From our European Porcelain Collection, an exceptionally well-painted 18th century Meissen coffee pot from the so-called "Dot Period" (1732-1773), probably 1740-1760, depicting a serenade or courtship scene with what is either two musicians or perhaps two suitors, attempting to curry the favor of a Lady, all executed in puce with gilt highlights upon a very white, hard paste porcelain body...

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in Germany by Ludwigsburg in 1770. The Ludwigsburg factory was formed in 1759 under royal patronage of Duke Carl Eugen and it became one of the leading European porcelain manufacturers between the years 1760 and 1775. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/4 inches and is 1 1/4 inches deep. The cup is 2 1/4 inches high. The clays that were available in the area produced a beige rather than white color porcelain...

This porcelain cup and saucer was produced in Germany by Furstenburg between 1753 and 1770. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/4 inches and the cup is 3 inches high at the handle. The cup has the traditional Biedermeier style handle that raises above the rim of the cup. There are hand painted bands of grape vines and grapes done in earth tones. There are gold accents and trim on the rims and handle. Condition: There is some light wear to gilding in the well of the saucer where the cup sits...

A finely decorated German Stein, ca. mid 18th. century!

The saltglazed Steing decorated with a beautiful scene of a landschkneckt walking in a lanscape with a castle in the background. Very high quality and rare. Impressive pewter mount with large ball thumbrest and medallion in the lid with the portrait of a German ruler.

Size: 22 cm. tall.

Condition: Choice for type! A thin hairline at the handle and some minimal glaze chips, othervise superb.

A nicely decorated lobed dinner plate with an off center bouquet of bright flowers in the well of the plate, two sprays of flowers on the lip and a reddish-purple rim. A little green bud near the rim covers a firing flaw. Diameter 9 7/8 inches (25 cm). Underglaze blue mark of crowned interlaced Cs.

Condition; very good and little wear. A short hairline crack from the rim goes about an inch into the plate.

Bright colors and interesting that no gilding was used.

Antique German blue and white porcelain ribbed tea caddy, late 18th/early 19th c. with a Hochst Porcelain mark on the base.

4.25” x 2.25” x 1.75”

A German Saltglaze Bellamine. With crisply moulded mask and applied flower roundel. Germany E17thC. Height; 8 1/8" (20.5 cm). Condition;  chip to inside of lip otherwise excellent. With a very good glaze surface.

A superb 'Bartmanns Krug', Germany, Rhineland, probably Cologne, 16th.-early 17th. century AD.

Exceptional quality 'tigerskin' glazing, nice details and typical of the later renaissance German wine or beer jugs.

Size: 20,5 cm. tall and 14-15 cm. wide.

Condition: Extremely fine for type, no repairs.

Ex. Old Danish Estate collection.

A very nice and intact bellarmine jug or Bartmannskrug as they are called in Europe, c. 1660-1680.

A fearsome head on the neck of a bearded man with fangs as teeth. Below is a floral medallion. Fine Tiger-glaze ware piece...

Very large and impressive brown-glazed Bartmannskrug or Bellarmine Jug, Raeren, Germany c. Late 17th.- early 18th century AD.

The jug with lovely warm brown glaze and a detailed bartmann on the neck and a small ring handle.

Size: c. 42 cm. tall!

Condition: Extremely fine, completely intact!

Provenance: The Estate of Carl-johan Hummeltoft (1958-2020), Birkerød, Denmark...

A important rare massive size German stoneware pouring jug, Westerwald, ca. 1780-1820 AD.

Jug with cobalt glaze of floral motifs with a birds wing, original pewter lid with no stamps. Fantastic size and very decorative, a must for collectors of early German pottery.

Size: 38-39 cm.

Condition: Superb, noting to remark, unusually nice condition for such a large old Westerwald jug...

This is a fine Dresden flower serving plate, with handles, ca. 1915, with the mark of Richard Klemm; also marked "Dresden" and "Germany", decorated with Deutsche blumen within gilt-swagged shaped rims. Condition: mint. Measurement: 10" dia.

This is a set of six Schumann Dresden style flower hand painted and transfer plates with reticulation, several faintly marked with the 1900 era mark of a Japanese copy, and lavishly decorated with courting scenes and flowers. Condition: excellent. Measurement: 6"dia.

