This Victorian Staffordshire gilt white seated spaniel was made circa 1860-1890. Black nose,whiskers and eye detailing, yellow eyes. Vent hole to the reverse, good creamy glaze.

No restoration, no cracks. 9 1/2" high. gilt severely rubbed.

English Stoneware Relief Molded Pitcher, c. 1820. Attributed to Hicks, Meigh & Jackson. "Smear glaze" used when clarity of detail was necessary. Fantastic relief molding of the neck and base with dolphins, shells and Neptune with crossed trident and shovel. Battle scenes on both sides of pitcher depict Hannibel in his conquest of the Romans in 218 B.C. using elephants with archers in large carriers. This is what made Hannibal succesful in his campaigns. Molded serpent handle...

A very nice pair of Staffordshire spaniels highlighted with gilt decoration. Each dog wears a collar with a padlock and a chain. The muzzles are decorated with pink and black overglaze enamel, and the eyes are set with glass eyes. Both have the whimsical "Joan Crawford" eyebrows. Spaniels with glass eyes, although a bit later than some of the other Staffordshire figures, are difficult to find.

Origin: England, ca. 1890...

A lovely Staffordshire pottery inkwell and quill holder in the form of a swan. The wings are painted vivid shades of pink with black and gilt accents. The bird rests on a colorful "confetti" nest. The hole in the swan's back served as the inkwell, while the two holes in the front were to hold quills. This swan is a particularly colorful example.

Origin: England, ca. 1840. Condition: excellent, no damage. Size: 3" x 2" x 3-1/4".

A nice Staffordshire inkwell or quill holder in the form of a recumbent deer. The naive painted decoration almost makes it look as if she's wearing a little black hat. The doe is posed on a white base molded as a rocky outcropping. The base is highlighted with a burnished gilt line.

Origin: England, ca. 1850. Condition: excellent, no damage. Size: 4-3/4" x 2" x 4".

A nice early Staffordshire pottery child's cup decorated with a transfer scenes of children playing leap frog on one side and "peg top" on the other. The black transfer is highlighted with red overglaze enamel. The cup is accented with a molded foot and a strap handle. Teh glaze has the slight bluish tint found in Staffordshire pottery of this period.

Origin: England, ca. 1850. Condition: normal crackling to glaze, a few small flakes at the rim and two tight hairlines. Size: 2-3/4" tall.

A wonderful Staffordshire pottery cow creamer standing on a oval base. The cow is decorated with rust spots on the white background and the horns are gilt. The oval base is decorated as a grassy outcropping. Cow creamers were very popular in the early 19th century and were produced by a number of potters in Staffodshire, Wales and southern Scotland. This example is from the Staffordshire region.

Origin: England, ca. 1850. Condition: excellent, no damage. Size: 6-3/8" x 3" x 4-3/4".

English New Hall Porcelain Trio, c. 1790. Consists of a coffee cup, tea bowl and a saucer. Overglaze Chinese Family Pattern. Dot and swag border. Coffee cup had a V shaped chip professionally restored and a faint hair line crack. Everything else is in perfect condition. A wonderful set. Saucer, 5 3/8 inches diameter; coffee cup, 2 1/2 inches high; tea bowl, 3 3/8 inches diameter x 2 inches high.

A Grainger/Worcester small bulbous vase, hand painted with cowslip flowers and sprigs on a light green ground. Imprinted marks for Grainger / Worcester, pattern number G 161 and year mark D for 1893. Height "2 ¾/ 7 cm, width "3¼/ 8 cm. Condition: fine.

An exceptionally nice English porcelain cup and saucer decorated with pink luster. The body is molded in a net pattern with reserves that are highlighted in overglaze blue, green, yellow and iron red enamels. The center of the saucer is decorated with a strawberry motif that is repeated in the bottom of the cup. The cup is raised on a slight foot. The saucer has very deep and steeply sloped sides so the hot tea could be drunk directly from the saucer, as was the custom.

Origin: England, ca...

The standard reference book for this type figure is "Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era" by P.D. Gordon Hugh. The figure offered here is so rare that the book does not even show an example, although it does have information about the history underlying it...

English Worcester Porcelain Deep Plate, c. 1770. Fancy Bird pattern by James Giles. Scalloped Edge. Excellent condition. 7 3/4 inches.

English Worcester Porcelain Deep Plate, c. 1770. Fancy Bird pattern by James Giles. Scalloped Edge. Excellent condition. 7 3/4 inches.

English Worcester Porcelain Plate, c. 1770. Scalloped edge with mazarine blue and gilt border and floral bouquet and sprig decoration. Excellent condition. 8 1/2 inches.

English cup and saucer, 19th c, the cup with a splayed foot and decorated with a gilt scroll motif and relief modelled grape vines on a fawn or skin coloured ground. Cup c 1830 and probably Rockingham, saucer slightly younger, with polychrome flower sprigs, c 1870. Partly illegible pattern number to saucer: 3019 or 3819, and probably a year mark, pattern number 838 to cup (not possible to show on photo). Height of cup "1¾/ 4,5 cm, diameter of saucer "6/ 15 cm...

A Royal Doulton stoneware handled jug or pitcher, c 1910. Decoration of applied reliefs with hunting and pub scenes in white (slip) clay on the beige body. Impressed factory marks and pattern number (?) X 2892. Height "4/ 10,5 cm. Condition: glaze flake to the inside of the spout.

Three copper lustre saucer dishes. Brown transfer printed and hand painted decoration of Chinamen and boys in a garden. English, Staffordshire c 1840. Diameter "5 ½/13,5 cm Condition: fine.

English Minton Porcelain Creamer, c. 1810-20. Flying fox pattern. Condition is excellent. Notice the yellow mouse on one side. Great pattern. 4 inches high x 5 1/2 inches wide.