Masons Ironstone Imari spill vase, c. 1820.

Pair of Staffordshire pottery spill vases, c. 1860. Modelled as a herdsman, and a milkmaid holding milk pails, sat upon rockwork, above their cows, before tree trunks, forming the sp...

Pair of Staffordshire pottery spill vases, c. 1870. Well modelled as two Pointers, stood before tree trunks, forming the spill vases. The dogs, painted with black spots, and set upon...

Staffordshire pottery bocage group of large size, ‘Hairdresser’, c. 1820. The very well modelled group, depicting a man curing the hair of a seated lady, whilst she looks in a hand m...

Staffordshire pottery figure of a Dove, Enoch Wood, c. 1820. Well modelled as a dove, on its nest. The doves feathers well delineated, and heightened in puce enamel. It’s nest naturi...

Leeds Pottery cup and saucer, c. 1790. Both pieces decorated with a broad band of powder blue slip, within a brown and white chequer board rim. All beneath a pearlware glaze. The cup...

Staffordshire pottery ‘Tithe Pig’ bocage group, c. 1830. Modelled as the three characters stood before a tree. The farmer holding a pig, his wife holding their baby, and the vicar, l...

This is a very rare ironstone vase, in the Chinese style, all hand painted in the coloured dragon pattern, made by the Mason's factory in the early 19th century. Both the vase shape and the pattern are very rare. The vase has a bottle shape with a fairly tall neck, having two dolphin head handles, with attached loops. (NOTES ON SHAPE This vase style is a copy of a much earlier Chinese bronze vase shape produced in the Ming, Hongwu period of 1368 - 1398, which had similar decorative animal head side handles with loops. ( See the book Chinese Ceramics by He Li, page 216, published by Thames & Hudson. ). Also On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 204; The square handles and rings illustrate the metal origins of the shape of the vase. Similar examples have been excavated in Chinese tombs dating to the fifteenth and sixteenth century, suggesting that the shape was particularly popular at that time.) This vase is beautifully hand decorated in a more complex variant of the Coloured Chinese Dragon pattern, with strong coloured enamels depicting a green dragon on one side and a pink dragon...

Mason's ironstone Japan pattern pair of vases, circa 1830-1840. The vases are decorated in an imari palette with scroll handles highlighted in tu...

This is a rare Mason's ironstone miniature Teapot in the bold Fence Japan gilded pattern, which we date to circa 1820. Miniature or toy items of Masons ...

This is a fine and rare pair of miniature Mason's ironstone Vases or Urns, hand painted in in the beautiful "Fence, Rock and Gold Flower" pattern, which ...

This is a rare Mason's ironstone miniature Teapot in the rare Plaid Japan gilded pattern, which we date to circa 1820. Miniature or toy items of Masons...

This is a very rare Mason's ironstone miniature Coffee Pot in the Gold Rose Japan gilded pattern, which we date to circa 1820. Miniature or toy items of Masons ironstone are hard to...