Rockingham Decorative Objects

An exceptionally fine pair of Rockingham royal blue porcelain candlesticks with fine gilt decoration, hung with most unusual spade drops and notch cut spangles.

A stunning and exquisitely hand painted antique Rockingham porcelain vase decorated with floral blooms dating from around 1830. The finely made vase...

This is a very charming porcelain pug dog made by Rockingham in about 1835. This tiny dog would make a perfect Valentine's Day gift! Although the Rockingham pottery started some time in the mid-18th century, when we say "Rockingham" it mostly means the Rockingham pottery as it was run between 1826 and 1842, creating high quality bone china table ware. The pottery rose to fame when King William VI ordered a huge dinner service containing 200 pieces. It took 600 people 7 years to complete this service, and by the time it was finished the King died. It ended up being used for the first time at the subsequent coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837. In the end, the undertaking, although it brought important business from all British aristocracy, had ruined the pottery and it never recovered. It closed it doors in 1842. This story serves to show the status, artistic sophistication and capacity of the Rockingham pottery in the 1830s. This dog is in "blanc de chine" white porcelain with only a gilt collar, and the face and feet touched up. The dog is seated on a simple Rococo scroll. It has a gilt collar with a little gilt flower in the neck - this means it is a female dog. Note that her head is smaller and legs longer than pugs today; this is how they were bred in the 19th century. The Rockingham pugs have a wonderful melancholic expression in their faces; this one has just a hint of red in the mouth so she looks like she might lick you any moment :-). Pugs were incredibly popular and there was hardly a lady without one, particularly in Britain and the Netherlands. The history to this is that William the Silent...

This is an adorable pair of porcelain pug dog figures, made by Rockingham in circa 1835, which was the late Regency era. Although the Rockingham pottery started some time in the mid-18th century, when we say "Rockingham" it mostly means the Rockingham pottery as it was run between 1826 and 1842, creating high quality bone china table ware. The pottery rose to fame when King William VI ordered a huge dinner service containing 200 pieces. It took 600 people 7 years to complete this service, and by the time it was finished the King died. It ended up being used for the first time at the subsequent coronation of Queen Victoria in 1837. In the end, the undertaking, although it brought important business from all British aristocracy, had ruined the pottery and it never recovered. It closed it doors in 1842. This story serves to show the status, artistic sophistication and capacity of the Rockingham pottery in the 1830s. Each dog is seated on a simple Rococo scroll, one red and one green. They have gilt collars, the slightly larger one with a pink flower in the neck. Upon close inspection, one is a female (the one on the green base) and the other a male (the one on the red base). Note that their heads are smaller and legs longer than pugs today; this is how they were bred in the 19th Century. Pugs were incredibly popular and there was hardly a lady without one, particularly in Britain and the Netherlands. The history to this is that William the Silent...