18th Century Bowls and Baskets

A lovely Kangxi/Yongzheng period Plate dating to around 1720-1730. This is a very nice Imari landscape Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China ...

Lovely Chinese Porcelain Bencharong plates When Bencharong (Benjarong) is used to refer to porcelain it usually means a type of 18th and 19th centuries Chinese polychrome enameled '...

Rare Swedish Öland Limestone Spitting Cup from the Early 1800s Patina and wear is whats really build character in this piece. Time and stone truly come together in this remarkable i...

A fine antique Chantilly French porcelain low bowl. Decorated in an underglaze blue sprig pattern with additional cold painted iron-red leaves and ...

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

A nice plate. Yongzheng – Qing Dynasty – Qing Period. Beutiful landscape scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Region of Origin: China Emperor: ...

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...

This is an elegant pair of porcelain sauce bowls with floral drawings in red and blue. It is beautiful for a table dressing or to collect. The production of this well known Italian...

Cups in coconut such as this are especially uncommon and rarely appear on the world's art market. This is a very interesting piece for its fine and rich craftmenships metal silver de...

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 very nicely decorated Set of 3 dishes, landscape scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White Region of Origin: China Empero...

Yongzheng/Qianlong, 18th century,Famille Rose. Strong colors on this beautifully painted dish. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Decoration Type / Colour: Famil...

Sharing with you this very nice and unusual example of 18th century Mandarin Rose ware. The pictures show a round deep bowl. Very richly decorated. Additional information: Material...

of circular form with several molded levels and a smaller circular base, the walnut dish has great wear and patina and is stamped with different initials of the parishioner tasked to...

Silver Basket Peter Archambo Hallmarked London, 1740 This stunning George II silver basket is a remarkable example of the artistry and craftsm...

A very lovely and richly decorated Imari dish with golden touches. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Plates Color: Imari Region of Origin: China Period: 18...

This exquisite 18th-century Italian tureen is a true work of art, showcasing masterful craftsmanship and timeless charm. Its elegant oval shape is adorned...

A wonderful 18th century French cast iron mortar. A great vessel for flower arranging or storing kitchen utensils.

A very nicely deep plate/bowl with a very nice and dark cobalt scene of flowers and pomegranates. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Color: Blue & White Region of...

This is a rare and beautiful porcelain basket made by Worcester circa 1765 in their 1st or "Dr Wall" period. These baskets were used for dinners or desserts to serve fruit or bread. The basket is decorated in the famous "blue scale" ground with very fine Japanese Kakiemon...

The plates are decorated with ink-black enamel of an angel riding in a carriage in the clouds. Gilt on the mouth rim.   

A very handsome 18th century mortar and pestle hand carved from a solid block of wood. Sensational patina. A wonderful object for table top, bookca...

A very nicely decorated and potted Chinese Porcelain plate. Absolutely beautiful piece. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Decoration Typ...

Decorative centerpiece made out of Pewter. Shallow opening in the center for storage. Craved angel figures along the sides. Originates from France. Signed by Oval Jardiniere. Circa, ...

A very nicely decorated Large plate/charger. Yongzheng or Qianlong. Nice Imari Gold decoration with a Floral garden scene also with Butterflies and Birds. Underglaze blue and overgl...

A George III sterling silver cake basket made by William Plummer in London, 1786. The basket is of Classic oval form with bead borders and an engraved pierced gallery and foot. Ther...

Sharing with you this very nice example of 18th century Mandarin ware. Dating to around 1740. Absolutely top quality scene of the emperor and Falcon Hunt. The pictures show a round d...

A Korean ceramic porcelain bowl covered in a white glaze with a hint of bluish green circa 18th century, possibly earlier, of the Joseon Dynasty. The deep bowl was hand-thrown on the...

Neoclassical gilt decorated plate with mythological figure. Naples Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea white porcelain painted and gilt decorated saucer dish wi...

Round, curved plate (‘pancake’) with flattened bottom and raised edge. Decor: in the middle, one below the other, the text: ‘God granted / through Prussia’s power / his right again /...

A Korean ceramic bowl covered in a white glaze with a hint of bluish green circa 18th century, possibly earlier of the Joseon Dynasty. The deep bowl fea...

Sharing this very nice edo period, example. With a a floral garden scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Arita, Imari Region of Origin: Japan ...

A very beautiful early 18th century riveted copper vessel or bowl with an iron handle. A charming and warm accent piece for any kitchen, living area or bath.

Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. Its a marriage, combination between 2 sets. Edo/Kangxi 17/18C Tea Bowl and dish. Additional information: Material:...

An 18th century Chinese Nanking cargo blue and white and cafe -au-lait porcelain bowl, decorated to the interior with sprays of flowers and leaves, with ...

An absolute top quality Kangxi plate. Superbly painted in Wucai style. Marked on the base with a incense burner. The first of this kind we have ever seen in our career. Additional i...

Lovely Chinese Porcelain Bencharong plate with flower petal decoration When Bencharong (Benjarong) is used to refer to porcelain it usually means a type of 18th and 19th centuries C...

A fine pair of flat cut boat shaped bowls with vandyke rims.

Small bird plate. Hand-painted small dish / vide-poche with birds and insects in a landscape with soft gold rim. Underglaze blue crown marks for Ludwigsbur...

