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Regency Large Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service-Thirty Nine Pieces
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Regency-period Coalport Porcelain service is of the finest quality in terms of the porcelain itself and the decoration, each shape is particularly well designed with a distinctive shape.
The centre of each piece has a floral design based upon Chinese Export "famille rose" with pink and yellow flower swirls. The ground with a distinctive aqua blue.
The crimped rims have a wide border pattern alternating between a mazarine blue reverse flower-head design with a cracked ice gilt decoration and a diaper pattern on a yellow ground with flowerheads issuing forth.
The service consists of the following 39 pieces:
One Tazza (9 3/4 inches wide x 7 inches high)
Two circular sauce tureens and covers (7 inches high x 6 1/2 inches wide)
Four oval dishes (12 inches x 8 1/2 inches x 2 3/4 inches)
Four shell dishes (10 1/4 inches 9 1/2 inches)
Five rectangular dishes...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English Ironstone Vase and Cover, Morley Ashworth Ironstone
By Ashworth Ironstone
Located in Downingtown, PA
The octagonal-from vase has a deep blue ground and is painted in gilt and yellow with Rococo scrolls of foliage and vases of flowers. The dragon scroll handles and decorated with gil...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Vases
Materials
Ironstone
Yongzheng Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Plate with Arms of Gresley
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Plate,
Arms of Gresley Quarterly with Bowyer in Pretence,
Yongzheng Period,
1735
This u...
Category
Antique 1730s Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Yongzheng Chinese Export Porcelain Plate with Arms of Elwick of Middlesex
Located in Downingtown, PA
Rare Early 18th Century Yongzheng Period Chinese Export Porcelain Plate,
Arms of Elwick of Middlesex,
John Elwick of Mile End in Middlesex and of Cornhill in the City of London,
Circa 1730
This rare important Chinese Export armorial plate is painted with the coat of arms of Elwick of Middlesex in the center within a panel reserved against an en grisaille Chinese...
Category
Antique 1720s Chinese Chinese Export Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Ashtray of a Bill of Sale from the Weikel & Smith, Philadelphia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic bill of sale tray,
Weikel & Smith Spice Company, Philadelphia
The 1950s-1960s
The large ceramic tray or ashtray depicts a bi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Ceramic
Regency Herculaneum Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Printed Dish
By Herculaneum Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Herculaneum neo-Classical Greek Pattern blue printed dish,
Early-19th century
The Herculaneum pottery underglaze blue central pattern shows a s...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Fleming Joffe Plate-Vero Pig Piccadilly
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate,
Vero-Pig Piccadilly,
With Original "Hide" Box,
1960s.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain p...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Pottery Neoclassical Greek Pattern Blue Salad Plates Set of Fifteen
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Pottery neoclassical Greek pattern blue salad plates,
Refreshment for Phliasian Horseman (Set of Fifteen)
Early 19th century
From a large collection of Spode Greek Pattern...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Dinner Plates
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Set Neo-Classical Mythological Gold Coasters Mitologia
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti ceramic complete set of neo-classical gold coasters,
Mitologia Pattern,
Mythology Pattern,
1950s
Measures: Diameter 4 1/8 inches x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Ceramic
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Conchiglie Seashell Set of Plates with Mollusks
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti porcelain Conchiglie seashell plates with snails and mollusks,
Set of Six,
circa 1960s-1970s
The Fornasetti plate is decorated in the Conchiglie pattern which d...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages,
From New Letters & Lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring,
Originally published 1938
The pages are...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
Chinese Export Porcelain Bacchus Mug After Derby Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain bacchus mug after Derby Porcelain,
circa 1785.
The Chinese Export porcelain mug is modeled after a Derby Porcelain original as the head of Bacchus, the face naturalistically & delicately enameled. The eyebrows, beard and hair picked out with lightly etched brown lines. Around his head is a garland of vine leaves enameled in green, the veins of the leaves well delineated in grey, the bunches of grapes in a rich purple. The "C" shaped handle is decorated with stylized vine leaves, the sides of the thick handle with gold lappets.
Dimensions: 4 inches high
Reference
This type of mug was copied directly from a Derby original that dates to around 1780-1785 and was created by William Duesbury II (1763-97) when the company was known as William Duesbury & Co.
For a similar mug, see Sargent: The Copeland Collection: Chinese & Japanese Ceramic Figures...
