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Murano Vetro Artistico Veneziano Vintage Art Glass Bird
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and stylish vintage midcentury Italian, Murano cased glass bird with a speckled colour and aventrine pattern. The bird stands on a shaped narrow rounded clear glass base perch and has a long slender neck with a yellow glass crop and beak with a wider shaped cranberry colored body cased in clear glass. This stylish piece has an old Vetro Artistico Veneziano paper label attached to the body.
Provenance: Acquired in the UK art...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Martin Brothers Aubergine Mottle Glazed Bottle Vase
By Martin Brothers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Martin Brothers stoneware vase of ovoid bottle shape with narrow waisted cylindrical neck and probably quite an early example dating from the 19th century. The vase stands ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Royal Doulton Rare Pair Art Deco Figural Musician Bookends
By Royal Doulton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and very rare pair Royal Doulton novelty figural bookends modeled as musicians dating from around 1920. The ceramic bookends portray two novelty figures of men dressed in oversized clothing...
Category
Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Staffordshire Railway Interest Flat Back Pottery Spill Vase
By Staffordshire
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and early railway interest English Staffordshire flat back pottery spill vase with a seated couple with dog and with an evolved example of Stephenson’s Rocket dating from the 19th century. The hollow made earthenware spill vase portrays a seated couple in Scottish dress...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Delightful Austrian Bergmann Cold Painted Owl Mounted Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful early Art Deco Austrian marble pin dish mounted with two cold painted owls attributed to Franz Xaver Bergmann (Austrian, 1861-1936) and d...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Marble
Chinese Jun Ware Streak Glazed Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish good quality Chinese Jun Ware pottery bowl decorated with streaked glazes on a red and pale blue glazed ground dating from the latter 19th o...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Jun Ware Blue and Red Hares Fur Glazed Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish good quality Chinese Jun Ware pottery bowl decorated with blue over red hares fur glazes and dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. Th...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Jun Ware Blue & Red Hares Fur Glazed Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish good quality Chinese Jun Ware pottery bowl decorated with red over blue hares fur glazes and dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. Th...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Jun Ware Blue Hares Fur Glazed Art Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish good quality Chinese Jun Ware pottery bowl decorated with blue hares fur glazes and dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. The well po...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Other Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Attributed Blanc de Chine Model of a Stylized Dog
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Japanese attributed Blanc De Chine porcelain model of a amusing stylized dog dating from the early 20th century. This interesting figure is modelled as a seated dog with its t...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Imari Amusing Study of a Seated Rabbit
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful and amusing Japanese Imari study of a seated rabbit dating from the late Meiji period, early 20th century. The Rabbit, made in porcelain has a dis-proportionate head to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Porcelain Boy with Elephant Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful Japanese attributed porcelain figure of a resting elephant with a young boy dating from the early 20th century. The hollow molded figure portrays a sleeping elephant, ly...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Unusual Antique Carved Wood Figural Nutcracker and Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish Continental, probably black forest, hand carved figural nutcracker and bowl dating from the latter 19th century. The softwood carved nutcracker...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Jugendstil Decorative Bowls
Materials
Softwood
Dino Martens Large AVEM Murano Tutti Frutti Art Glass Dish
By Dino Martens
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and very large vintage Italian Murano Arte Vetrairia Muranese (AVEM) tutti frutti green glass dish by renowned designer Dino Martens (Italian, 1894-1970) and dating from a...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Austrian Pair Girl Head Bookends Attributed to Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Austrian Art Deco pair terracotta glazed bookends modelled as the head of a young girl attributed to the Wiener Werkstätte and dating from around 1920. The bookends are hea...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Terracotta
Minton Antique Blanc de Chine Porcelain Figural Centrepiece
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Minton porcelain blanc de chine centrepiece with a young maiden with a basket dating from around 1862. The centrepiece stands o...