This is a beautiful Dresden porcelain coffee cup with lid and deep saucer, ca. 1893-1916; marked with the mark of Richard Klemm, comprising a straight sided cup with angular handle, decorated with hand-painted flowers, gilt swirls and fish scale borders, gold dots on handle, acorn finial on lid. Measurements: cup 5 in. H 3" high, saucer 5 3/8 in D; Condition: Pristine

This porcelain service was produced in Germany by the Royal Berlin Porcelain Manufacturer in 1918. They are marked with the red orb, blue scepter and iron cross markings. The pattern is known as Neuzierat. There are a total of 43 pieces. The set consists of an oval serving tray, coffee pot with lid, tea pot with lid, sugar bowl with lid, cream pitcher, and 12 sets of cups, saucers and dessert plates. All pieces are hand painted with sprays of vibrantly colored garden variety flowers...

Beautiful handpainted Hutschenreuther porcelain plaque of Mary and Jesus. It is not artist signed, but has the Hutschenreuther crown and shield mark on the back and is of the highest quality. The plaque itself measures 6 5/8" x 5 1/8" and in its original frame it measures 12 1/4" x 9 1/2". It is in great original condition.

This is a fine Dresden covered porcelain box made by Carl Thieme, ca.1915, having a round shape with reticulated body and lid, beautiful hand-painted applied flowers, lid with rosebud finial, Maker's mark. Measurement; 5 in H x 5 in W; Condition: Very good with small chip on rosebud finial..

This porcelain demitasse cup and saucer was produced in Austria by the Franz Dorfl porcelain decorating shop around 1900. The saucer has a diameter of 4 inches and the cup is 2 1/2 inches high. The ground color is deep cobalt blue. It has an expertly hand painted scene of the classical Greek Goddess, Psyche, by a fountain. The set has ornate gilding accented with raised enamel. The rims and handle are richly gilded...

Lovely old charger done in sepia colors. Signed Graf and marked on the back "Der Salontirvler" with the Royal Rudolstadt mark and #7826 impressed in the center. The acorn border is decorated with raised gold. This beautiful charger is in perfect original condition and measures 14 1/2" in diameter.

This is romantic set of 12 Schumann Dresden flower cups and saucers, with the 1900 era mark of Carl Schumann; the interior of each cup features a lovely courting scene and both cups and saucers have colorful floral and gilt decoration and raised diagonal weave borders. Condition: cups: ; saucers: 10 are in excellent condition with only minor gilt wear; 1 is cracked, and 1 has minor discoloration. Measurement: cups: ; saucers: 5 _" dia.

This is a very fine 19th century demitasse cabinet cup and saucer, can-shaped cup and saucer having hand painted interior and exterior with a beautiful raised garland pattern in rich gold gilt; marked with the gold Dresden Porcelain Factory mark and GmbH, hand painted number D-460on cup base and pattern number 3430 on underside of saucer. Measurement; 1 3/4 in high; Condition: Excellent

This is an exquisite Dresden porcelain tea pot, studio mark of Richard Klemm, ca. 1891-1914; of flattened ovoid shape with a ruffled foot, lovely open vine handle, and distinctive shaped rim; decorated with Deutsche blumen and overall gilding. Condition: pristine; no chips or cracks, no visible wear to gilt. Measurement: 6 _"h.

A Dresden Porcelain Hand Painted Octagonal Inkstand, by Carl Thieme, dating from the early 1900's. Contains two wells, a stamp box, two seal holders and and candle holder. Dimensions; 7" x 7", 2.75" high, 5" to candle holder. Excellent condition.

Antique 9.5" Carl Tielsch oyster plate with gold trim and raspberry accents. A nice piece for the collector of high quality porcelain oyster plates.

This porcelain vase was produced in Germany by the Richard Klemm Dresden Studio around 1900. It is 8 7/8 inches tall and 3 inches across the handles. The ground color is iridescent aquamarine...

This is a wonderful 19th century porcelain partial coffee set hand-painted with courting scenes, putti, floral sprays, and butterflies on a yellow ground; bearing crossed swords mark of the Dresden studio of Helena Wolfson and consisting of: a coffee pot and lid with rose bud finial and twisted vine handle; a footed creamer with vine handle; a covered sugar with floral finial; a set of 6 cups with twisted vine handles and shaped rims, some with whimsical insects dancing on the interior; and a se...