Category
Antique 1780s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Pottery Leaf-Shaped Plates, Set of Twelve
By Creil et Montereau
Located in Downingtown, PA
Creil et Montereau Pottery leaf plates,
Set of Twelve Plates,
circa 1840
The twelve pearlware plates from the Creil et Montereau company are c...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French William IV Dinner Plates
Materials
Pottery
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi Wedgwood Porcelain Variations on a Geometric Theme
By Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi Wedgwood plates,
variations on a geometric theme,
complete set of six-one of only two hundred sets made.
with Lucite box,
circa 1971
The Edua...
Category
Vintage 1970s English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Porcelain Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Mid-Century Modern Piero Fornasetti Rosenthal Themes & Variations Plate,
Motiv 22,
With original box,
The 1980s
From a select group of porcelain plates made by Rosenthal from ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Botanical Large Print After Joseph Nigg, from the Ateliers Lithographiques Mourl
By Joseph Nigg
Located in Downingtown, PA
Botanical Print after the painting of the Austrian painter, Joseph Nigg, (1782-1863)
Artist: Joseph Nigg (1782-1863)
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 39 3/4 inches high x 31 i...
Category
Vintage 1940s Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Derby Porcelain Plates, Pattern 126, Painted by William Longden, Set of Six
By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
The beautiful and stylish Derby porcelain set of six plates are painted by William Longden with fruit within a heart-shaped gilt border. The fruit depicted include grapes, plums, str...
Category
Antique 1790s English Georgian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Painting of Farmyard Scene with chickens, Oil on Canvas, Signed L.J. Cruise
Located in Downingtown, PA
Farmyard Scene with Chickens,
Medium: Oil on canvas,
Signed: L.J. Cruise, 1911, Criuise (1861-1945), Berks County, Pennsylvania
Dimensions: Frame: 35 inches high x 55 31/2 inches wide; sight: 29 inches high x 48 3/4 inches wide
This oil painting by Bucks County artist Louis J. Cruise depicts a farmyard scene. A chicken emerges from a farm building, with eight other chickens and a cockerel below. All of the birds are either standing or pecking on the straw pile, as are three other small birds. To the back right of the painting is a wood fence, beyond which is a grass field and woods. The painting is framed in a wide gilt frame.
Cruise was a prolific artist who painted a variety of subjects, including landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. He was a member of the Bucks County Academy of Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Sketch...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Ottoman Large Silkwork Textile Botanical Embroidery Hanging
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Ottoman textile has gold embroidery on a beige satin silk background depicting flowers.
The massive silk work depicts the garden-like setting of heaven described in the Qur'an...
Category
Antique 19th Century Turkish Islamic Quilts and Blankets
Materials
Silk
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate, Tema E Variazioni, Pattern Number 96
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations gold plate, butterfly,
Tema E Variazioni,
Pattern number 96,
Atelier Fornasetti.
A variation of Fornasetti's Tema E...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate, Tema E Variazioni, Pattern Number 34
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Themes & Variations Gold Plate,
Tema E Variazioni,
Pattern Number 34,
Atelier Fornasetti.
A variation of Fornasetti's Tema E Variazion...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Wedgwood Porcelain Plaques of Ships, the Clipper Ship, Great Republic & Clipper
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
Wedgwood porcelain plaques of ships-
The clipper ship, great republic & clipper ship Hurricane
1976-1981
The two painted plaques depict on one The...
Category
Vintage 1970s English American Classical Decorative Art
Materials
Porcelain
Fornasetti Dome Plate, Cupola Galleria Di Milano Number 7 in Series
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti Dome Plate,
Cupola Galleria di Milano
Number 7 in Series,
Dated 2018
Each plate in the series has a different dome of a named and numbered building on the reverse, seen from the inside and below.
Dimensions: 9 1/4 inches x 1 inch high. (23.50cm diameter x 2.54cm)
The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is Italy's oldest active shopping gallery and a major landmark of Milan in Italy. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the Galleria is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of the Kingdom of Italy. .
These plates were originally designed and executed for building contractor Andrea Brenta, Milan, as Christmas presents...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Copeland Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Circular Tureen and Cover
By Copeland Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Copeland-Late Spode Neo-classical greek pattern blue circular tureen and cover,
1902
The Spode pottery covered footed tureen of circular form with th...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Chamberlain Worcester Porcelain Goblet After Angelia Kauffman Painting
By Humphrey Chamberlain, Chamberlains Worcester
Located in Downingtown, PA
The large Regency Neoclassical, Humphrey Chamberlain decorated, Chamberlain Worcester Goglet is painted with a grisaille painting by Humphrey Cham...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Cuban Armorial Plate for Marquis de Almendares
Located in Downingtown, PA
The arms on this Chinese Export armorial plate were made for the Cuban noble Marquis de Almendares Ignacio Herrera.
