Late 18th Century Decorative Bowls

This exquisite 18th-century Chinese export porcelain bowl was hand-painted during the Qianlong era, circa 1770, using colored enamels in the Famille Rose palette. Pink peonies in ful...

Chinese Export Porcelain Large Famille Rose Punch Bowl, Circa 1765-75 A large Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, distinguished by its vibrant famille rose enamel decoration. The e...

A large Lebrillo bowl, made in Granada, Spain in the late 18th century. Hand decorated using blue paints, most likely formed using a variety of ground mi...

A refined and richly detailed Chinese export porcelain punch bowl, Qianlong period (1735–1795), Qing Dynasty. Decorated in the famille-rose palette, the exterior features two large l...

Pitcher ‘cantaros’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1750. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeou...

Pitcher ‘cantaros’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1890. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeous original patina, this jar features the characteristic charcoal-colored hand streaking typical of 18th and 19th century pottery from Calanda, as well as Classic sun symbols...

Good quality Norwegian horse head ale bowl known as a kasa/kuksa. Dated on the base 1773, with makers marks. Hand carved decoration, with original polychrome paint. Evidence of ol...

Large late 18th early 19th century rustic 24"+ French pancheon or dough bowl. This antique French dough bowl has a beautiful green glazed int...

18th Century wooden bowl with nice patina. You can see the use of time Fantastic bowl full of Swedish history

This is a fine quality Derby porcelain bowl in pattern number 110, fully marked with puce crown & batons and dating to 1790, George 111rd period. The puce coloured mark on this bow...

These pudding molds are a set composed by three nice France pieces fine hand made in copper. One of these has a crown shape, very detailed. Suitable to be...

This important antique "Tian" (Provencal term for serving bowl), was crafted in Provence, southern France circa 1780. The round handmade terracotta bowl has a subtle green glaze on t...

Traditional pair of Famille Rose bowls made in China in the Late 18th Century, decorated with fruit illustrations around each. They are made from fine enamel porcelain and also inclu...

A wood bowl with metal repair produced in Sweden, 1782.

A genuine antique wood trough dated 1789 and signed with ownermarks PPS OIS ,from Hälsingland Northern Sweden A nearly monumentaly large farmers ...

18th Century unique small neat antique rustic wooden tray / serving bowl with untouched original paint in beautiful English red. The tray is dated...

These pudding molds are a set composed by three nice France pieces fine hand made in copper. All of these molds have the shape very detailed. Suitable to ...

Rare red pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain, circa 1750 a rare piece from a Private collection. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With ...

This is an antique wall plate. A Continental, lead display dish honouring St Hubertus, dating to the late Georgian period, circa 1800. St. Hubertus was ...

Rare Swedish dark brown antique decorative wooden bowl made out of birch wood produced in Sweden, 1793. In good condition with some old and genuine repairs. Dimensions: H: 13 cm / ...

Rare red pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain, circa 1750 a rare piece from a Private collection. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With g...

Chinese Export cachepot, circa 1775.

Chinese export porcelain rim soup decorated in cobalt underglaze blue. The pattern centers on a blooming flower surrounded by scattered prunus boughs within the border of the dished ...

This nice mortar is made of white marble. This is a French work from 18th Century

A large turned circa 1790 birch burl bowl from New England in fine original condition and having an untouched surface and patina.

Rare French antique decorative large wooden bowl in dark stained oak. In good vintage condition. Dimensions: H 9,5 cm / 3.75" W: 46 cm / 18" D: 46 cm / 18"

Pair of English Georgian brass-bound buckets, circa 1770. Buckets are well made, sturdy, and in excellent condition and completely original and intact. These handsome fine quality b...

18th century very fine Qajar dynasty brass bowl. Persian metalwork is by far the best in the world. The finer modern work started in Safavid dynasty and was perfected during the Qaja...

A deep delft punch bowl with polychrome decoration in reds, yellows and blues on a white ground with extensive exterior coverage depicting flowers in overlapping rounded tiles with a...

This nice mortar is made of white marble. This is a French work from 18th Century

In solid slate blue jasper, with inlaid foot; decorated with numerous reliefs typical of the period. Engine turned decoration and lapidary polished interior. Exhibited: Wedgwood, Ma...

Swedish Root Bowl dated 1782 Beautiful organic shape and silky smooth patina with some original paint left. Owner marks and dated 1782. Made out of birch burl wood. Heigth: 9 cm/3...

A pair (not identical match but from the same maker) peat or plate buckets. Mahogany and brass, outstanding construction, heavy and well made, with beautiful brass details. Made in E...