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Blanc de Chine Porcelain Jester and Monkey Figure
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine vintage Meissen porcelain blanc de chine figure of a Jester with a monkey and owl dating from the 20th century. The figure stands on a narr...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Nicholas Marsh Contemporary Stoneware Studio Pottery Wall Plaque
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish handcrafted contemporary stoneware studio pottery wall plaque by British-Canadian potter Nicholas Marsh and dating from the early 21st Ce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
British Soda Glazed Multi Sided Studio Pottery Lidded Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish British handcrafted Studio Pottery multi-sided lidded vessel decorated in soda glazes and dating from the 20th century. The stoneware vessel sits on a flattened round ...
Category
20th Century English Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Eddie Curtis Large Porcelain Celadon Glazed Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An impressive and stylish large Studio Pottery bowl decorated in celadon and shino glazes by renowned British potter Eddie Curtis and made in the 20th cen...
Category
20th Century English Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Ruthanne Tudball Soda Glazed Studio Pottery Yunomi Drinking Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Studio Pottery soda glazed Yunomi with ribbed patterning by renowned potter Ruthanne Tudball (British, b.1948) dating from the 20th cen...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Ruthanne Tudball Soda Glazed Studio Pottery Yunomi Drinking Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery soda glazed Yunomi with ribbed patterning by renowned potter Ruthanne Tudball (British, b.1948) dating from the 20th cen...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Quentin Bell Attributed Stoneware Girl Playing Cymbals
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual midcentury handcrafted stoneware sculpture of a girl playing cymbals attributed to renowned artist and writer Quentin Bell (British, 1910-1...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Quentin Bell Attributed Stoneware Nude in Arbor Sculpture
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unsual midcentury handcrafted stoneware sculpture of a nude with fruit sat in an arbor attributed to renowned artist and writer Quentin Bell (Briti...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Quentin Bell Attributed Stoneware Elizabethan Lady’s Head
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual midcentury handcrafted stoneware sculpture of an Elizabethan lady’s head, possibly Elizabeth I, wearing a period hat and ruff collar attributed to renowned artist and writer Quentin Bell (British, 1910-1996). The stoneware shoulder length head stands...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Satsuma Japanese Meiji Pair Diamond Shaped Pottery Vases
By Satsuma
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good and unusual pair antique Japanese Satsuma Meiji diamond shaped pottery vases decorated with monk figures with a scrolling dragon dating from the 1...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Molded Double Gourd Scroll Weight with Figures
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good quality Chinese vintage double gourd scroll weight molded with scholars, court ladies and a small boy dating from the 20th century. The weight is formed in a mottled green res...
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Scholar's Objects
Materials
Resin
British Studio Pottery Brown Glazed Water Dropper or Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and finely hand crafted studio pottery water dropper or inkwell decorated in brown glazes dating from the 20th century. The hand thrown hive shaped vessel stands on a flat...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Inkwells
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Pair Hand Painted Peking Glass Onion Shape Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and unusual pair antique Chinese Qing Peking glass vases finely hand decorated with landscape panels dating from the 19th century or possibly earlier. The vases are blown in a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Chinese Qing Simulated Bamboo Brown Glazed Pottery Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish antique Chinese simulated bamboo brush pot decorated in brown glazes and dating from the 19th century or possibly earlier. The ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Pottery
Georg A Scheid Austrian Silver Guilloche Enamel Silver Buckle
By Georg Adam Scheid
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Austrian Viennese Secessionist silver guilloche enamel belt buckle by renowned silversmith Georg Anton Scheid (Austrian, 1838-1921) and dating from around 1900. T...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Archibald Knox Liberty & Co Silver Art Nouveau Silver Teapot
By Archibald Knox
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and rare Art Nouveau Liberty & Co silver teapot designed by renowned designer Archibald Knox (British, 1864-1933) and dated 1900.
Archibald Knox, was a Manx designer of Scot...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Bristol Delft Bianco-Sopra-Bianco Chinese Scene Pottery Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique English Bristol Delft plate hand painted with a Chinese scene and dating from the mid 18th century. The pottery plate stands on a narrow u...
