All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1837 VR item #153209
Very nice Chinese export porcelain tea pot in Canton decoration. The slightly tapered drum-shaped body is decorated with typical Canton scenes of islands, bridges, boats, etc. and is accented with a raincloud border along the top edge. The lid, spout and handle are also decorated with typical motifs. The color is very nice with terrific clarity and depth. Likewise, the body is of nice color.

Origin: China, circa 1820. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1192847 (stock #zp673)
A striking antique English porcelain coffee cup. Made at the Worcester factory during the Dr. Wall, or First Period, it is painted with the Pu Tai pattern in beautiful, bright enamels. It shows Pu-Tai, also known as the Laughing Buddha, seated, with two attendants. The cup has a slightly everted rim, a handle of the grooved loop type, and the interior border is gilded in addition to the iron red enamel.

The cup is 2 3/8" tall, with a top diameter of 2 1/8"...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1139186 (stock #p1110)
A beautiful Dr. Wall First Period Worcester coffee cup and saucer in the Jabberwocky pattern, one of the most sought after polychrome patterns done by Worcester. Both the cup and saucer are fluted, placing it in the earlier period of this pattern. The color palette used includes turquoise, reds, deep blue, greens, and rich gilding. The interior border of the cup is also lavishly decorated...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1420531 (stock #7105)
An Early Bow Prunus Teabowl applied with sprigged prunus sprays. Bow C1750/2. Diameter: 7.4 cm. Condition: very good. Ex Bernard Watney Collection
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1322812 (stock #TBD00204)
Hand painted in dark underglaze blue with a serrated rim this large bowl is soft paste porcelain. The decoration of a Chinese arrangement of flowers and twining plants is typical of Tournai. Height 4.5 inches (11 cm) and 11 inches (28 cm) diameter. Late 18th century.

Condition: no chips, cracks or repairs. Some scratches to the interior of the bowl and small flaw in the body of the bowl.

This style of decoration was popular at the time and still looks excellent today.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pre 1800 item #502492 (stock #ag212)
A superb double series opaque twist 5 ring Lynn glass with a 4 ply gauze surrounded by a lace tape. Conical foot with rough pontil. Supposedly, this has a minute foot chip, but I have not been able to find it, despite very careful examination.

5 5/8" tall, 2" diameter bowl, 2 3/4" diameter foot

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Pre 1800 item #1450377
Rare Chinese Antique Monohrome Clair de Lune Vase, diamond lozenge shape with incised pattern, phoenix and dragon in clouds design with centralized shou mark. Side handles with mythical animal on edges. White color interior of vase. Inset bottom with Chien Lung mark and old age sticker. Provenance Michael Smith, New York Designer. Good condition.

Age: Chien Lung Dynasty (1736-1795)

Size: 14 1/2"High x 8 3/4" Wide x 5 3/8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1800 item #1260836 (stock #TBD00155)
A underglaze blue hand painted blue and white export plate depicting three sprigs of flowers enclosed in a lobed border with fleur- de-lis and on the outer border a loosely painted fence. The outer edge is painted brown. Given the vague Western references in the decoration the plate is probably after 1750. 8 7/8th inches (22.5 cm) diameter.

Condition: No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Very minor stacking wear...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Pre 1800 item #1425400 (stock #TBD00333)
A creamware plate with a pierced border of alternating piercing patterns and gilt sections. A gilt bird stands in the well of the plate. The decoration is out of character for English style of the period so I would guess that the plate is Continental and from around 1800. It is 7 ½ inches (19 cm) diameter. No marks on the back.

Condition: no chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Some scratches and wear to the gilding.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1253364 (stock #p1056)
The group of small porcelain items known as "toys" is composed of scent bottles, bonbonnieres, etuis, and seals. These were produced from the early years of Chelsea through to the Chelsea-Derby period. (The most comprehensive work on these items is "The Chelsea Porcelain Toys", by G.E. Bryant, published in 1925.)

Seals were carried by members of the upper class and used to imprint a uniquely identifiable mark in the wax used to sign or secure documents or letters...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1383129 (stock #zp547)
A beautiful lobed Chelsea porcelain plate, fulsomely decorated with a variety of flowers in a panoply of colors. The reverse with an anchor mark and three stilt marks.

Excellent condition with bright colors, no chips, cracks, or restoration. 8 1/4" diameter.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1129802 (stock #zp697)
A very unusual James Pennington bowl with a shaped rim. The painted scene depicts oriental buildings, with the reverse showing rockwork and a variety of odd trees. The interior rim of the bowl has a blue border with stylized flowers or fruit.

The bowl is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, paint loss, or restoration. The enamels are a deep, rich blue. The diameter is 4 3/8" and the height is 2 1/8".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1209141 (stock #zp664)
A fine Chelsea porcelain finger bowl stand,with the red anchor mark and stilt marks on the reverse. Beautifully and softly painted with flowers and insects in the Meissen style. 6" in diameter and in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or restoration.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1250266 (stock #TBD00138)
A quatrefoil sugar bowl, cover and stand all with floral decoration. The cover with a plum like fruit and leaf finial. Both the stand and the cover have painted dark purple rims. Both the stand and the bowl are marked with incised, “DV”. The stand has no punctuation and the bowl has a period after each letter. The stand is approx. 8 ½ by 7 inches (22 x 18 cm) and the sugar bowl with cover is 4 inches tall, 6 ½ inches long and 5 inched wide (10.5 x 17 x 13 cm)...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : German : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1469094
A lovely salt-glazed brown ceramic Jug with full pewter mount, Germany, 18th. century AD.

A gem of a German brown glazed jug with twisted, rilled corpus and a finely made pewter lid and mount over handle and footring. Rare jug engraved in 1787 on lid, probably somehwt earlier manifacture around 1770s.

Size: 31 cm. tall.

Condition: Extremely fine for this type, no cracks or hairlines, no repairs and a finely preserved lid.

Ex...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #658298 (stock #p1065)
An elegant and beautiful Derby porcelain figure of "Flora," from the "Antique Seasons" set. Flora (or Spring)stands on a tall plinth, is wearing a diadem of flowers, has gathered her robe in her left hand, and is offering a wreath with her right. The Antique Seasons set was made in 1771, and each has the model number "5" incised in the base. It is described in Peter Bradshaw's book "Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848" as being exceedingly rare.

This figure is 9" tall, and is in fantastic condi...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1800 item #1260837 (stock #TBD00156)
An interesting blue and white hand pained porcelain plate of two scholars(?) greeting each other and a boy carrying a load in front of water with a rising moon in the far distance. There is an elaborate border including scholar’s roles on the side of the well between the rim and the center and at the outside of the rim leaf and flower border. I suspect that there is a very good version of this scene that was the model for this quickly done one that has a kind of folk art charm. Brown painted e...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #981478 (stock #Tr18)
Rare English Delft blue and white plate decorated with a chinese man in a landscape. Dated 1771. London probably Lambeth. Dia. 9" (22.8cm). Condition: good, with normal wear to rim. Two glaze flakes and a small chip (0.6cm)to rim. No cracks or restoration.