Carlton Ware Ltd Furniture

Alfred Dunhill Lighter Circa 1957 From our Accessories collection, we are delighted to offer this Dunhill ‘Carlton’ Spider Web Table Lighter. The Lighter Gold Plated lighter was produced in partnership with Carlton Ware with the ceramic body produced by Stoke on Trent potters Carlton (Carlton Ware). The body has been hand painted with a spider web design amongst blossoming flowers and two dragonflies. The Lighter is embossed to the front Dunhill and bears the registration number to the inside of the pivoting arm 737418. The base of the lighter is stamped Dunhill, Lighter. The Lighter dates to the middle of the 20th century circa 1957. Carlton Ware was established in 1890 by James Frederick Wiltshaw, William Herbert Robinson and James Alcock Robinson trading under the name of Wiltshaw and Robinson. The trademark “Carlton Ware” was introduced in 1894, and the company’s factory was renamed the Carlton Works. The company changed its name multiple times and changed hands finally reaching the name ‘Carlton Ware Ltd’ in 1958. In 1966 the company was sold to Arthur Wood and Sons before coming under financial pressure in the late 1980s being forced into receivership in 1989 and production ending in 1992. In 1997 the Carlton Ware brand was resurrected by Francis Joseph of the Carlton Ware Design Centre, Roslyn Works, Stoke-on-Trent. It continues to manufacture novelty items aimed at the collectors’ market today. Dunhill Lighters specifically the classic petrol lift arm table lighter was introduced by Dunhill in 1928 running until the introduction of gas in the 1960’s. This particular Carlton Wear example was first introduced in the Dunhill catalogue in 1957. The body was created in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent potters Carlton Ware. Carlton Ware produced three different examples to compliment the Dunhill body a fish underwater design, a chinoiserie pagoda design and the spider web as seen here. Dunhill Alfred Dunhill was Born September 30th 1872. From 1890 Dunhill ran a company that sold motoring accessories through mail order under the name Dunhill’s Motorities. In 1902 he opened a shop on Conduit Street, Mayfair which sold clothing...

A rare Ginger jar in Chinland that will date to around 1930. Beautifully decorated with full repeating pattern around the body. There are some white rub marks on the lustre where the...

A large and impressive hand painted vase and cover from the re known studio of Carlton England. This Chinoiserie design features a variation of the Willow on a burnt orange backgroun...

This antique vase was made by the renowned Carlton Ware factory of England in approximately 1920 and done in the period Asian inspired style. The vase is done in pottery with a mottl...

A pair of Mr. Peanut nut spoons, made by Carlton Silver Plate in 1941. The spoon is detailed on both the front and back. Mr. Peanut is the advertising logo and mascot of Planters, an American snack-food company. He is depicted as an anthropomorphic peanut in its shell dressed in the formal clothing of an old-fashioned gentleman: top hat, monocle, white gloves, spats, and a cane. He is reportedly of British heritage and has the proper name of Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe. The original...

A finely made Art Deco Carlton Ware pottery Rouge Royal Mikado pattern vase dating between 1935 and 1955. The vase is of conical shape and stands...

This is a wonderful egg cruet with four cups made by Whitshaw and Robinson in about 1890. This factory is better known as the Carlton Works, and their wares as Carltonware. The facto...

This is a good midcentury Hand painted Flambe Lustre bowl made by Carlton Ware, Carlton Works, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, circa 1950. This earthenware bowl is fairly ...

Enameled and gilt with Egyptian motifs. Printed marks in black and gilt.

Very nice cobalt blue gold painted decorated globe shape vase. Measures: 8 inches tall.

Gold multicolors decorated Carlton ware vase. Measures: 7 inches.

This is a good vase made by Carlton Ware, Carlton Works, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England in the Art-Deco Period, circa 1930. The earthenware vase has a geometric globular sha...