The plate is finely ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Painted Cast Iron Garden Urns and Pedestal Bases, American, Mid-20th Century
Located in Downingtown, PA
Painted cast iron garden urns and pedestal bases,
American,
mid-20th century.
A pair of white painted cast iron metal urns on square pedes...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Classical Greek Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Iron
Fornasetti Porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation Plate, #260
By Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fornasetti porcelain Surrealist Themes & Variation plate #260,
The Snail,
Atelier Fornasetti
The Fornasetti porcelain plate in the Themes & Variation pattern depicts a surreal depic...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain Recipe Plate, Snake a la Cleopatra
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Fleming Joffe Porcelain recipe plate,
Snake a la Cleopatra,
1960s-1974.
This rare Piero Fornasetti porcelain plate is from a series of fourteen made for the Fleming Joffe company in New York City.
The plate originally was in a square box with an insert that read-
"We are happy to send you a New Year's present. These plates have been created especially for us by Piero Fornasetti in Milano. Each year you will receive more until the end of the series. We wish you and your family a very happy New Year.
Fleming Joffe Ltd".
Measure: Diameter: 10 1/4 inches
The Fleming Joffe company was a small leather goods...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Regency Spode Imari Punch Bowl, Pattern # 2283
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Imari Bowl,
Pattern # 2283,
Spodes New Stone China,
Circa 1815-1820
The beautiful Spode new stone Imari punch bowl is painted in Imari col...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Barware
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-Century Modern Trioh Danish Modern Occasional Teak Table
By Trioh
Located in Downingtown, PA
Trioh Danish Modern occasional table,
Mid-century Modern
1960s.
1960s Trioh-made Danish Modern two-tier square occasional table with woven cane magazi...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak
Piero Fornasetti Coffee Table-Neoclassical Bordo Bassorilievo Pattern
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Bordo Bassorilievo pattern coffee table,
circa 1955.
The table is decorated with painting and lithographic transfer-pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Danish Mid-century Modern Steel and Brass Menorah
By Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
Located in Downingtown, PA
Svend Aage Holm Sørensen Steel and Brass Menorah or Candlestick,
Danish Mid-century Modern
1960s.
The Sorenesen-designed steel and brass Menorah is raised on four raised feet form...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Candelabras
Materials
Brass, Steel
Grete Jalk Scandinavian Midcentury Teak Nesting Tables, 1970
By Grete Jalk
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Scandinavian midcentury teak nesting tables,
Grete Jalk for P. Jeppesens Møbelsnedkeri,
Denmark,
circa 1970.
A set of th...
Category
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Materials
Wood, Teak
Prattware Pottery Macaroni Tea Caddy, Possibly Prestonpans. Scotland
Located in Downingtown, PA
Prattware English Pottery Pearlware Tea Canister,
Macaroni Figures,
Possibly Bankfoot pottery, Prestonpans. Scotland or Staffordshire,
Circa 1790-1800.
The pearlware pottery tea caddy is decorated with Macaroni figures. On one side is depicted a gentleman wearing an exaggeratedly high wig with his servant standing beside him. On the other side is a similarly caricatured lady and her servant.
Dimensions: 5 inches High x 3-1/4 inches Wide x 2 inches Deep.
Condition: Glaze imperfection to neck.
The caddy was possibly made in Scotland at Prestonpans where plaster of Paris moulds were recovered during excavations.
Plaster of Paris moulds recovered during excavations below the floor of the Belfield Pottery in Prestonpans and almost certainly dumped from the earlier Bankfoot pottery.
The figures are modelled in very full relief and painted in green and brown. The narrow sides of the tea caddy are painted with a flowering vine. In the canted corners of the caddy is a wavy underglaze blue line.
During the 18th century, "macaroni" was the satirical term for men who sported elaborate clothing and continental affectations. Lampooning various occupations and specific styles, these are reproductions of period cartoons.
These amusing figures are after English caricatures produced between 1765 and 1790. The satirical jibes were directed at the young moderns of the time, known as "macaronies."
A group of privileged young Englishmen adopted styles and manners they had admired during their travels in Italy and France. They formed the Macaroni Club (macaroni being virtually unknown in England at the time), an eating club where they vied with one another in matters of dress and manners. Extremes developed and soon spread into larger society. With ribbon-and-lace festooned clothing, prim-verging-on-prissy manners and absurd coiffures, macaronies (both male and female) were subjects of ridicule.
