British Decorative Objects

This large red glazed ceramic vase, hand-thrown by British studio potter David Frith at Brookhouse Pottery circa 1980s, is a striking example of modernist studio pottery with pronoun...

A handsome and very stylish biscuit box dating to circa 1890 by the top notch silversmith, John Grinsell & Sons of Sheffield. Made from solid English oak, the box is fitted with e...

From Halcyon Days, a Bilston enamel trinket box shaped as a rabbit, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1970-1980s. Established in the 1950s, Halcyon Days ...

Blue, white and gilt flora vase. Cobalt blue & white floral vase on gilt background with markings for Forrester & Sons, Phoenix Ware in Valencia pattern. ...

Elegant English bracket clock with mahogany case. Well made and chimes on every quarter hour with either Westminster or Whittington and also a silent feature. Elliott of London...

Victorian Period, sterling silver and turquoise blue guilloche enamel letter opener/paper knife, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1866, R. Martin and E. Hall (doing business a...

Paneled case with top lifting handle and side handles. Signed on top with working lock and key.

The inkwell with a square base having four faceted faces leading up to a central boulle lidded square glass inkwell with brass collar. The Boulle work finished in typical fashion wit...

Hallmarked in Chester in 1899 by William Neale, this striking antique Victorian sterling silver dressing table box has a navette-shaped form. The body and hinged cover are embellishe...

19th Century Pair of English Majolica vases bamboo with a pink bow.

Vintage 20th Century English solid silver cigar box. Elegantly crafted, this box features a reeded decoration throughout in adjacent placement. On the underneath of the box, there is...

19th century bookstand from England made from rosewood. The handles are hand-turned along with the spindles, which terminate on the ends with lovely lyre inspired shaped pieces. The ...

Minton Parian figure of Don Quixote's "Dorothea" by John Bell, a fine example of Parian, after a John Bell sculpture.  

This is a large vintage carboy. An English, decorative glass storage jar, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. Generously sized, with distinctive 'garlic clove' form Disp...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English cast sterling silver taperstick made by William Cafe; an addition of AC Silver's ornamental si...

Wonderful pair of Derby Porcelain "Mansion House" dwarfs. Both figures are modeled wearing large hat advertisements, most likely as they stood outside Mansion House in London. Both f...

This writing slope (or portable writing desk) is richly decorated with mother-of-pearl and pleasing painted florals. It is a little jewel in and ...

A scarce Victorian campaign military artist's watercolour box by the famous Reeves & Sons of 113 Cheapside, London. War department stamps, along with the initial 'I', believed to sta...

Wonderful leather clad jewelry box with bronze nailhead design and embossed "X" and stars. Red velvety lining. Has a lock but no key included. Not signed or marked. It's design is si...

This elegant pair of Wedgwood creamware baskets and stands has arcaded openwork along the borders. The pair was made at the Wedgwood Etruria factory in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshir...

Victorian Period, sterling silver, heart-form trinkets box having a hinged lid and gilded interior, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1895, James Aitchison - maker (by Appoint...

This early George the 3rd era and styled handcrafted wooden miniature blanket box is unsigned by presumed to have been made in England in circa 1790. T...

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1904 by Adie & Lovekin, this attractive, Edwardian, Antique Sterling Silver Card Case, opens like a purse and is engraved on both sides with swirled a...

This lovely pair of Staffordshire dogs are named so for the area in England where they originate, having been in production for nearly three centuries to the delight of hearts and ho...

Handsome pair of 19th century equestrian Staffordshire porcelain Scottish Highlander hunters on horseback. Each bearded gentleman is depicted seate...

Early 19th Century English turned kingwood small vessel, perhaps a rum cup egg holder, having banded sides, the whole with rich patination. Treen

A really unusual lidded serving box, this design usually coming in the form of preserve jars, biscuit boxes etc.; mostly by John Grinsell or Hukin and Heath. This large example I ...