This porcelain demitasse cup and saucer was produced in Germany by a Dresden decorator. We believe that it was made by Donath Dresden because it is marked in red and the coloring and style are similar to others we have had. There is an artist’s signature in the lower right corner of the portrait which may be Wagner. The cup is marked Madame Montesson, wife of King Louis the XV. The saucer is 4 inches in diameter. The cup is 1 7/8 inches tall with a diameter of 1 7/8 inches. The cup is can ...

A Very Large and Impressive KPM (Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur, Berlin) Pitcher or Ewer; in Blue and White Bisque Relief. Composed of Allegorical Figures; a Cupid and a Man and Woman as Mermen, and the Sea God. Dimensions; 13" high x 8" wide and a weight of 6 lbs. With Blue Scepter Mark and the Red KPM and Globe Mark, circa 1880. In very fine condition.

A Dresden Porcelain Putti Grouping with Doves a Dovecote and Slingshot. Dimensions; 8" wide x 8" high x 5" deep. from the late 19th century and in excellent condition.

This set of 12 porcelain bread and butter plates was produced in Germany by Lamm Dresden in the 1880s. Not all the plates are pictured but there are 12 in the set. The plates have a diameter of 6 1/4 inches. The rims are slightly scalloped. They are hand painted with charming sprays and garlands of flowers in a palate of blue, pink and yellow. There is delicate hand gilded trim. There is a cartouche with a gilded monogram on the rims. Originally, they would have been used for bread but the...

We believe that is is a Royal Rudolstadt Urn, despite the lack of a mark. It is decorated with florals, with a gilt handle and sits on a pedestal base. It is 13" high and it is in excellent condition. Late 19th century.

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in Austria in the late 19th century. The beehive marking is under the glaze. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/2 inches and the cup is 2 3/4 inches high. The cup features a pedestal base and a graceful loop handle. There is a cartouche on the front of the cup containing a hand painted scene of a beautiful woman and cupid with surrounding landscape. The painting is well done with great detail. It is framed with art nouveau style flowers done in r...

This is a fine Dresden porcelain four-part serving dish for hors d'oeuvres, each piece scallop-shaped with layered ribbing on a white ground, hand-painted with flowers and gilt, made by Helena Wolfsohn, ca. 1886-1891, makers mark and impressed numbers 2396 on underside; Measurement: each dish measures 5 3/4 L x 7 1/4 W. Condition: Excellent

This porcelain tea cup and suacer was produced in Bohemia by Pirkenhammer in the 1890s. The saucer has a diameter of 5 ½ inches and the cup is 2 inches high. The rim of the saucer and the foot of the cup are reticulated. The set has a wine colored ground color with reserves of gilded urns filled with colorful flowers. The hand painting and raised gilding has fine detail. The rims and handle are trimmed with gold. The set is quite Victorian with a European feel. Condition: There are 2...

This is a set of 12 dainty Dresden flower bread and butter plates, with the mark of Helena Wolfson, ca. 1886-1891, with Deutsche blumen, shaped gilt rims and a fabulous raised swirl surface. Condition: excellent; some paint losses on the swirl ridges.Measurement: 5" dia.

This porcelain coffee cup and saucer was produced in Austria by a Vienna Porcelain manufacturer in the1880s. It has an artist’s signature “Schuler” in the painting. The saucer is 6 inches in diameter. The cup is 2 ½” high with a diameter of 3¾”. The ground color is forest green. The front of the cup has a hand painted scene of a classical lady and a winged cherub. The scene is framed with ornate, raised gold. The saucer has matching gold trim. The interior of the cup is gilded ...

A Hand Painted Bavarian chocolate set for the Late 19th century.Consists of a Chocolate of Coffee Pot (9.5") and Six Cups (3.25". The Design Consists of Hand Painted Florals. There are a few small wear spots on the bottom edge of the cups, but otherwise it is excellent condition.

A large Dresden Porcelain Ewer by Sitzendorf (Thuringia, Germany). It is heavily decorated with puttis and weighs 4 lbs. 10 oz. and measures 15" high x 7" wide. It dates from 1887-1896. There is a slight chip on the hoof below the lip of the ewer, otherwise in excellent condition.

This porcelain chocolate cup and saucer was produced in Germany by the Ambrosius Lamm Dresden Studio in the 1880s. The saucer is 5 3/8 inches in diameter. The cup is 3 1/4 inches tall without the handle. The cup features an empire style handle that sweeps up over the rim. The ground color is magenta red. There is a large reserve on the front of the cup containing a hand painted scene. An elegant 18th century couple are strolling in a garden landscape. The painting is detailed and colorfu...