Category
Antique 1750s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Julius Dressler Art Nouveau Large Twin Handled Majolica Centrepiece
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A finely potted Austrian Art Nouveau Majolica centrepiece or jardinière by the renowned manufactory of Julius Dressler and dating from around 1900...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
Cantagalli Italian Large Impressive Crested Maiolica Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very large and impressive Italian Maiolica pottery handled jug by renowned potter Ulisse Cantagalli (Italian, 1839-1901) and dating from around 1860. The jug stands on a narrow flat round unglazed base with a large round bulbous shaped body and with a large shaped raised pouring spout with a wide strap shaped loop handle. The jug is hand painted with a framed crest to the front of the jug with floral painted panels...
Category
Antique 1860s Italian Arts and Crafts Pitchers
Materials
Pottery
Carstens Tönnieshof Impressive West German Stylized Art Pottery Vase
By Carstens Tönnieshof
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Midcentury West German tall abstract floral design art pottery vase by renowned makers Carstens Tönnieshof (1946-1977) and p...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Oriental Flowering Hawthorn Cloisonne Double Gourd Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and stylish antique oriental, Chinese attributed, cloisonne double gourd vase dating from the latter 19th century. The vase stands on a flat brass base with a wide round base, pinched waist and narrow round upper section with a funnel style top with a flat metal rim. The body of the vase is decorated with a mixture of flowering shrubs dominated with flowering hawthorn incorporating a butterfly to one side. The continuous scenes are decorated in colored enamels against a bright turquoise ground and set between formal borders around the foot, the pinched centre and top of the vase. The vase is typically not marked but is a striking and very stylish example.
Provenance: Acquired from the UK art...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Enamel
West German Midcentury Stylish Red Glazed Twin Handled Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish West German midcentury mottle red and orange glazed twin handle art pottery vase. The red stoneware vase stands on a narrow round ung...
Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Thorkild Olsen for Royal Copenhagen Craquele Glazed Bowl with Fruiting Nuts
By Thorkild Olsen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish and impressive Danish porcelain bowl hand decorated with fruiting nuts by renowned painter Thorkild Olsen (Danish, 1890-1973) and dated 1950. The heavily made bowl stands on a narrow round unglazed foot and is of wide shallow form with a raised rim and a fold back upper rim. The body of the bowl is decorated in grey Fine craquele glazes...
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Soda Glazed Multi-Sided Studio Pottery Lidded Vessel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish British handcrafted Studio Pottery multi-sided lidded vessel decorated in soda glazes and dating from the 20th century. The stoneware vessel sits on a flattened round ...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Eddie Curtis Celadon Glazed Large Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An impressive and stylish large Studio Pottery bowl decorated in celadon and shino glazes by renowned British potter Eddie Curtis and made in the 20th cen...
Category
20th Century English Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
John Jelfs Cotswold Studio Pottery Salt Glazed Lidded Vessel
By Cotswold Potteries Ltd
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An impressive and stylish studio pottery lidded vessel decorated in brown salt glazes by renowned British potter John Jelfs (British, b.1946) and mad...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Judith Gilmour Scottish Large Slip Decorated Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive slip decorated and painted studio pottery vase by renowned Scottish ceramic artist Judith Gilmour (British, 1937-2003) dating fro...
Category
Vintage 1980s Scottish Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Reginald A. Lewis Large Paradise Fish Studio Pottery Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning large studio pottery bowl of shallow form titled Paradise Fish and decorated with three fish by renowned potter Reginald A. Lewis (British, 1899-1990) and probably dating ...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Pottery
Oriental Pair Bronze Vases Applied with Birds
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and stylish pair Oriental bronze vases, acquired as Chinese, applied with birds and dating from the latter 19th century. The vases st...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Qing Vases
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Graduated Pair Turquoise Glazed Porcelain Mounted Foo Dogs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and attractive pair of graduated Chinese turquoise glazed dogs of foo figures dating from the first half of the 20th century. The hollow biscui...
