense and well-shaded. Please see Maura Rinaldi's KRAAK PORCELAIN. No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. This is not a shipwreck piece. There is no degradation of the glaze. Additional images on request. Our price includes insured shipping.
Thinly potted Chinese export Kraak plate with deer motif, about 8-3/8", in excellent condition. Border II, c. 1580-1600. This is the only border in which the cavetto and rim are not decorated as a single unit. The blue is intense and well-shaded. Please see Maura Rinaldi's KRAAK PORCELAIN. No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. This is not a shipwreck piece. There is no degradation of the glaze. Additional images on request. Our price includes insured shipping.
Circa 1780 Chinese Export Large Reticulated Under-Plate made for the European Market. Measures 10 3/4" X 9 3/4". Excellent Condition.
No Chips, Cracks or Restoration.Central scene which I believe to be a European Scene showing european figures with dogs or other animals with trees and water with a larger Castle Type Buildings.
Sante Fe New Mexico Effigy Bowl from Mimbres Area. 8' tall and 7" in Width. The Bottom was Broken Out and Replaced with a Modern Clay Bottom. This is a likeness of a deceased person 600 years old.
This porcelain demitasse cup and saucer was produced in Germany by Heufel Dresden in the 1890s. The saucer has a diameter of 4 1/2 inches and the cup is 1 1/4 inches high. The cup is low and wide with the most fantastic handle. The porcelain is hand decorated with garlands of vibrant flowers inside the cup and rows of flowers around the outside of the cup and border of the saucer. There is lacy gold trim and gilded accents on the rims and handle.
Condition: Excellent
This set of 6 porcelain bouillon or soup cups and saucers was produced in Germany by the Helena Wolfsohn studio in the 1890s. The saucer has a diameter of 5 3/4 inches and the cups are 2 inches high. The edges of the saucers are scalloped and the handles on the cups are shaped like little hearts. The porcelain is hand painted with tendrils of colorful flowers that drape down inside the cup and across the saucer. The edges are trimmed with elaborate raised gilding...
A CAC Belleek creamer and covered sugar. The pieces are decorated with heavily enameled gold roses with a pale pink on the rims and handles. The interior bottom of the creamer has a tiny rosebud enameld on it. The creamer is 3 3/4 inches tall and 3 3/4 inches in diameter. The covered sugar is 4 inches tall and 4 3/4 inches in diameter. The undersides bear the purple CAC mark used from 1894 - 1896.