All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #820988 (stock #D248)
These 6 porcelain plates were produced in England by Coalport in 1818. There are no markings on any of these plates but the pattern with the embossed design is documented to have come from Coalport. The plates measure 7 1/2 inches in diameter. They are made of fine, hard paste porcelain. The plates have embossed floral decoration in high relief. These flowers are outlined with gold. The border is cobalt blue. There are reserves with colorful hand painted flowers framed with fancy gold trim...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1250825 (stock #TBD00150)
Blue transfer printed and gilt English porcelain teapot stand c. 1800

A porcelain teapot stand with a dry base and a blue transferred scene of a Chinese house surrounded by trees on an island. A boat is landing at one side of the island. The raised rim is printed with Chinese patterns, some blurred in the transfer. Bands of gilt are on the top and bottom edges of the raised rim. The rounded trapezoidal shape is relieved with rectangular indentations. Circa 1810...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1424396 (stock #TBD00325)
A hard paste porcelain cup and saucer with gilding of lyres with arrows supporting swags. Two panels on the saucer and one on the cup displaying in differently toned gilding elaborate outdoor scenes with people, buildings, trees and other details. The partially gilt handle scrolls to the top edge. Two-tone leaves ring the lower part of the cup. There are no marks on either the cup or saucer. Inscribed in the body of the saucer inside the fool is what appears to be “n6” in a bold hand...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1186115 (stock #TBD00109)
A pair of Mason's Patent Ironstone China plates circa 1820 in the "Chinese Wall" pattern with Under glaze blue and over glaze enamels with gilt highlights on the green border and the dots on the wall which is painted with different color blocks. The mark, “Mason’s Patent Ironstone China" is impressed in a single line on the back of the plates. Diameter is approx. 9 inches (22.9 cm).

Condition: No chips, cracks, hairlines, or repairs. There are some knife scratches and gilding wear...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1269508 (stock #zp280)
Superb antique English porcelain plates from the Worcester Flight, Barr and Barr factory. Placed on a gilded "seaweed" background, the central roundels depict exotic birds, beautifully painted by Charles Stinton, a well-known and highly acclaimed painter of birds.

One of the plates has the impressed crown and FBB mark, and the other has that mark and the red printed mark. Condition is mint, with no flaws of any kind, including all the gilding. The diameter of each plate is 8 3/4".

NOTES: 1...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1426590 (stock #TBD00345)
A pearlware child’s mug with the stencil inscription in blue on the front, “A Gift from the Pottery,” in a cut corner rectangle with a seaweed surround. The top and bottom of the mug with a single blue band. The ends of the oval handle spread like a leaf. 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm) tall, 3 ¼ inches (8.3 cm) across the handle.

Condition: no chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Tiny rough spot on the lip and a little wear on the base...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Low Countries : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1022554 (stock #343)
A fine rare Pennsylvania German folk art brides box c. 1830 in very good antique condition with all original antique paint. Old german script reads, "SCHAU ES NUR AN WIE DU WILLST EX IST DES VATERS EBENBILD". ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO "SEE IT THE WAY YOU WANT IT IS YOUR FATHER'S LIKENESS. Measuring approx. 19 x 12 x 7 inches a Museum quality American folk art piece.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1299905 (stock #TBD00179)
A Staffordshire punch bowl decorated with both freehand painting and the transfer of the Chinese ladies and part of the fence in the center of the bowl. The border and the four sprays that decorate the outside of the bowl are all hand painted, as is the pink lustre mountain behind the ladies. The decoration is bright and cheerful. 9 ½ inches diameter, 4 ½ inches tall.

Condition; Excellent, no chips cracks hairlines or repairs...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1374122 (stock #TBD))236)
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.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pre 1837 VR item #399455 (stock #418)
Ridgeway Reticulated Compote or Center Bowl, with Scrolled Rim and Foliate Scrolled Handles. Circa 1830-1840, in the "Helical" pattern. It is 10" wide and 10" wide and in excellent condition
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Eastern Europe : Pre 1837 VR item #1128421 (stock #1749)
An Early Nineteenth Century Hungarian Faience Jug, Possibly used for Wine. Pictures a Shepherd with a Dog and a Ram and Sheep. The Inscription "GAMBRIS ISTVAN 1810" is on either side of the shepherd's Head. Height; 12", weight 2.25 lbs. Minor glaze losses.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #389603 (stock #p923)
Gilt Chinoserie decoration on a deep blue ground; 2 5/8" tall by 2 5/8" diameter; very, very minimal gilt rubbing in a few spots at the bottom, of much less import than the photos indicate
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1394429 (stock #TBD00272)
A pair of very well painted and gilt porcelain compotes...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #395834 (stock #p845)
In referring to certain types of pottery, "Leeds" and "featheredge" are both common misnomers. People think of certain types of Staffordshire pottery as being Leeds while in actuality only a small portion was made by that factory.

Further, to be completely accurate, this platter is really what is known as "shell-edge", as opposed to featheredge. It is pearlware, made around 1810, and is an extremely large 17 3/4" by 13 1/4" in size. Wares of this type were often made in blue, and, much ...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1411645 (stock #zp506)
A nice Chamberlain Worcester porcelain dish of gadrooned and gilded edge form, the ground color in a deep apple green, and the center featuring a bouquet of various flowers. Marked on the reverse with "Chamberlain Worcester" in red.

The overall length is 13 1/2" with a width of 9 1/2". Condition is excellent, with no chips, cracks, or restoration. As is not uncommon in this period, there is overall faint craquelure.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1260154 (stock #TBD00147)
A pair of Ironstone plates with Chinese style decoration of a willow tree, a Chinese fence and flowers. With a lobed edge they have an elaborate border between the rim and the center of the plate. The blue is underglaze decoration while the colors and gilding were applied after the glaze. The underside with the Royal Warrant, “STONE CHINA/No. 7.” 8 ¼ inch (21 cm) diameter.

Condition: Neither have chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. One has some gilding wear and slight scratching. Thi...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1404343 (stock #zp245)
A fine pottery dark blue and white Staffordshire platter, transfer printed in the "Birds and Fruit" pattern. Unmarked except for an impressed "12" on the reverse, but attributed to John Hall & Sons, Burslem, England.

The central scene features two birds amidst a panoply of fruit, including pears, strawberries, blackberries, grapes, etc. The cavetto and wide rim has a border of flowers and foliage.

The color of this platter is a deep, clear blue, with no blurriness, and with the desired ...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #854800 (stock #916)
A Copper Lustre Goblet with Hand Painted Floral Decorations; circa 1820. Dimensions 4.75" high x 3.25" wide at top and 2.75" at base. Some slight age wear, but in very good condition.