Art Deco Wilkinson Arthur J. Royal Staffordshire Pottery Pair of Tureens

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Lovely and refined English oval ceramic tray; elegant and rich blue decorations have been executed on the white background using the transferware method; the mark on the back tells us exactly that the object was produced by the Clementson Brothers LTD Company between 1901 and 1913 at the Phoenix factory in Shelton, the company made a wide range of objects with this decoration called "Delf" ( see mark no.909 p.150 of "Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Mark"). Transferware, which was very fashionable in the Victorian period, refers to glazed and decorated pottery with a specific treatment that they produced in Staffordshire, England; they used copper plates on which the design was engraved, the plate was then inked and the design transferred to a special fabric that was later placed on the pottery (plates, trays, tureens, etc.) which was glazed and fired; the first to use this printing process were John Sadler and Guy Green of Liverpool in 1756. If we look at the pottery made by this method we will notice that the designs are not perfect and often the ink is smudged: this is their characteristic. A hand-painted plate service could afford few English families, with this method even middle-class families could have a decorated plate service. The Clementson Firm was founded in 1839 by Joseph Clementson, who retired from the business in 1867, leaving the factory to his four sons and son...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Parti...

Tan France Auction Pick We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authentic...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our items. Refined and ...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Interesting and particular pair of French vases...

We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Pair ...

Staffordshire Pottery tureen with cover which features a duck forming the lid, sitting on a base molded with a rippling water effect. Maker's mark, '6' mo...

Stunning and heavily made midcentury Danish art pottery bowl designed by Jørgen Morgensen for Royal Copenhagen. Jørgen Morgensen is considered one of the most important potters and sculptors of the 20th century and this very stylish bowl has a central recess with a raised rim relief moulded with a repeat pattern of chicken like birds and finished in brown glazes. The bowl has printed Royal Copenhagen marks to the base along with incised initials JM.

Art pottery vase by Burmantofts in the manner of Christopher Dresser. Anglo-Persian design, very popular in the period, with bulbous body and thin cylindrical neck, with a shaped han...

Pair of lidded bowls for St Ive’s Pottery, England. 1980s. Stoneware. Measurements: H: 10 cm/ 4'' Diameter: 10 cm/ 4''

Dutch Art Nouveau ceramic dish from Gouda, Holland with traditional period flowery and curvaceous designs. Matte glaze, mixture of abstract and floral designs, circa 1920s. Very c...

Rare and fine pair of Staffordshire pottery cats, c. 1850. The recumbent cats, painted with large underglaze black spots, and having yellow eyes. Set upon underglaze cobalt blue oval...