Antique Majolica Palissy Portuguese Charger by Jose A Cunha Butterfly Snake 1905

Superb Edwardian Heavy Gauge Silver Swing Handle Fruit Basket or Centerpiece of unusually large proportions and generous weight. The waisted form upper flaired body with lavish ope...

Magnificent large and rare English Sterling Silver Sporting Trophy Cup Centerpiece of generous proportions, with elaborate twin “C” handles, modelled in the Art Nouveau design. The...

Stunning and quite rare Hand Painted English Porcelain Coalport Pair of Cabinet or Wall Plates Still Life of Fruits, hand decorated by renowned English Artist Frederick H Chivers, of...

Stunning and extremely rare Chamberlains Worcester Cabinet or Wall Plate of Museum quality. Second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. The central rectangular reserve depicts a superb hand painted miniature of the English National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London. This miniature is firmly attributed to be the work of painter Humphrey Chamberlain. Researched done by us shows no other similar has survived. This exquisite piece of rectangular outline with lavish gold scrolling detail and twin handles with similar detail. Height: (entire overall as shown in image one) 9.25” (23.5cm). Width: (entire) 13.25" (33.5cm). Condition: Superb condition with no losses to porcelain and no wear to gilding. Base marks in puce “The National Gallery” and “Chamberlains Worcester” In 1783, Robert Chamberlain (c.1736–98), head of the decorating department for Dr John Wall at Warmstry House, left the company to start his own porcelain decorating business in King Street, Worcester. At first he bought blank undecorated porcelain from other factories such as Caughley in Shropshire, but by the late 1780’s he was making his own wares at a new factory...