A Hand Painted Cider / Water Pitcher, Tiger Lily Limoges, France circa 1910
The cylindrical and flaring form has a generous spout and a “C” shaped gilt handle. The body is hand painted with a red tiger lily flower on each side along with its green grass like foliage. The body is enhanced with wide bands of gilt trim. The verso is marked “Limoges, France, WG&Co. along with another stamp that is hard to read bu ...click for details
A Tin Glazed Plate, Hand Painted Floral, European 19th Century
This molded salad size plate with scalloped rim is hand decorated over a creamy white glaze in mustard yellow, red and green. The edge is trimmed in red framing a polychrome floral bouquet.
The life size parrot is curiously perched on a woody stump. The bird is glazed in jewel tone colors which are in contrast to the white base with applied foliage and flowers in greens, reds, purples and pinks.
The baluster form in a cobalt blue glaze is decorated with an oval reserve with a courting scene of a young couple in 18th century garb framed with gilt scrolling foliate “C” scrolls and stylized bouquets. The scene is signed. The porcelain body is set in a bronze base marked “France.”
A Hand Painted Vase Fitted as a Lamp, Cockatoo, circa 1915
The baluster shaped vase is painted with a cockatoo surrounded by tropical foliage. The bottom now covered with a replacement wooden base revealed a signature “Ingersoll” The Ingersoll’s were a founding family of Rocky River, Ohio. This lamp is from an era gone by with ladies of the day painting porcelains. Today this great lamp may grace a desk, vanity o ...click for details
A Hand Painted Pipe Rest and Match Strike Holder, Limoges, France, circa 1900
This elegant and unusual smoking collectible is hand painted with dogwood blossoms over a green translucent glaze on a body with raised work of “S” and “C” scrolls. The verso is unmarked except for the initials of the artist “E.M.F.”
A Double Handle Bowl, Hand Painted by Quimper, French early 20th Century
This item is the epitome of country French. This ceramic bowl with its yellow glaze and hand painted design of stylized foliage and bold bands in blue, green and burnt orange on the exterior and a country gentleman in the interior. The verso is marked “HB, Quimper, France.”
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