Fine Michael Cardew Large Stoneware Coffee Jug, Abuja Pottery

This impressive stoneware jug was made by Michael Cardew during his time at the Abuja Pottery, Nigeria. The photos speak for themselves! It has the impressed MC and Abuja Pottery seals.

Height 31 cm...

Large pair of Jugtown ware thrown candlesticks, vintage, in black glossy glaze. Measure 13 1/2" high, 5" in diameter at base...

Large and well decorated lebrillo or basin, in classic blue and white Fajalauza pottery from Granada, with floral, foliate and curved designs, 19th century, possibly 18th. Measures 11 1/2" in diameter and is 3 3/8" deep with sloped sides. The foot measures 8 1/4" in diameter. From the early 16th century, tin glazed wares have been crafted in Granada, with a creamy white slip glaze over terracotta pottery, decorated in blue and green glazes...

A finely cast and rare caneware terrine or covered game dish, mid 19th century, England or possibly French or German. Measures 6 3/4" high and is 7 1/4" in diameter. Signed on lid, looks like C S, possibly another letter and the number 9...

Striking pair of large vases by Gouda Pottery of Holland. They each measure 12" high and roughly 7" wide. Each marked on bottom, with both impressed and inscribed marks. Impressed numbers include 2144 and P 503, and in addition to the Gouda Holland marks written, the number 2144 is at the top, with KL 503 and what are likely the artist's initials in a rectangular cartouche JVS. The design is not written on either, and it seems to represent a floral element withing a rather geometric format...

2 gallon stoneware crock or churn by Julius Norton of Bennington Vt, 1859 - 1861. Measures 11 1/4" high and 8 1/2" diameter at base. Stamped at shoulder and neck with Julius Norton's name and location, the #2 below the stamp. This form is sometimes considered a churn, but can function as a crock also. Decorated with the double bird design, very rare and desirable. Very vivid cobalt decoration, with blue highlights over the stamped name, location, and size. Applied slip handles. Salt glaz...

A scarce French art pottery small size vase by BACS, founded by Jean Barol (1873-1966). Circa 1913-1927. Size: 6 inches ht. Excellent condition. Painted with an impressionistic landscape in slightly raised metallic glazes. Impressed 'BACS' near base, and impressed on the underside BACS Cannes-Eden, Cote d'Azur. No chips or damage. Jean Barol founded the BACS pottery studio in about 1913, together with three other potters: Marius Alexandre, Jean Carle, and Francois Sicard...

12 pieces of Blue Flower by Royal Copenhagen, comprised of 11 luncheon plates and one serving platter. The platter measures 14" wide, 11" deep, and 2" high. The plates measure 7 7/8". All the designs are hand painted, and show variation in the floral designs...

A pair of unusually tall HB Quimper, France pottery candlesticks or vases, painted with male and female peasant figures in Decore Riche decoration.. Size: 17.2 inches ht. Circa 1930s.

A Royal Vienna style porcelain coffee cup and saucer, with raised gilding on a lavender glaze and featuring a hand-painted scene of a goddess and cherub. Late 19th or early 20th century. Under glaze blue beehive mark. Size: 4.75 in. diameter x 2.25 in. ht.

English William Moorcroft art pottery cabinet vase with hibiscus decoration, together with a small Clematis bowl or dish. 20th century. Vase measures 3 7/8 in. ht. Dish is 3 1/2 in. in diameter. Retaining their original paper labels. Excellent condition.

A grouping of Imari pattern Ironstone china by G.L. Ashworth Bros. English. Circa 1862-1891. Included are six dinner plates (10 in.), two soup plates (10 in.), and a large 19 in. oval serving platter. These total 9 pieces. The decoration is hand colored, and the two soup plates have a different coloring to the central design than the other pieces. The platter measures 15 in. x 19 in.

A large ovoid stoneware antique crock in a honey colored glaze, with painted cobalt markings at handle ends. Three-gallon capacity. Early 19th century. Size: 14 in. ht. x 11 in. diameter. Three chips to top rim.