Provenance: Private Maine Collection
Reference:
Haggarty, G 2010 ‘The Belfield Pottery Production Site Ceramic Resource Disk: The Northern Ceramic Society Journal Vol 26 (2009-10), 142-3 + CD ROM.
Pratt Ware: English and Scottish relief decorated and underglaze coloured earthenware, 1780-1840, John and Griselda Lewis, Page 234.
Earle: The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scottish Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Prattware Pottery Pearlware Tea Canister, Macaroni Figures
Located in Downingtown, PA
Prattware English Pottery Pearlware Tea Canister,
Macaroni Figures,
Possibly Bankfoot Pottery, Prestonpans. Scotland,
Circa 1790-1800.
The pearlware pottery tea caddy is decorated with "Macaroni" figures. On one side is depicted a gentleman wearing an exaggeratedly high wig with his servant standing beside him. On the other side is a similarly caricatured lady and her servant.
The caddy was possibly made in Scotland at Prestonpans where plaster of Paris moulds were recovered during excavations. Plaster of Paris moulds recovered during excavations below the floor of the Belfield Pottery in Prestonpans and almost certainly dumped from the earlier Bankfoot pottery.
Dimensions: 5 1/8 inches high x 3-1/4 inches wide x 2 inches deep.
Condition: Good with a small firing line to the foot-see photo.
The figures depicted on the tea caddy are modelled in very full relief and painted in green and brown. The narrow sides of the tea caddy are painted with a flowering vine. In the canted corners of the caddy is a stylized underglaze blue leaf.
During the 18th century, "macaroni" was the satirical term for men who sported elaborate clothing and continental affectations. Lampooning various occupations and specific styles, these are reproductions of period cartoons.
These amusing figures are after English caricatures produced between 1765 and 1790. The satirical jibes were directed at the young moderns of the time, known as "macaronies."
A group of privileged young Englishmen adopted styles and manners they had admired during their travels in Italy and France. They formed the Macaroni Club (macaroni being virtually unknown in England at the time), an eating club where they vied with one another in matters of dress and manners. Extremes developed and soon spread into larger society. With ribbon-and-lace festooned clothing, prim-verging-on-prissy manners and absurd coiffures, macaronies (both male and female) were subjects of ridicule.
Provenance: Private Maine Collection
Reference:
Haggarty, G 2010 ‘The Belfield Pottery Production Site Ceramic Resource Disk: The Northern Ceramic Society Journal Vol 26 (2009-10), 142-3 + CD ROM.
Pratt Ware: English and Scottish Relief Decorated and Underglaze Coloured Earthenware, 1780-1840, John and Griselda Lewis, Page 234.
Earle: The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scottish Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pottery
18th Century Staffordshire Creamware Cauliflower Tea Caddy
By William Greatbatch
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Staffordshire Creamware Cauliflower Tea Caddy,
Probably by William Greatbach/ Josiah Wedgwood
Lead-glazed earthenware,
Circa 1765
The molded creamware tea caddy has an ...
Category
Antique 1760s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
18th Century English Whieldon-Type Creamware Tortoiseshell Glaze Tea Caddy
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Creamware Tortoiseshell glaze tea caddy,
Whieldon-type,
With Silver Cover,
circa 1770
The creamware large tea caddy has a tortoiseshell d...
Category
Antique 1760s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
Twelve Spode Neo-Classical Greek Pattern Blue Soup Plates
By Spode
Located in Downingtown, PA
Spode Neo-classical Greek pattern blue soup plates,
Refreshment for Phliasian Horseman,
Set of twelve (12)
Early-19th century
The Spode Greek pattern ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Regency Herculaneum Greek Pattern Blue Printed Pottery Dish
By Herculaneum Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
Herculaneum Neo-classical large Greek pattern blue printed dish,
Early-19th century
The Herculaneum pottery underglaze blue central pattern shows ase...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English George III Pottery
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
Peter A. Kotka, Stiil Life with Bottle of 1997 Chateau Belgrave Haut Medoc
Located in Downingtown, PA
Peter A. Kotka, Stiil Life with Bottle of 1997 Chateau Belgrave Grand Cru Classe, Glass & Cheese
Oil on Linen Panel,
Signed lower right.