A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Armada jug and stand; part of our wine and drinks related silverware collection This magnificent antique Victorian English sterling silver Armada jug has an elongated pear-shaped form onto a circular pedestal foot. The stand has an octofoil shaped form with a central swept raised circular well. The cylindrical neck of the silver jug is embellished with exceptional cast and applied floral and scrolling foliate decoration, all on a matte background; there is an exceptional shield shaped vacant cartouche to the underside of the pouring lip, surmounted with scrolling leaf mantling. The knopped neck is further ornamented with an interlacing border flanked with plain bands, to a swept portion encircled with pensile bud designs. The decoration to the body incorporates two large scrolling leaf bordered vacant cartouches, each surmounted with a coronet design embellished with floral ornamentation. Each cartouche is further embellished with a chased figural mask design to the nadir, flanked with large floral motifs. Either side of each cartouche is embellished with an exceptional cast and applied three-dimensional winged mermaid and mermen, gesturing towards the aforementioned coronet. The decoration to the body is further embellished with large scrolling leaf and floral sprays incorporating a cast and applied protruding leopard's head to the anterior portion. This magnificent antique silver Armada jug retains the original hinged cover, ornamented with chased scrolling lead decoration and surmounted with an impressive cast and applied scrolling loop finial. This exceptional antique Victorian silver jug...

A fine antique English cut glass jar. With a blown body & top with cut panels to the side. Supported by pedestal with an applied knop & wafer foot. Simply a wonderful lidded glass...

Refined Murano art glass paperweight attributed to Lyn Tissot for Venini, featuring a suspended turquoise and white spiral ribbon encased within clear glass. The dynamic internal rib...

This antique writing box or lap desk was made by the highly renowned Jennens & Bettridge of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Vi...

English Sheffield Mapping & Webb's Prince's Plate Silver Serving Piece

Always highly sought-after, these novelty "weight" biscuit boxes came in two sizes; this one is the smaller box which is the harder to find; it would look perfect next to it's larger...

An extremely rare pair of Regency cast-iron sarcophagus shaped strong boxes. Regency, circa 1820 Painted to simulate palisander wood and with parcel-gilt, the cavetto-moulded hinged lids cast with flower sprays above foliate-cast bands over front panels relieved with river gods within canted corners cast with standing muses, the sides with lion mask and ring handles over leafy aprons on massive lion’s paw feet; the Brahmah type lock stamped “T. Davis from London” and impressed with the Royal Crown. These extraordinary pieces are modelled on Regency wine coolers. The forms are classic Greco-Roman revival with the boat-hook handles, mythic figures and the overall sarcophagus pattern. You would struggle to find one let alone a pair. Good items for any collection. Research on going into these strong boxes but we have found possible information on the lock stamped Davis….(historyoflocks ) The relationship of King George III and George Davis of Windsor, who was locksmith in ordinary to His Majesty. Davis, in 1799, invented and patented a unique style of lock, which was also beautifully engraved with a warning not to make duplicate keys. Sensitive government secrets always demanded, then as today, locks that were state of the art. Davis locks ended up on government dispatch boxes...

This is a rare ironstone vase, made by the Mason's factory in the early 19th century. The vase is hexagonal in section with a baluster shape and two salamander handles, one either...

An elegant 18th century 8 day verge bracket clock in ebonised case by James Evans London. The back plate beautifully engraved. The movement has ...

A playful yet strong early 20th century Scottish bagpiper's bonnet with a woven wool checkerboard headband and decorated with a large black ostrich feather plume and a white feather hackle, mounted on a turned wood stand.

While best known for his architectural practice—which played integral roles in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, re-imagining of the Ritz in Paris, and designing the interior...

‘Earthly Treasures No 35’ is a unique sculptural bowl by the British artist, Morrison Thomas. It is made from horse chestnut burr inlaid with malachite, azurite, chrysocolla, native ...

With neoclassical decoration. Impressed Wedgwood.

A very fine quality early 19th century English bronze & ormolu three branch candelabra. Each branch has a shaped bronze candleholder above gilded dri...

Michael Harris Isle of Wight Studio Glass Vase, 1980, Signed and Dated. This studio glass vase is a rare shape and form. Produced in 1980 after Michael Harris moved from his Malta ...

In this listing you will find a pair of ravishing Art Deco decorative wood intarsia panels. The artist Sir Frank Brangwyn for Rowley used a variety of woods in several shades of brow...

A George III Longcase clock by Jonathan Storr of York. The mahogany case with long door featuring flame mahogany and Sheraton fan inlay to the arch top with Porcupine decorati...

