Miles Mason Porcelain Furniture

This is a blue and white hand gilded porcelain coffee can in the Chinaman on Verandah pattern, made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England around the turn of the ...

This is a stunning dessert service made by Miles Mason between 1813 and 1820. It is made of Patent Ironstone China, decorated in the very rare "Famille Verte Chinoiserie" pattern with a garden scene. It consists of a soup tureen with cover on stand, an oval dish, two lobed dishes, one large plate and 10 dessert plates. Miles Mason started making porcelain in the 1790s, when porcelain imports from China ceased and there was a need for British-made porcelain. In the early 19th Century he purchased the patent for "ironstone" china from the Turner brothers and in 1813 he launched his "Mason't Patent Ironstone China". This was a china body that strictly speaking was earthenware, but as strong as porcelain and looking more like the porcelain that had been imported from China, than bone china. Ironstone china was cheaper to produce and its blueish hue was excellent for the Chinoiserie decorations that were still popular. The new middle class, sprung up with the Industrial Revolution, could not afford the expensive hand painted bone china table sets yet and they were also quite attached to the Chinese style of decorating. Mason saw the opportunity and started supplying huge amounts of dinner and dessert services to the new industrialists. Soon, all other potters started imitating him by bringing out their own "stone china' bodies, each with a slightly different name. This dessert service has the typical and wonderful leaf-shaped serving dishes and simple round plates. It is decorated in a style typical for the earlier Mason's ironstone china: a hand painted imitation of a typical Chinoiserie garden scene of a tea drinking couple and their servants. The pattern is similar to patterns that can be found on Chinese import...

This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Miles Mason between 1815 and 1820. Miles Mason was one of the early ones of the second wave of British porcelain makers, alongside Spod...

This is a beautiful serving dish made by Miles Mason in about 1813. The dish has surface moulded vines on a light blue ground, and flowers with a birds nest in the centre. Miles M...

This is a fine porcelain coffee can made by Miles Mason, of Lane Delph, Stoke on Trent, England, circa 1805. It has a plain loop handle with the characteristic upper spur which is a ...

This is a beautiful set of a true trio and a saucer dish made by Miles Mason around 1810, which was the Regency era. The set consists of a teacup, a coffee...

This is a fine porcelain coffee can by Miles Mason, of Lane Delph, Stoke on Trent, England, circa 1810. It has a plain loop handle with inner spur which is a known Mile Mason handle shape. Miles Mason was the founder of the MASON's dynasty, his son Charles James Mason patenting Mason's Ironstone in 1813. Prior to that Miles Mason, started production, in the late 18th century, of some fine porcelain, of which this piece is one. The Can is decorated with the printed "Chinese Dragon" pattern in blue with a Georgian Key...

This is a wonderful tea and coffee service serving 6 with the beautiful Pagoda pattern in blue and white transfer. The coffee pot was made by Rathbone and the cups and saucers by Miles Mason. I have also listed the set of teacup...

This is a very charming "true trio" made by Miles Mason around 1810, which was the Regency era. The items are decorated with the famous Pagoda pattern i...

This is a gorgeous full tea service serving six made by Miles Mason circa 1810, which was the Regency era. The items are decorated with the famous Pagoda pattern...

This is a beautiful orphaned coffee can made by Miles Mason, circa 1810.   Miles Mason was one of the early ones of the second wave of British porce...

This is a porcelain blue and white, hand gilded coffee cup and saucer made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, in the early 19th century, circa 1812-1820. Both piec...