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How do you identify Belleek?
To identify Belleek, search your piece for a maker's mark. The Irish pottery maker has added a marking to nearly every piece it has produced and has changed its hallmarks many times. As a result, you can use the marking style to date your pottery. The official Belleek website offers a visual guide to dating and identifying Belleek pottery. If you have any additional questions about your piece after consulting the guide, a certified appraiser or experienced antique dealer can be of assistance. Explore a range of Belleek pottery on 1stDibs.
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Antique Vintage Irish Belleek Porcelain Four Strand Basket Centerpiece Ireland
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of an extremely rare Irish Belleek Porcelain Flower Encrusted Four Strand Basket of circular outline. Mid Twentieth Century. This exceptional Belleek porcelain bas...
Category

Antique 19th Century Irish Edwardian Vases

Materials

Porcelain, Pottery

Antique Fine Irish Belleek Porcelain Demitasse Cup and Saucer
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Fine Irish Belleek Demitasse Cup and Saucer basketweave shamrock eggshell antique porcelain Saucer 4.5 Cup 2.5 x 2h maker stamp present hand painted original estate preowned vintage ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Northern Irish Mid-Century Modern Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Belleek Irish Antique Porcelain Hexagonal Shaped Lustre Glazed Basket
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and finely made Irish woven porcelain hexagonal shaped basket made by Belleek and dating from the 19th century. The stunning basket stan...
Category

Antique 19th Century Irish High Victorian Decorative Baskets

Materials

Porcelain

Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Cream Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and very rare Belleek cabaret set in the Grass design, consisting of a teapot, two teacups and saucers, a milk jug and a lidded sugar bowl, all placed on a large tray. All items carry the 1st Black Mark, which was used between 1863 and 1891. It is extremely rare to come across an entire cabaret set of these antique items, particularly when in such fabulous condition, so this is a rare opportunity! If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Belleek Four-Strand Oval Basket, 20th Century
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Belleek four-strand oval basket 20th century Oval basket with a waved loop rim applied with sprigs of flowers, impressed banner mark. Note: Restoration to four loops, as i...
Category

Mid-20th Century Irish Edwardian Centerpieces

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Belleek 19 piece LIMPET Tea Set
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a partial set of Belleek Limpet porcelain. The Limpet tea set has 9 pieces. The teapot and 4 cups and 4 saucers. There are 5 hand painted Shamrock pieces. 2 tea cups, a suga...
Category

Vintage 1960s Irish Late Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

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