Susanna Barker Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

An exquisite set of four George III silver oval two handled oval sauce tureens and covers. Of Oval bombe form on four rocaille capped scroll feet, with ovolo cast borders and handles...

Fine 18th Century George III period engraved repousse sterling silver goblet by Francis Crump, London, 1770. The use of sterling silver drinking vessels is associated with good health as silver is prized for removing impurities from libations. Lovely historic object...

A fine and impressive pair of antique Georgian English sterling silver salts made by Henry Chawner; an addition to our silver cruet and condiment collection. These fine antique George III sterling silver salts have a plain rounded oval form to an oval pedestal foot. The surface of each salt is encircled with a plain applies girdle above the contemporary engraved initials 'EPC'. The oval feet and upper rims of these impressive examples of Georgian silverware are encircled with applied thread decorated borders. These antique salts, crafted by the renowned London silversmith Henry Chawner, have gilded interiors. Condition These antique silver salts...

Each cistern is in the form of a fluted vase on a rectangular pedestal. The lead-lined vases have brass handles, removable lids with pineapple finials and taps. The crossbanded pedestals have cupboard doors enclosing slatted shelves for warming plates in one and a lead-lined slops drawers, a tambour fronted shelf and a cellaret in the other. Susan Stuart, 'Gillow of Lancaster and London', 2008 vol 1 p308-315 illustrates many pedestal urns including the drawings for Workington Hall, Cumbria, dated 1788. PLates 342 and 343 show pedestals with a similar arrangement of shelves and drawers. Thomas Sheraton explained the functions of dining room pedestals in his 'Drawing Book' of 1793: 'IN spacious dining rooms the sideboards are often made without drawers of any sort, having simply a rail, a little ornament...

Hallmarked in London in 1763, this attractive, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Cream Jug, stands on three feet, and features later chased floral decoration to the body and an aca...

This is a fine English, hand blown drinking glass, made from lead glass in the 18th century, circa 1785. Short, heavy, thick stemmed glasses...

An exceedingly rare and important pair of George III-period mahogany knife boxes of exceptional quality and condition. The boxes are of serpentine form with refined crossbanded and c...

An interesting and unusual French Majolica barbotine asparagus 'Saucière' on a shaped, attached stand. The body of the 'boat' is formed from a bunch of purple-tipped asparagus spears, swathed in green and mustard yellow leaves, while two delicately bent creamy white spears form the handle. A spray of bright green overlapping leaves ring the pedestal base where the boat meets the stand. The boat is attached to the underplate, which has a border in a creamy yellow basket weave pattern edged by a scalloped turquoise rim. This sauce boat...

A magnificent hand painted decanter from the Greek Highlands dating back to the 1920s.

Geo III Rolling mahogany cheese and biscuit server, circa 1800. When dinner ended in the 18th century and early 19th century the cheese server was brought out. It was filled with che...

Made circa 1790, this classic antique George III Old Sheffield Plate wine cooler has a cylindrical, bucket-shaped form. The body is embellished with horizontal hooped bands and featu...

Hallmarked in London in 1804 by Joseph Preedy, this remarkable pair of Antique Sterling Silver Wine Coolers are richly decorated, f...