The Framed trompe l'oeil still life of a dusty bottle of wine, a half-empty wine glass and a small bunch of grapes with a boxed round of French Cheese in the background, the cork lying on its side on a wood table within an alcove. The bottle is a 1995 Chateau d'Ampuis Côte-Rôtie.
Reference:
From the Unicorn Gallery, UK.
Peter has an absolute love of oil painting and especially admires the masters of Dutch Painting of the 17th Century, which is reflected in his own work. Since 1995, after seeing the work of Estonian artist Olav Maran, Peter decided to review his paintings and started researching ‘Still Life’ painters such as Willem Kalf and De Heem. After experimenting with priming his own panels and canvases with different colours, then painting with thick and thin paint and glazing on top, in the way of the old masters, he has developed a style with detail and atmosphere that is essential in his portrayal of fine wine, fruit and cheeses etc.
In a quirky and sometimes conceptual world, Peter makes no apologies for producing traditional subjects where the craftsmanship is evident in every brushstroke. His paintings bring much joy and pleasure to those who understand he has an obvious and underlying love of handling paint and observing his subject using techniques that take many years to acquire. Recently he has changed the view point for some of his paintings, to give them a bold contemporary look.
Peter Kotka...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Peter A. Kotka Stiil Life with Wine & Cheese
Located in Downingtown, PA
Peter A. Kotka Stiil Life with Wine & Cheese,
Oil on Linen Panel,
Signed lower right.
1995.
The trompe l'oeil still life of a bottle of wine, a half-empty wine glass and a small bunch of grapes in a small bowl with a round of French Cheese and the cok lying on its side on a wood table within an alcove. The bottle is a 1995 Chateau d'Ampuis Côte-Rôtie.
Reference:
Peter Kotka...
Category
1990s English Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
George III Brass Bound Mahogany Cellaret with Liner on Beautifully Carved Stand
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Downingtown, PA
Flowers or Champagne? Or Both?
George III Brass Bound Mahogany Wine Cooler or Cellaret,
Third-quarter of 18th century
The George III brass-bound mahogany wine cooler or cellar...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Brass
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Ceres or Plenty, circa 1815
Located in Downingtown, PA
Massive Staffordshire Pearlware Pottery Figure of Venus,
circa 1810
The extremely large figure depicts Venus, Aphrodite of the Classical Greek legend. This model is of great rarity. Venus, is superbly painted, depicted in purple robes with green edging as she rise from the foam of the sea The condition is excellent. Only one other example is known- see below.
Dimensions: 24 1/4 inches high x 8 1/2 inches wide x 8 inches deep
See: Myrna Schkolne, Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840, Family, Friendship, Play, & Classical Subjects, Vol 4, Page 186, Figure 194.37 from the Collection of Arnold and Barbara Berlin, although this example is plainly decorated with a white dress with scattered flowers and a Greek Key border to the plain base.
History of Venus
Venus is the Roman goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Venus was born from the foam of the sea after Uranus, the sky god, was castrated by his son Cronus. She was carried to the island of Cythera by seashells and then to Mount Olympus, where she became the wife of Vulcan, the god of fire.
Venus in Art
Venus has been a popular subject for artists since ancient times. She is often depicted as a beautiful woman, nude or partially clothed, and is often accompanied by symbols of love and beauty, such as doves, roses, and apples. Some of the most famous depictions of Venus include the Venus de Milo, a marble sculpture from the 2nd century BCE, and the Venus of Urbino...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pearlware, Pottery
Chelsea Porcelain Set of Six Botanical Dessert Plates, 18th Century
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Downingtown, PA
The rare Chelsea or Chelsea Derby Porcelain plates are painted in the center with a floral bouquet panel surrounded by a mazarine-blue border and fine gilt highlights of dentil work...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure, circa 1790
By Neale & Co.
Located in Downingtown, PA
Great Pearlware Figure of Aphrodite & Eros, 'Venus and Cupid' Figure attributed to Neale & Co,
circa 1790.
The large pearlware early English pearl...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery, Pearlware
Piero Fornasetti Tray with Still Life, Natura Morta Pattern, Early, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
This is how you serve your guests in style!
A Piero Fornasetti tray with still life, Natura Morta pattern, Mid- 1950s.
