English Early 19th Century Mason's Ironstone Soup Tureen, Lid and Underliner

English rare W. T. Copeland & Sons large ironstone transfer printed pitcher titled "Going to the Derby", a humorous take off of on a country race between two mules pulling two hay wagons...

English Hepplewhite carved mahogany early 19th century shieldback set of eight dining chairs, including two armchairs and six sidechairs. The shieldbacks have carved urn and acanthus...

English early 19th century mahogany and satinwood child's chest of drawers. This small chest has a satinwood top, banded with mahogany and strung with boxwood; the rest of the carcas...

English early 19th century matched pair of spindleback armchairs in elm with rush seats. These hand turned armchairs are from the Lancashire or Ch...

English mid 19th century rosewood sofa table with brass overlay accents to turnings and drawer frieze, original brass shell shaped handles. This table is stamped by the maker Edward...

Chinese Chien lung period porcelain galleried tray with dated English sterling silver handles. This 18th century porcelain hand painted tray has delicate fl...

This lovely Mason's Ironstone blue and white lidded vegetable tureen is decorated with the transfer pattern known as "Turner's Willow". This pattern was used by John and William Turn...

English pottery game tureen, 19th century The oval game tureen and cover has painted molded mother bird and chick to the center of each side and large molded tulips to each side. Scattered across the body and cover are other molded flowers and leaves naturalistically. Dimensions: 7 1/2 inches height x 11 1/4 inches width x 8 3/4 inches Game pie dishes became popular in the 1800s during Napoleon's blockade of British ports. Flour became scarce, game pie dishes resembling pie crust came into their own and have remained popular ever since. William Jesse in his 1844 biography of Beau Brummel...

Mason's ironstone tureen and tray, the lid, footed base and under tray all with similar features- a light yellow and white ground color, oriental scenes, intense cobalt blue with gil...

This is a superb Ironstone Sauce Tureen, complete with lid , made by Mason's of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the early part of the 19th century, circa 1820. This tureen is well potted and is hexagonal in shape with moulded animal head handles to the base and a flower head knob to the lid. The pattern is called "Water Lily" and is a well known Mason's pattern, as illustrated on pages 136 in The Mason's collectors Club book " A Guide to Mason's patent Ironstone patterns, c 1813 to c 1848" . This particular piece is the gilded version of the pattern and has heavily applied hand gilded highlights. Tureens of the same shape and period are illustrated on Pages 145 and 155 of Godden's Guide to Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares published by the Antique Collectors' Club. The pattern is beautifully hand painted over a printed pattern with bold enamels of Cobalt Blue, burnt orange, green, puce all in various shades with much additional hand gilding. The pieces are unmarked as was often the case if the item had formed part of a large dinner or desert service...

This is a very decorative Ironstone Sauce Tureen, complete with lid , made by Mason's of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the late Georgian period of the early part of the 19th century, circa 1830. This tureen is well potted with a circular shape having two side ring...

A gorgeous antique French white ironstone lidded soup tureen, circa 1900. No maker's mark. This fine soup tureen has a decorative finial and lovel...