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This plate is absolutely beautiful! It is a quite large, 10.75 inches in diameter, perhaps a charger or just a cabinet plate, and bears the beehive or shield mark of Royal Vienna factory, Austria and was manufactured around 1880-1900 in what is called the Vienna period. Although the portrait is not identified I think it is a portrait of the Empress Josephine and the letter N is incorporated into the border. It has exquisite detail in heavily applied enamel paints and gold, and is hand painted o ...click for details
This is a pretty vintage pair of art deco silver plate knife rests I got in England recently. The ends have a trefoil leaf shape end rather like a stylized gingko leaf. They are in very good condition and measure 2.75 inches long and are 1.75 inches high and wide. They were made in the 1930s and are very decorative as well as practical to keep the tablecloth clean.
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This creamy white stoneware pie vent, pie bird or pie funnel was made in the 1950s and is unmarked but is just like those manufactured at the same time by the Nutbrown company of England. The Nutbrown comapny has been making pie vents in England for 50 years or more. The pie vent was almost certainly made in Staffordshire England and I got it in the Potteries district recently. The pie vent measures 3 inches high by 2.25 inches in diameter and is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks a ...click for details
This is a fabulous art deco design bone china cup and saucer in the early Regent shape in a pattern called Swirls in green, #12869. It is a very deco design and was produced during 1940-1962. This set is in very good condition. There is a scratch, NOT a hairline crack on the inside of the cup that does NOT go through that I only spotted as I scrutinized it with a loupe. I can't even always find it! A great set.
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This is a wonderful porcelain mug made by Coronet pottery, Prestatyn Wales to commemorate the investiture as Prince Of Wales of Prince Charles, son of Queen Elizabeth II of England in July 1969. The mug measures 3 inches high has a sepia portrait of Prince Charles surrounded by full color flags and symbols, the Prince of Wales plumes on the reverse and gold trim. The mug is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or wear! Beautiful and a neat bit of history. Shipping in the US by USPS prior ...click for details
This is a Shelley China, England souvenir crested china or crested ware made 1916-1924. The souvenir bone china piece is in the form of a golf ball, dimples and all, and bears the coat of arms of William Shakespeare and the name Stratford-On-Avon. The gold ball measures 2.25 inches high by 2 inches in diameter and is in excellent condition. Shipping in the US by USPS priority insured.
This is a fabulous bone china flower handle tea cup and saucer made during the 1940-1950s in England by the Royal Stafford china company of Staffordshire, England. The molded floral handle is unusual and the square set has lovely hand painted violets and gold trim. The design is called Sweet Violets. The cup measures 3 inches high by 3 inches in square, the saucer is 5.5 inches in square. The set is in very good condition with no chips or wear but after I brought it home from England I realized ...click for details
This is an antique English pocket watch fob dating to 1900-1920. The fob consists of a folded black gros grain ribbon with a fringe bottom and gold plated machine engraved disc and gold filled fittings with a gold filled chain. The fob measures measures 5.5 inches long by 1 inch wide with a 4.5 inch long chain. The disc is just less than 1 inch in diameter. It is in very good condition. The only flaw is a bit of plate wear near the jump ring on the disc. The pocketwatch in the photo is for examp ...click for details
This is a fabulous Staffordshire, England bone china paperweight, posy or ornament that is a hand made bouquet of flowers in a white ribbed vase. It is rare to find older pieces in such good condition! This piece was made in the 1930s by Radnor China of Staffordshire, England and measures 3.5 inches high by 3 inches in diameter and features a pink or plum colored carnation-type flower, a pale yellow rose and a green centered pink cosmos or anemone. There are also green leaves. We watched craftsm ...click for details
This is an antique English figural design toast rack or toast holder shaped like a gondola with gondolier. The very unusual EPNS silver plated toast rack holds 8 slices and measures 5 inches high by 9 inches long by 3.5 inches wide and was made 1900-1920. The workmanship is superb. The spacers are semi barley twist in design with a rope gallery. The original oar is intact. The toast rack is in excellent condition and would be a show stopping (or breakfast or tea stopping) decorative centerpiece ...click for details