This is a wonderful early 1950s oval red tray...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
English Mocha Pottery Pearlware Earthworm Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Mocha Pottery Pearlware Earthworm Jug,
Circa 1800-20
The pearlware mocha jug has three bands of blue slip and four of a white ground with two red-brown lines. The blue slip...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
English Mocha Pottery Pearlware Cat's Eye Design Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Mocha Pottery Pearlware Cat's Eye Jug,
Circa 1800-1820
The pearlware mocha jug has a band of tri-color cat's eye designs in brown, orange and blue with a series of band's a...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pearlware, Pottery
English Mocha Pottery Creamware Earthworm Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Mocha Pottery Creamware Earthworm Jug,
Circa 1800-10
The creamware jug with a pinched spout and a leaf terminal handle and a flared foot has two wide molded bands with alter...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Folk Art Pitchers
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
Swedish Mid-century Pair of Brass and Lacquered Steel Candelabra by Gunnar Ander
Located in Downingtown, PA
Swedish Mid-century Pair of Brass and Lacquered Steel Candelabra,
By Gunnar Ander, Sweden,
1955
Swedish Mid-century Pair of brass and lacquered steel candelabra are made by Gunnar A...
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candelabras
Materials
Brass, Steel
French Faience Covered Blue & White Jug
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Faience covered blue & white jug,
circa 1900
The underglaze blue and white faience jug is raised on a hollow foot. The body has eight panels. One s...
Category
Antique 1890s Georgian Delft and Faience
Materials
Faience
American Bookends in the Form of a Chippendale Chair Back, Bradley & Hubbard
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Downingtown, PA
American Bookends in the form of a Chippendale Chair Back,
Bradley & Hubbard, Meriden, Connecticut
The 1920s
A pair of bookends made by Bradley & Hubbard in the first quarter of...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Bookends
Materials
Metal
Woman Artist-Madame Pauline Knipp Engraving of an Exotic Pigeon
Located in Downingtown, PA
Madame Pauline Knipp engraving of a pigeon,
From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck,
Plate 2,
Paris 1809-1811.
A remarkable ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Regency Prints
Materials
Paper
English Creamware Large Teapot with Puce Flower Painted Decoration
Located in Downingtown, PA
English Creamware Large Teapot with Puce Flower Painted Decoration,
circa 1770
The Staffordshire Globular teapot is painted with large puce-colored f...
Category
Antique 1770s English Georgian Pottery
Materials
Creamware, Pottery
Folk Art Sussex Pottery Pig Jug and Cup from the Belle-Vue Pottery, Rye
Located in Downingtown, PA
Best example I've ever had.
Folk Art Sussex pottery pig jug and cup,
from the Belle-Vue Pottery, Rye, UK,
circa 1870.
This Sussex pig from the Bell...
Category
Antique 1870s English Folk Art Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
James and Ralph Clews Lead-Glazed Earthenware Plates with Russian Eagles-Eight
By Ralph & James Clews
Located in Downingtown, PA
Clews Lead-glazed Earthenware Plates with Russian Eagles,
James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire,
Eight Plates,
1830
The se...
Category
Antique 1820s English Regency Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Antique Teak and Brass Campaign Bookshelves, Army & Navy Store
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of Antique Teak and Brass Campaign Bookshelves,
Army & Navy Store,
Circa 1885.
The teak and brass campaign free-standing three-shelf book...
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Shelves
Materials
Brass
Doulton Faience Shaped Botanical Pottery Vase Signed by Artist Mary M Arding
By Doulton Lambeth
Located in Downingtown, PA
Doulton Faience Shaped Botanical Pottery Vase,
Aesthetic Movement,
Signed by Artist Mary M Arding,
Early 1880s
The unusually shaped molded vase...
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Vases
Materials
Pottery
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates, "12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Downingtown, PA
Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Mesi & Soli Plates,
"12 Mesi, 12 Soli", Twelve Suns, Twelve Months,
Eight Plates,
Mid to Late 1950s.
Piero Fornasetti's "12 Mesi 12 Soli" series numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, showing the sun as a woman's face and each one representing a different month- May & June.
Dimensions: 10-inch diameter x 1-inch high.
The Piero Fornasetti Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates are a series of twelve porcelain plates that were designed by the Italian artist Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s. Each plate features a different month of the year, represented by a sun with the face of a woman. The plates are decorated in a whimsical and playful style that is typical of Fornasetti's work.
The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were inspired by a calendar that Fornasetti created in 1942 for his friend, the Italian publisher Gio Ponti. The calendar featured a series of drawings of the sun with the face of a woman, and Fornasetti later adapted these drawings for the plates.
The Mesi & Soli Pattern Plates were first produced in the early 1950s.
Mark: Each with Piero Fornasetti printed...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