An American stoneware ovoid jug with painted cobalt blue accents at top and base of the handle. Circa 1830. Size: 14 in. Ht. x 10 in. diameter. Nice condition.

A Royal Crown Derby, English porcelain teapot in the popular #2451 Japan pattern. Size: 5 inches Ht. x 9.5 inches lg. Mid 20th century. Excellent condition. An array of coffee cups and saucers also available separately between $30-45 each.

Of unusual size and scenic subject matter, this albarello is Italian, dated 1772, and measures 8 1/8" tall and 7" wide. The painted scene depicts a town or village, with a round castle turret, several other buildings, and a church or basilica, along with trees, foliage, and a draped design at the top. This is a classic form of a dry pharmaceutical jar, or apothecary, and is exceptionally wide. Of earthenware with a cream colored slip, it is painted in a soft blue, some areas with thicker glaz...

Gorgeous pair of porcelain figures by A. W. Fr. Kister of Scheibe-Alsbach in Germany. 16" high (one slightly shorter), with bases of 6" in diameter. The mark of KPM with the crossed swords is from the Kister period, from 1863 to 1905. One figure is signed R. Moller (1855-1902), who was an important designer who worked for various German porcelain companies in the late 19th century. He was an instructor at the Industry Porcelain School in the area...

This rare Herend tea service is for twelve, an unusually large service, with a teapot that is also a large size (12 inches from spout to handle, and 7" high). The pattern is Petit Bouquet de Rose, and is decorated in all green, which is rare, as the roses generally are pink or yellow. The mark is that used between 1939 and 1948, and most of the pieces also are impressed with the Herend stamp and a number identifying the particular piece...

Large in size at 10 1/4" high and roughly 5 1/2" in diameter (3 3/8" diameter across base). The design is Pomegranate, and was created by William Moorcroft in 1910. As an early design by him, it is desirable and hard to find, especially in larger pieces...

10 Dinner plates by Black Knight porcelain company, Selb Bavaria, Germany. The pattern number is BLK 37 and depicts floral swags between a framed cartouche with floral bouquet...

Scarce mini Coalport cabinet cup and saucer with turquoise and red enameled jewels on a canary yellow glaze ground with gilded accents and gilded interior. Circa 1890s. Fluted shape. Size: 3.5 inches diameter saucer; 1.75 inches ht. cup. Excellent condition, no chips or lines, no wear to gilding or jewels.

A W.E. Welding Brantford Ontario 4 gallon eared stoneware crock with blue floral decoration 1873-94. This attractive, antique Canadian pottery crock measures 12" tall and 11-1/2" across, it has two ear handles and attractive blue tulips decoration with blue splash over the impressed Welding markings. Welding was in business with W.W. Belding in Brantford (1867-72) and went solo in 1873 after their factory burnt down in 1872...

A Royal Crown Derby Vine Posie Center cream soup cup and saucer. In the A929 pattern produced by RCD from 1965-74, this 2" tall and 4-3/4" across (sans handles) cup and matching 6-3/8" saucer is lushly decorated in gold with a hand painted over transfer floral arrangement in the center. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may h...

Fulper Pottery Vasekraft art pottery vase, being an early conversion to a table lamp, with shade. Matte green glaze, with an applied bronze foot ring depicting classical athletes in a running frieze surrounding the base. Size: 8 inches diameter x 8 inches ht. Dimensions including shade: 20 inches diameter x 20 1/2 inches ht. Double lamp sockets. Excellent condition.

This large ceramic rooster (16 1/4")is the work of Edwin Meaders (1921-2015) of the famous Meader family of potters and artists from White County Georgia. John Meader founded the workshop in 1893, primarily making utilitarian jugs, crocks, and other functional items. Cheever and Arie Meaders continued the work, making both utilitarian objects and creating artworks in the shape of animals, birds, and face jugs. Lanier Meaders is Edwin's brother, and is famous for his face jugs, many with elabo...

