Miles Mason Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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 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 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 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...

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

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

This is a porcelain blue and white, hand gilded plate or dish made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England, dating to circa 1810. The plate is well potted on a...

This is a porcelain, hand painted and gilded deep plate or saucer dish made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England in the very early years of the 19th century, George III period, circa 1805. This dish, sometimes called a spoon dish...

This is a porcelain, hand painted and gilded Plate made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England in the very early years of the 19th century, George III period, cir...

These are a beautiful matching pair of porcelain cups comprising a coffee can and a tea cup, in a classical bat printed pattern umber 349, made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England around the turn of the 18th century, circa 1805. Both cups are finely potted with the characteristic loop handle having an upper thumb spur. They are both decorated with a bat printed classical pattern number 349, probably showing winged Eros flying above Aphrodite in a wheeled chariot, drawn by two lions on the coffee can and two deer on the tea cup. They both have deep hand gilded rim borders with further gilding to the outer handles. Provenance: 1) Pieces with these patterns, No.349, are illustrated in the book; Miles Mason Patterns and Shapes edited by Velma Young and published by the Mason's Collectors' Club, page 29. Many Similar "bat printed" pieces are also illustrated in the same book. 2) Very similar patterns are also shown in Plate 58 of the book: Mason Porcelain & Ironstone 1796-1853, by Reginald Hagar & Elizabeth Adams, published by Faber & Faber. Both cups are unmarked to the base as was often the case but they are definitely English Miles Mason pieces as per the above reference works and dating to 1805-1810. Dimensions in inches; Coffee can, depth 2.5, width 3.25, height 2.38 Tea cup, depth 3.25, width 4, height 2.25 Overall, a very decorative early pair of English porcelain cups.

This is a porcelain blue and white, hand gilded Saucer Dish made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England around the turn of the 18th century, circa 1805. The di...

This is a porcelain, hand painted and gilded deep plate or saucer dish made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England in the very early years of the 18th century, Ge...