A nice plate. Yongzheng - Qing Dynasty - Qing Period. Beutiful landscape scene. Condition 1 frit to the rim only. Size: 22.7x2.5CM DiameterxHeight Period 18th century

Fine organic late 18th century Swedish / Scandinavian folk art root wood bowl in it's original finish, great patination and an skilfully executed brass repair. Ca 1790.

Two pairs of maiolica baskets Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1790 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm); B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm). Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg) State of conservation: A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use; B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break. The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave. The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect. The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client. The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect. The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy. This decorative choice 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 which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This 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 had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had 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, could 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...

Very nice artifact with unusual and beautiful scene of a sea bottom with crab, shells and coral. Some parts are lifted. The underside has a landscape scene with birds. Additional in...

This rare set of three creamware plates was made in England by Wedgwood in the 18th century, circa 1780. Each plate is decorated with a finely detailed black transfer-printed landsca...

Unusual Dutch Decorated Kakiemon Style deep dish. The dish itself is a white porcelain plate from the Kangxi period, ca 1700-1720. The painting is Dutch Enamelling from ca 1710-1725. Visisble is a scene in what seems to be a garden of a pagode house depicting a Lady with a Man listening to a Nightingales singing, with a Bird Cage nearby. It's a well known example of the original version of a pattern which is used at the Bows and Chelsea factories in England in the 1750's where it is know as the 'Lady' and 'Old lady pattern' and which was also copied on oriental porcelain in Holland around 1720. The piece is unmarked. References / Robert McPherson Oriental ceramics writes For an octagonal Kakiemon beaker and saucer of this design from The Burghley House Collection see : Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650 - 1750 (Various authors, The Oriental Ceramic Society,1990. ISBN 0-903421-24-0) page 155, plate 127, for a Chelsea example of this Kakiemon pattern see 328 and for the Bow porcelain version see 327. Helen Espir illustrates the Burghley example mentioned above two illustrated it`s connection with two Dutch decorated blanc de chine beakers and a Japanese saucer...

Hallmarked in London in 1778 by William Plummer, this delightful, George III, Antique sterling silver basket, features engraved and pierced decoration, and bead borders. The basket m...

A nice pair plate. Qing Dynasty - Qing Period. 20-1-20-1-1 Symbolism: Prunus Symbol of Winter, corresponding to the month of January. One of the "Three...

A very nicely made 18th century Qianlong Amsterdam Bont porcelain plate with a rare scene of stadholder Willem IV of Orange and his wife. Well documented in the literature these kind of European scenes. We take a look at Amsterdams Bont porcelain from China. A relatively unknown niche of Chinese porcelain from ca 1680-1740 that was partly decorated in Europe. Because mainstream Chinese collectors have yet to discover the historical significance of these wares they are relatively easy to find in Holland. While also being highly interesting and of often super quality and with an amazing array of decorations. Amsterdams Bont is a name given to porcelain partly decorated in the Netherlands (most likely in cities like Delft, Haarlem, Makkum). Because Amsterdam was at this moment in time the trade centre of the western world and also of the porcelain trade a lot of this over enamelling was probably commissioned by Amsterdam merchants, to reap higher profits on otherwise boring Chinese wares. The name Amsterdam Bont probably derives from the fact that these type of decorated ware was sold by Amsterdam Merchants. Amsterdam Bont consists of either blanc or under glaze blue decorated Chinese porcelain of basic quality, that was later enhanced with red and sometimes other colours in the Netherlands. It must not be mistaken for other type of Chinese & Japanese blanc wares decorated in Europe. Those we simply call European Decorated Chinese porcelain. Amsterdam Bont really is easily recognisable by its colour and style. An interesting side note is that a similar process of overdecorating with red was done in London in more or less the same colours. Method of manufacturing. This enhancemend was done on “petit feux” or small fire at a lower temperature. This technique of baking enamels on a lower temperature that was perfected in the Delft around 1670-1680 to compete with the colourfull Japanese porcelain of the time. At the turn of the 17th c Chinese porcelain...

A wonderful collection of 18th century Olas - cooking pots from the Catalan region of Spain. Beautifully crafted from bronze. A stunning table top collection. The pieces range is siz...

A very nicely made piece of 18th century Qianlong Amsterdam Bont porcelain decorated with deer, birds, flowers and trees. Underglaze blue and overglaze other enamels. The small birds...

Penciled and washed in blue with an European scene of figures, one leading a cow, on pontoons and small islands in a broad river, a city on the opposite back, the blue-washed rim wit...

Nice, rare and beautiful colors in enamel in, Floral design, These wares and their specific characteristics of wild colour and thick enamel have all the characteristics that we can ...

A very nicely decorated SET of 3 dishes in Blue and white with a lovely and high quality floral scene Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Color: Blue & White Regio...

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...

Elegant and particular tureen in white majolica with polychromes produced around 1760 - 1770 by the ancient Pasquale Antonibon Manufacture based in Nove di Bassano, in the Veneto reg...

Qianlong, 18th century,Famille Rose Famile rose enamels with the Valentines pattern. Two love birds. Attached Silver handle with nice engravings. Additional information: Material: P...

Very cool 17/18C Delft Porcelain plates with hand painted decoration. Inspired on Chinese pieces from the same period. Very interesting scene of a garden landscape with houses & Scho...

Sharing with you this very nicely Dutch decorated Chinese Porcelain Kangxi bowl. What you see is a Jingdezhen made porcelain bowl from around 1710-1730. L...

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...

A nice 18th century Pancheon bowl with a nice decorative slip decoration.