A 19thC ironstone Wolfe-Montcalm Monument Quebec Canada scenes plate from the 1880s. This rustic 7-3/4" salad size plate is from a series of plates made for the Canadian market depicting various scenes. It was made by the Brittania Pottery in Glasgow, Scotland for Francis T. Thomas of Quebec c1880 as part of a commissioned series of Quebec scenes. It has a view of the Quebec City monument, text in two languages and a border of leaves and beavers. It is in very good condition with no cracks,...

A Napco Japan figural anthropomorphic mustard salt pepper cruet set 1950s 1960s. This decorative and whimsical set consists of the teapot shaped 3 piece mustard pot (lid, spoon and base), the apple or peach shaped salt shaker and the cup or creamer shaped pepper shaker. The two shakers both have their original rubber stoppers (now a bit vitrified and crumbly) and the mustard's spoon is plastic and marked JAPAN. The salt and mustard both have black and silver NAPCO ORIGINALS BY GIFTCRAFT stick...

A finely-potted dingyao porcelain dish, with a moulded and auspicious design of a peony at the centre and two phoenixes amidst foliage in the cavetto within a key fret border. The rim is silver. Northern Chinese, Song or Jin dynasty, C11-12. No photograph can communicate the appeal of dingyao which combines both softness and severity. The technique of moulding, which had been used originally of course for bronze-casting and then for the manufacture of mass-produced burial goods, was taken by the...

A Bunnykins Sleeping in a Rocking Chair & Lambeth Walk egg cup style 2 footed 1959-1967. This scarce 2-3/8" eggcup was made by Royal Doulton, England and it is the style 2 footed version with the mark in use from 1959-67. It appears to be unused and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Trac...

A Royal Standard Virginia Stock chintz floral cup and saucer. This vintage English 2" tall cup and matching 5-5/8" saucer both have gold trim and a chintz floral design on the interiors. It has a 415 pattern number and the backstamp for Royal Standard and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use....

A Royal Albert The Old Mill hostess or tennis cup and saucer. This scarce 2-3/4" high cup and matching 8-7/8 x 6-1/8" lobed saucer is rarely encountered and this pattern is relatively hard to find as well. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs. All condition issues are noted. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Tracked Packet s...

A Sadler green with gold roses Victorian style teapot with booklet circa 1960. This 7" tall and 9-1/2" along the spout and handle teapot has a 3852 (or 3552) pattern number and it features green trim with gold decoration and roses stenciling. It includes a multi-page booklet detailing instructions and history and by the 3-digit Ontario area code it dates to the very early 1960s. Unusual in shape, this decorative breakfast or teatime serving accessory is in excellent condition with no chips, c...

A Royal Bayreuth woman tending ducks creamer and sugar. This 3-5/8" tall porcelain sugar bowl and matching 2-3/4" tall creamer were made by Royal Bayreuth, Bavaria (Germany) circa 1910-1920. The creamer depicts a lady tending geese. Each piece is trimmed in gold and they have the blue Bayreuth mark. This set is in very good condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs other than some minor loss to the gold on the upper rims and on the sugar bowl knob and handle tops. All...

A Royal Doulton The Orange Lady HN1759 figurine. This 8-1/8" high figure was produced from 1936-75 and this example is in heavy ceramic rather than porcelain or bone china. It has an early Doulton stamp, no registry number and a hand painted model number; the shawl is brown with grey stripes, the skirt is a light purple and the oranges have no holes. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all con...

A huge Gouda Roma art pottery vase from the Royal Zuid works circa 1950s. This Dutch pottery vase is in white, black and gold. This example is quite large - it stands 7-7/8" high and it is 7-3/4" across at its widest. It has the gold hand written mark for Royal Zuid and it has an artist's signature and a 3125 pattern number. It is in excellent original condition with no cracks, crazing, chips, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues ...

Adams American Express Train Currier & Ives 10-1/2" plate from the 1930s. This decorative multicolour plate features a Currier and Ives scene and it has the Adams mark in use from 1914-40. This nice display plate is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, crazing, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; all items are vintage or antique and may have slight signs of gentle use. Tracked Packet shipping to anywhere i...