This porcelain parasol handle was produced in Germany by a Dresden manufacturer in the late 19th century. It is unmarked but the workmanship is definitely from Dresden. It is 5 1/2 inches long and the knob is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. The ground color is cobalt blue. The knob has a scene of lovers in a garden inside a cartouche of ornate raised gilding. The rest of the knob is covered with gilded swirls and flourishes. The stem has gilded cartouches containing tiny cherubs. There are rows...

These 6 porcelain tea cups and saucers were produced in Germany by Meissen around 1890. The saucers are 5 ¼” in diameter and ¾” deep. The cups are 1 ¾” high and 3 ¼” In diameter. The porcelain is molded in high relief. Intricate gilding highlights the raised designs. There are reserves with hand painted flowers of vivid colors and fine detail. Tiny insects can be found among the flowers. The handle and rims are trimmed with gold. The quality of these cups and saucers is incom...

This is a set of twelve reticulated Dresden dessert plates, hand decorated with five different courting scenes and flowers, some marked Bavaria in a shield, most probably early Schumann; 8 _" dia excellent condition

This porcelain plate was produced in Germany by Meissen in the late 19th century. It has first quality crossed swords under glaze. The plate is 8 inches in diameter and 1 3/8 inches deep. The plate has a delicate reticulated border. the center of the plate has a intricate pattern of pink blossoms known as “pink onion or Indian pink”. The stylized flowers are accented with gold. There are reserves inside the border with more of the pink flowers. All of the openwork around the border is...

This cup and saucer was produced in Germany by an unknown manufacturer between 1815 to 1848. The set does not bear a maker’s mark. The location of this scene is written on the bottom of the cup “Ruine Trinberg bie Kissingen” translated Trinberg ruins near Kissingen. The saucer measures 5 5/8 inches in diameter. The cup is 3 1/4 inches tall with a diameter of 3 1/8 inches. The cup has a hand painted scene of castle ruins spanning a hillside. There are mountain and treed landscape in ...

This porcelain trembleuse chocolate cup and saucer was produced in Bohemia by Carl Knoll in the 1880s. The saucer is 5 ¼” in diameter. The cup with lid is 5 ½ “ high and 5” across the handles. The set is hand painted with Watteau scenes on the lid, the cup and the saucer. The hand gilding of fish scale design, was a laborious process. There are additional accents of rich gilding and trim. The finial on the lid is a flame and the handles are Meissen style split branch handles. Th...

A Hochst Style Hand Painted Armorial Platter. Pseudo Hochst mark, possibly by Samson. Dimensions; 13" diameter x 2" high. Late 1800's and in very good condition. Note; goes with item 1276 (Trocadero 480067), matching tureen and cover.

This porcelain chocolate cup and saucer was produced in Fischern, Bohemia by Carl Knoll in the 1880s. It has the blue under glaze bee hive marking. There is writing in German, “Gesnng u Spiel” or “Singing and Play”. The saucer has a diameter of 5 1/4 inches. The cup is 3 1/8 inches tall, without the handle with a diameter of 2 3/4 inches. The ground color and border on the cup are deep cobalt blue. The cup has a panoramic scene of young children enjoying various activities. They...

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in Berlin, Germany by the Royal Porcelain Manufacturer, known as KPM, in the 1890s. It has the under glaze blue scepter and over glaze red orb with the letters KPM. The saucer has a diameter of 5 inches and is 1 1/8 inches deep. The cup is 2 1/8 inches high with a diameter of 2 3/4 inches. The hard paste porcelain is of the finest quality ever produced. The ground color is deep cobalt blue. The front of the cup has a hand painted portrait of a...

This porcelain vase was produced in Germany by the Donath Dresden Studio in the 1890s. It is 9 1/2 inches tall and 4 inches across the handles. The vase has a unique shape with rococo style feet, handles and molded relief. Every inch is filled with delightful details. The front and back panels have hand painted scenes of young lovers in garden settings. They are dressed in 18th century costumes. The opposite panels are painted with iridescent lavender and cream colored reserves. Intricat...