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Doulton Burslem Rare Pair Old Jarvey Coaching Art Pottery Vases
By Doulton Burslem
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and very unusual pair Doulton Burslem Coaching art pottery vases dating from around 1909. The earthenware vases are of tall square column form standing raised on a wide square platform base and is decorated with a two coachman figures to the body with banners, one reading The Coachman and the other An Old Jarvey. A further decoration of horse drawn coaches...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Art Deco Vases
Materials
Pottery
Elizabeth a Sayers Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement Onion Shape Vase
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic Movement onion shaped vase decorated with star like motifs by renowned artist Elizabeth A Sayers dated 1878.
Elizabeth A Sayers while recongized as a highly accomplished and distinguished artist did not spend much time at Doulton Lambeth so pieces by her are both rare and sought after.
This stylish stoneware onion bodied vase...
Category
Antique 1870s English Aesthetic Movement Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Qianlong Mark Pair Celadon Glazed Porcelain Brush Pots
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish pair Chinese Qianlong mark pair celadon glazed porcelain brush pots believed to date from the latter 19th or early 20th century. The brus...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Birmingham Guild Arts & Crafts Copper Paten or Tray
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and heavily hand-crafted Birmingham Guild Arts & Crafts copper paten or tray dating from around 1915. The tray of flat circular shape has a raised...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Copper
Doulton Lambeth Unusual Art Deco Twin Handled Wine Cooler
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An interesting and unusual Doulton Lambeth Art Deco twin handled wine cooler designed by Maud Bowden and dating from around 1930. This large and very styli...
Category
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Wine Coolers
Materials
Stoneware
Martin Brothers Early Unglazed Black Pottery Double Face Mug
By Martin Brothers
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Possibly a rare early experimental piece a black unglazed pottery double face mug by R W Martin and dating from the 19th century. The mug is thickly potted a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Wilhelm Graef New York Hand Painted Porcelain Cabinet Plate
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional hand painted, probably continental, porcelain cabinet plate retailed by Wilhelm & Graef New York titled ‘The Ruffed I’m After’ ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
William Ridgway Antique Green Drabware Jousting Knights Jug
By William Ridgway
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and exceptional antique English ceramic jug decorated in the Jousting Knights pattern by William Ridgway and dating from around 1840. The ...
Category
Antique 1840s English Victorian Pitchers
Materials
Stoneware
Thekla Harth-Altmann Rosenthal Porcelain Enrico Caruso Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb and stylish German Rosenthal Art Deco porcelain figure of Enrico Caruso by renowned designer Thekla Harth-Altmann (1887-1998) and designed in 19...
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Deco Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set Four Dutch Manganese Biblical Pottery Tiles, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A wonderful set of four antique Dutch ‘Delft’ style manganese tiles hand decorated with biblical scenes probably originating from Rotterdam and dating f...
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique White Glazed Porcelain Recumbent Hound Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional antique, probably English, white glazed porcelain figure of a recumbent hound dating from the early 19th century. The figure is finely hand crafted with wonderful detail with the hound resting its head on its outstretched front paws and wearing a collar around its neck and with its tail resting against its back leg. The modelling is exceptional capturing the hounds features, rib cage and muscle tones. The hound has an unglazed flat base and is not marked.
The figure is typical in quality of some of the early English porcelain...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ashby Potters Guild Pair Art Nouveau Streak Glazed Candlesticks
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional pair of Art Nouveau purple and blue streak glazed art pottery candlesticks dating between 1909 and 1922. The stoneware candlesticks are heavily potted standing on wide rounded bases with tall graduating column stems with bud shaped tops with flat rounded rims. The candlesticks are decorated in streaked blue and purple glazes over a lighter red glazed ground and both have clear glazed foot rims with recessed bases. The candlesticks are both impressed ASHBY GUILD...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Candlesticks
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Uriano French Art Deco Child & Doe Marble Mounted Sculpture
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish French Art Deco silvered sculpture young child with deer
a very stylish French Art Deco sculpture of a young child with a young deer mounted on a red marble base by Urian...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Mounted Objects
Materials
Marble, Metal
Chinese Yongzheng Mark Large Famille Noir Rouleau Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Chinese famille noir porcelain vase hand painted with decorative panels with birds, animals and scholars objects dating from the early to mid-20th century. The...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
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