A 18th Century Swedish Measure Box dated 1784 & Owner marked AHB BAS Measures, spatial measures, of wood for dry goods such as grain. Also called target vessel. The dimension is cu...

A huge pewter bowl Manufactured most probably in Alsace Production Period around 1780 Country of Manufacture Germany H / height: 5.5cm ~ Gew. / weight: 1391 grs DM / diameter...

A very fine antique English creamware teabowl bat printed with scenes to two sides and attributed to Wedgwood and dating from around 1770. The teabowl is lightly potted standing raised on a narrow round foot rim with a simple raised round bowl shaped body. The teabowl is decorated to sides with black printed designs, one portraying a resting seated shepherd within a landscape with his dog and sheep...

This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790. The bowl is well...

Three-tiered stand for sweetmeats, in the form of shells and coral, and enameled with flowers; it is rare to find these in such good condition. Probably from a large dessert service. These stands were popular in the Georgian period and were made by most of the porcelain factories. Many were modelled by a man named Tebo, who went from factory to factory creating these stands. He appears to have used real shells...

A beautiful bowl, originally a musical frame drum called Terbang, which was used in ecstatic devotional music. The drum was hewn from a single piece of teak...

RARE 18th century hand turned burl wood bowl from the early period of the American Colonies, soon after to be known as the United States of America. This is a wonderful piece of Ame...

Large Swedish Turned Bowl, ca. 1780 The old repairs on this bowl add to its unique character and beauty. With beautiful repairs and owner mark. M...

Rare Swedish antique bowl from the late 1700s. This wooden bowl is oval with a large carved handle on the side, a very unusual detail hardly ever seen on bowls like this. It is made ...

This exquisite piece is crafted with great care and beauty. It features a stunning dragon scene and is marked at the base. Cloisonné, the enameling technique employed in this piece,...

Large Chinese Export punch bowl in Mandarin Palette & Gilt Accents, ca. 1780.

Unusual Swedish antique bowl from the late 1700s. The bowl is a large and heavy root bowl in an organic shape made in solid birch root. Made by hand with a great patina after 200 yea...

Pitcher ‘cantaros’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain. A rare piece from a Private collection, circa 1890. Other examples can be seen in the Museo de Zaragoza. With gorgeou...

A remarkable large Chinese export blue and white punchbowl painted with a floral and brocade design, and featuring a stunning staple repair, 18th century...

This nice mortar is made of white marble. This is a French work from 18th Century

Rare red pitcher ‘cantaro’ from Calanda, Aragon-Zaragoza area of Spain, circa 1750 a rare piece from a Private collection. Other examples can be seen in t...

This is an antique serving cup. A Continental, bronze goblet, dating to the late 18th century, circa 1800. Offering a delightfully natural weathered a...

Unique Swedish folk-art bowl in a very unusual boat like shape. This wooden bowl is large and wide with date “1782” underneath along with a set of initials. An unusual detail is the ...

Maiolica sugar bowl Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm) Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg) State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges. The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit. The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis. An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137). This decorative style represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, was able to commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes. In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio). Bibliography G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137; C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8; C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455; L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.; S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.; A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17; O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.; G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981; M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...

Purple and green gilt porcelain tulip bowl. Nast manufacture hard paste French porcelain serving dish with botanical painted tulip specimen identified on the reverse with strong viridian green glaze interior border and Fine gilt filigree border. Red under-glaze markings for Nast Paris...

Pair of small white dolphin bowls. Pair of antique Italian creamware miniature monteith bowls / bud vases supported on tripod dolphin legs on conforming stepped circular base; Giusti...

Antique blue and white pearlware footed bowl with pebbled "terra tersia" band and white rope-twist handles. England, circa 1800. Dimensions: 8" handle to handle x 3.63" H; 6.75" dia...

With the Worcester crescent mark.

Oval with handles and a pale green with central panel of a floral still life. Serrated edge with overall gilded details.

This ceramic chawan (tea bowl) was made in Korea during Joseon dynasty circa 18th to early 19th century. The bowl was of a "Small Ido" form with half-he...

A Chinese Export, Qing Dynasty Large Cloissone Enamel Bowl marked with the metal stamp of the Emperor Qianlong (1735-1795) on the bottom. This large and magnificent work features a ...

Primitive Swedish Lapland bowl with handles. Dry-rubbed mid-brown finish. Hand-carved in sycamore. Dates to early 19th century or late 18th century. Note: Due to regional changes in...