MINTON bone china cup and saucer in the DRYDEN pattern. Each piece is decorated with a floral and leafy border in soft colors. Gilt trim. Fluted shanked shape. In excellent condition. No chips, cracks or hairlines. Saucer measures 5 1/2 inches in diameter. Cup measures 2 1/4 inches in height by 4 1/4 inches at its widest point.
Coalport Cottage Pastille Burner, 1964. "The Master's House". Impressed date on the base of 1964. Porcelain cottage with applied bocage and flowers. Gilt trim. A charming example of one of Coalport's 1960s pastille burners that were based on antique models. Pastilles were aromatic pellets used for scenting the room. This example features a small dog patiently waiting at the cottage's entrance for his master's return. In very fine condition with no damage or faults. Ref. ...click for details
Coalport Pastille Burner. "The Umbrella House". Impressed date mark:1960. A beautiful octagonal-shaped porcelain cottage with applied bocage and flowers. Gilt trim. Geoffrey Godden, in "Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains", p. 92, discusses the revival, in the early '60s, of a charming new line by Coalport of porcelain cottages based on antique examples of pastille burners. Pastilles are small pellets of aromatic paste and were used for scenting a room. This example, T ...click for details
A pair of HAND-PAINTED coasters by Royal Worcester, circa 1965. Backstamp states Hand Painted (in script). Each coaster features a game bird - 1. flying Mallard duck, and, 2. Pheasant or Grouse. Each bird is centered within a beaded circle design featuring five turquoise "jewels". Ribbed sides. Gilt rim. In fine condition with no chips or cracks etc. Each coaster measures 3 1/2 inches in diameter by 9/16 inches in depth.
A pair of floral decorated trinket, or ring, trays by Royal Crown Derby. Circa 1950s. Each is beautifully decorated with floral groups - one large group in the center surrounded by four smaller groups positioned at each corner. Gilt rim. One of the trays has a small nick on the gilt rim visible on the tray pictured on the left in enlargement 1 and shown also in enlargement 3 - this could easily be touched up with gilt, otherwise these are in fine condition with no other faults. Each tray measure ...click for details
A child's mug by by Portland Pottery Ltd., Cobridge,Staffordshire. Circa 1950. This factory flourished under this name from 1946 - 1953. Decorated on two sides with horse scenes - side 1 features a stage coach scene outside a country Inn; side 2 features two horses - one with a rider, the other, is riderless. A green and brown stripe decorates the rim and a green stripe is on the handle. There is one tiny rim chip otherwise in excellent condition. Measures 2 3/8 inches in height. Please note ...click for details