A Royal Rudolstadt (Prussia) Swan Shaped Open Tureen, in a pale blue (could also be used as a planter). Dimensions; 11" x 8" x 8.5" high. Circa 1900. Excellent condition.

This porcelain chocolate cup and saucer was produced in Germany by the Richard Klemm Dresden Studio in the 1890s. The saucer measures 6 inches in diameter and the cup is 4 inches high. The cup has a pedestal base and the saucer is contoured with a raised well in the center. The saucer is a platform for the cup. The ground color is blue green. There are tiny pink rose garlands around the saucer and cup. The front of the cup has a reserve containing a portrait of Queen Louise of Prussia who ...

A high quality porcelain deep sided saucer decorated with an untied bouquet of flowers slightly off center and two small blossoms on either side of the bouquet. The underside inside the foot is impressed with the Nymphenburg mark, the letter “K” and the fraction “1/7”. The saucer is 5 1/8 inches (13 cm) diameter.

Condition: No chips cracks hairlines or repairs. Some very light scratching on the inside of the saucer and a couple of very minor firing flaws.

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced at Meissen around 1800. It has the first quality under glaze blue crossed swords with a star under it. The saucer is 5 3/8 inches in diameter and is 1 1/4 inches deep. The cup is 2 3/4 inches tall with a diameter of 2 1/2 inches. the ground color is cobalt blue. The cup has a reserve with a portrait of Abelard and the saucer has a portrait of Heloise. There was a story of two lovers in 12th century France, Heloise and Abelard, who were denied ...

From our European Porcelain Collection, a fine German Volkstedt neoclassical-style milk jug, late 18th century circa 1780-1790, depicting two reserves of young boys engaged in intellectual and artistic pursuits, all very well-executed in polychrome enamels with generous use of gilding.

Size and condition: 3 3/4 inches tall, 4 inches across spout to handle. Enamel and gilding are essentially 99% intact. There is one very small chip with associated gilding loss on the spout, visible only wh...

This soft paste porcelain covered cup and saucer was produced in Germany by Hochst in 1775. The saucer has a diameter of 6 1/2 inches and the cup is 6 inches high. The saucer has a deep well for the cup to fit into so that it does not slide off. This was called a "trembleuse" by the French. The set is decorated in the most opulent fashion. The style and decoration are taken from the French Sevres factory. The scrolled borders are accented with raised gilding. There are applied fruits and ...

A lovely salt-glazed brown ceramic Jug with full pewter mount, Germany, 18th. century AD.

A gem of a German brown glazed jug with twisted, rilled corpus and a finely made pewter lid and mount over handle and footring. Rare jug engraved in 1787 on lid, probably somehwt earlier manifacture around 1770s.

Size: 31 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for this type, no cracks or hairlines, no repairs and a finely preserved lid.

Ex. Danish Estate Collectio...

From our European Porcelain Collection, an important and historically significant Meissen armorial plate, ex-Sotheby's, from the Munchhaussen family dinner service gifted by Augustus III to Gerlach Adolf von Munchhaussen in 1745. The decoration is executed in puce with gilt highlights, painted in the "fabletier" style of mythical beasts set against a landscape of birds and insects, all set beneath the Munchhaussen family coat of arms with a foliate scroll border on the rim. Meissen crossed sword...

An exceptional bellarmine jug or Bartmannskrug as they are called in Europe. Made in Germany, cologne region, probably Frechen, late 16th. century AD., and exported to Holland, as it's bearing a medallion with the Coat of Arms of Amsterdam.

On the globular jug, a strong head of a bearded man with classic naturalistic features. Below the long beard, an oval medallion with the crowned coat of arms. Fine Tiger-glaze ware piece.

A Bartmann jug (from German Bartmann, "bearded...

German Westerwald Cylindrical Tankard with a Pewter Lid. Decorated with a central band of applied flower heads on a blue ground. C1700. Ht. excluding lid, 5 3/4" (14.7cm). Condition of the tankard is excellent; no chips, cracks or restoration.Pewter lid with some corrosion and a small hole.

An attractive and very rare large tankard, Germany, Cologne area, dating to the 16th. century.

The tall brown saltglazed stoneware tankard, decorated with three historical emperors and great generals, namely Karl the Great, Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great with floral and figural spacers in between. Pewter lid.

Size: 29 cm. tall.

Condition: F-VF, affordable since it's partly restored and with some repainting to cover the connection of the shards. Looks int...