A Royal Doulton Chiné stoneware jug or pitcher with pewter lid, c 1890, partly gilt and enamelled in turquoise, blue and white. The Chiné pattern, where a textile – lace - was pressed into the clay to create the desired effect, was invented by Slater, director of Doulton from 1887 to 1936. Marks: Royal Doulton, Slater’s Patent and RH for designer Rosina Harris. Height 8"/20 cm. Condition: restoration to tip of spout.

This set of 12 porcelain plates were produced in England by Mintons in 1895. The plates bear the date cipher for that year. They have a diameter of 9 inches. They are made of fine, white bone china. The rims have fan shaped molded edges that create a scalloped border. In addition, pieced work is used to accent the decoration, giving the borders a lacy appearance. The plates are decorated with a factory transfer of pink chrysanthemums that spill across the center of each one...

This porcelain tea cup and saucer was produced in England by Brown, Westhead & Moore in the 1890s. It is a transitional set, just before the company became Cauldon. It was made especially for Gilman and Collamore of New York. The porcelain is extra fine and has molded swirls in the body. The decoration of tiny corn flower garlands is hand painted. Garlands of gilded leaves entwine with the corn flowers creating a delicate pattern. Tiny sprigs dot the outside of the cup...

A group of three Staffordshire plates. The first a small (6 ½ inch diameter) pearlware plate with good handpainted roses and a solid colored border with lines and dots. The second plate (8 3/8 inches diameter) also pearlware handpainted with a border of small roses, leaves and ovals over two lines. The third a ceramic plate with a shaped edge (10 1/8 inches diameter) with a very bold free hand painted single Adam’s rose dominating most of the area. All are unmarked...

A pair of dishes, printed and hand painted with flowers in pastel shades, the edges scalloped and gilt. Doulton Burslem mark for 1885-1902. Diameter "8¾/ 22,5 cm (both plates). Condition: fine.

A Very Large Mintons Charger with a Deep Green Background with a Bird and Florals Design. Date mark 1880. Dimensions; 15.25" in diameter x 1.375" deep. Mintons imprint and date mark and a paper label from "T Goode & Co. South Audley Street, Grosvenor Square London". (Thomas Goode, Prestige Retailer, established in 1827 and moved to South Audley Street in 1876. Goode had a close relationship with Minton.) Excellent condition.

A 19th century Staffordshire flat back china cottage 1850-60s. It is the flat back type, and measures 4 1/4" high and 3 7/16" across. The colouration is simple - yellow ochre and rust-brown. It is overall in excellent condition for its age except for a small chip on the chimney and wear to the painted decoration. The bocage around the roof eaves is in excellent shape (very minor loss, not noticeable) and no cracks, crazing, staining or repairs...

Collectors of Staffordshire rarities will want to consider this example of John Milton, originally paired with the rare William Shakespeare figure.

The large molded figure attired in breeches, stockings, waist coat, and cape, standing with left arm draped over a book topped column with scroll beneath, and holding an open book in right hand, the whole on an oval gilt lined base...

A most gorgeous porcelain bowl hand painted with green and pink fancy decorations around the rim of the bowl with a central vignette of two birds fluttering in a magnolia tree. The rim is edged with a mustard enamel. The condition is very good with some enamel loss in the bowl though not easily recognizable. The backside is marked Minton with a British registry mark dating to 1860. Structural condition is superb. Dimension: 9 1/2" d

Although Adderley is often credited by sellers as the maker of all Blue Chelsea series of table wares, the truth is that it was produced by many makers. This coffee pot is unmarked but clearly a fine Staffordshire example.

Our coffee pot sits on a hexagonal foot whose shaping continues in the body of the pot. It is sparsely decorated in the much beloved Blue Chelsea Sprig motif on a cream body...

A hard to find purple transferware pitcher with central vignettes of farm life and genre scenes. The top and inside of pitcher have foliate decoration. The single piece handle is attached. Condition is very good with minor crazing and possible exterior crack for which we have shown 2 pictures. Very moderate age discoloration most noticeably on handle.

Dimension: 6" h

A pair of octagonal dessert plates by Copeland, the edges dented and gilt. Japanised, “Aesthetic” decoration of brambles or blackberries, transfer printed and hand painted with some gilt over part of the withered leaves and berries. Diameter "9/ 22.8 cm. The back with the impressed curved mark used by Copeland from 1860 to 1880, and N80, probably for November 1880. Condition: fine.

English dark Brown Transferware Plate, Scalloped Rim, Ca.1900, 8" diameter, marked "British Lake, Stone China, Buttermere" with "Crown" mark on the bottom, two(2) cows and two(2) men and tall mountain in the background, very pleasant design in the center and Flowers and Foliage decorated Rim, the condition is good.

Pair lovely Minton porcelain cabinet plates featuring handpainted pastoral scenes. One shows a footbridge over a rushing stream and the other shows a pair of cows wading in a pond. Both are surrounded by Minton's famous turquoise blue. The edges are gilt and embossed with a foliate pattern. The backs are impressed "Minton" and have the year mark for 1879. Origin: England, 1879...

Tanagran style Apollo and Daphne Terracotta figure, beautifully modeled with repairs to the hands and traces of color . This is from the estate of Sir Daniel Donohue The house Katie Perry Now lives in in Los Feliz Los Angeles prior to 1968. This piece is un tested and dated and priced accordingly. Sadly I sold this piece in near perfect restoration condition I got an email from the buyer an antiquities dealer saying it had broken in shipping .....

This set of 12 porcelain luncheon plates was produced in England by Cauldon in the late 19th century. They were made especially for Tiffany in New York. The plates measure 8 3/4 inches in diameter and 3/4 of an inch deep...

Rare Staffordshire child’s mug, creamware with green transfer decoration of sign language alphabet. Early 1800’s (small hole in bottom).

Diameter: 2.75”

These exceptional vases decorated in the Chinese style were produced by the firm inherited by Charles Mason who secured rights to the famous Mason's Patented Ironstone in 1813. The pottery made porcelain as well, but I believe that these vases are of ironstone. Mason was also famous for producing wares mimicking Chinese wares which the British East India Company stopped importing in the late 18th C., an important factor to his early success. These vases are matched though their sizes differ b...