Antique Soft Paste

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

The clean white centres are framed with a lovely raised paste gold floral Arts and Crafts motif and trimmed with acid etched gold borders.

In 1751, Dr John Wall persuaded a group of 13 businessmen to invest in a new factory at Warmstry House, Worcester, England, on the banks of the River Severn. The early wares were sof...

In 1751, Dr John Wall persuaded a group of 13 businessmen to invest in a new factory at Warmstry House, Worcester, England, on the banks of the River Severn. The early wares were sof...

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

The shape was often copied directly from European metalwork or soft-paste porcelain (like Sèvres). Today, these versatile pieces are highly sought after by collectors not only for th...

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sèvres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sèvres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

In 1751, Dr John Wall persuaded a group of 13 businessmen to invest in a new factory at Warmstry House, Worcester, England, on the banks of the River Severn. The early wares were sof...

In 1751, Dr John Wall persuaded a group of 13 businessmen to invest in a new factory at Warmstry House, Worcester, England, on the banks of the River Severn. The early wares were sof...

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

It became one of England’s first and most prestigious porcelain factories, producing high-quality soft-paste porcelain inspired by Meissen and Sèvres.

CROWN DERBY (William Duesbury II period) - Imari Pattern - Exceptional large assembled early soft paste porcelain part dinner service - featuring hand painted Japanese style decorati...

As a tangible link to a specific 18th-century artisan, this set not only represents the high-water mark of English porcelain artistry but also the individual contributions of its cra...

Unglazed white Sèvres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sèvres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Together with Gravant, they succeeded in producing a type of soft paste frit-porcelain around 1745. The Sevres Porcelain Factory was originally founded in 1738 at Chateau de Vincenn...

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

This wonderful, authentic pieces is crafted from soft-paste porcelain, known for its warm, slightly translucent white or creamy tone and lustrous glaze.

This piece is a direct and meticulous Chinese copy of an English soft-paste porcelain original produced by the Derby factory (during the William Duesbury II period, c. 1780–1785).

The full 260-piece Neo-Classical service consists of a soft-paste porcelain base, with a bold blue underglaze lobed border, with gilt patterae, and gilt arched panels and stars.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

Samson worked throughout in hard-paste porcelain, including for models originally made in soft paste.

The porcelain is painted with soft grey and light brown veining across a white ground to imitate carved marble, creating the appearance of a hardstone vessel while retaining the refi...

A pierced border of this depth was cut by hand through the unfired soft-paste and was liable to sag or crack in the kiln, so a pair surviving with every strand of the lattice intact ...

Exceptional antique jewelry box attributed to Tiffany Studios, crafted in bronze and decorated with elegant glass paste in soft white and ochre tones. Made in New York, USA, around 1...

Josiah Spode II had perfected the bone china body a few years earlier, a whiter, stronger, and more translucent material than the soft-paste porcelains that preceded it, and in 1806 ...

This antique brooch is crafted in rich 19k yellow gold with silver detailing and features a striking combination of paste stones and onyx. The contrast between the deep black onyx an...

Beautiful antique sterling silver lavalier necklace with white and soft amethyst paste stones, stamped 'Sterling' on the reverse of the pendant.

Sibilio’s technique of putting together soft-paste ancient glass and hardsones, such as porphyry and serpentine, is unique, though his inlaid marble designs sometimes seem to be insp...

Unglazed white Sevres Porcelain "biscuit" figurines were also a great success. However, soft-paste Sevres Porcelain was more easily broken.

The 2 Early Victorian Cups (Bottom Row): These are Early English Soft-Paste Porcelain or early bone china blends.

The factory quickly distinguished itself from its French competitors thanks to the development of "ivory porcelain." This was a type of soft-paste ceramic with a matte yellowish tone...

Mettlach Phanolith items were translucent and made of soft-paste porcelain in the technique developed at Mettlach by Jean Baptiste Stahl.

The Samson wares were produced in hard-paste porcelain, while many of the originals would have been produced from soft-paste porcelain.

In 1757 Falconet was appointed director of the sculpture atelier of the new Manufacture royale de porcelaine at Sèvres, where he brought new life to the manufacture of small sculptur...

The composition for hard-paste porcelain was improved, and the production of soft paste, for which the factory had been famous in the previous century, was abandoned in 1804.

Spot clean the fabric with a mild textile cleaner and dust wood surfaces gently with a soft cloth, using quality paste wax periodically to preserve the finish.

The unmarked base and the soft porcelain paste are consistent with export wares made for the Western market, possibly from the kilns of Guangdong province or Jingdezhen during the tr...

Renowned for its innovation, rich colours, and refined decoration, Sèvres produced both soft- and hard-paste porcelain, supplying Europe’s elite and serving as a key diplomatic gift ...

Soft white paste, circa 1784-1803. Piece of tender pasta with wavy edges used to hold the tops of the cups in them and cool them when filling the ice container or similar.