This handsome rosewood English vanity box retains the original glass bottles and jars with silver plated tops, 19th century. The inside reveals multiple compartments and a spring loaded lever opens the secret drawer...

This is a vintage industrial factory mould. An English, painted decorative engineering pattern or doorstop with architectural interest, dating to the mid...

This is a handsome clock with chinoiserie decoration. It is non working.

George III Bracket Clock. Stunning mahogany case with Cupola top surmounted by a ‘pineapple’ finial, profusely inlaid with brass, fishscal...

Pair of English pearlware deer, Staffordshire, circa 1820. Figures of a stag and a hind.

A well-modeled small cast bronze horse standing at rest on an oval naturalistic base, with good dark patina throughout. The modeling is confident and anatomically attentive, with par...

Elephant Skin #4 Bronze Frame by Denis Mathews (British, 1913-1997) Posthumous Casting This work is titled at the top 'Elephant Skin #4' and at the botto...

Quality Pair of antique Regency ornate ormolu four arm candelabra having four ornate ormolu arms supported by a column with ornate ormolu claw feet...

For your consideration is this superb Art Deco Copper And Enamel Clock, c1930. Made from solid brass with a patterned border which is filled with green black and white enamel. Full w...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver posy holder; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. T...

Regal Guardians: A True Pair of Ralph Wood Type Pearlware Lions 1780-1800 This magnificent true pair of pearlware pottery figures—a majestic lion and its powerful lioness—exemplifies the high-quality decorative output of late 18th-century Staffordshire potteries in the manner of the celebrated Ralph Wood workshops. Displayed facing one another, these figures exude a regal yet charmingly naive presence typical of the period's finest folk-art ceramics. Each animal is masterfully modeled standing proudly on a slightly domed hollow base rendered in dynamic mottled green and brown glazes representing a grassy mound. The figures themselves are enriched with naturalistic brown glazes that flow and pool in the crevices of the modeling, dramatically highlighting the deeply textured mane of the male lion and emphasizing the sleek musculature of the lioness. The use of pearlware—a refinement of creamware with a whiter body and subtle blue tint to the glaze—indicates these were superior quality objects intended for prominent display. Dimensions 5 3/8 inches (13.65 cm) High 5 3/4 inches (14.61 cm) Long Provenance Produced in Staffordshire, England, circa 1780–1800. Historical Context Figures of lions and lionesses were enormously popular in 18th and 19th-century English pottery, serving as potent symbols of British national pride, strength, and imperial power. The Ralph Wood family of potters, working in Burslem, Staffordshire, were particularly renowned for their vibrant glazed figures, which are prized today for their distinctive aesthetic appeal and expressive modeling. The Ralph Wood pottery...

A fine antique English candlestick. With a 8 lobed petal base, turned shaft, and integral bobeche. Simply a fine period candlestick...

Damien Hirst 'The Magnificent Seven' Produced in 2000, in conjunction with "Damien Hirst: Theories, Models, Methods, Approaches, Assumptions, Results and Findings" at Gagosian Ga...

State of Qatar and Grant Macdonald, A Rare Silver Humidor Box in original fitted box depicting the map and flags of The State of Qatar and the Royal seal of the State. Silverware is a traditional gift in many cultures and Qatar is known for its appreciation of luxury and quality hence the collaboration with Grant Macdonald which has been commissioned to create a silver humidor for a member of the royal family of Qatar. Grant Macdonald is a British silversmith company that has been in business for over 50 years. They are known for their exceptional craftsmanship and attention to detail in creating luxury silverware and bespoke commissions. Qatar, on the other hand, is a small country located in the Middle East that has been growing rapidly over the past few decades, becoming a hub for business and luxury. Grant Macdonald and Qatar may seem like two unrelated topics, but the two have actually been connected in recent years through commissions and collaborations. Qatar is a country that values luxury and quality, making it a prime market for Grant Macdonald’s exquisite silverware. In fact, the company has worked on several high-profile commissions for clients in Qatar, including a silver replica of the famous Doha Pearl Monument. The Doha Pearl Monument is an iconic landmark in Qatar, representing the country’s history and culture. It is a symbol of Qatar’s pearl diving...

Dr C Dresser for Linthorpe A large vase with raining green and subtle blue glaze. A chip to the rim and some nibbles and a chip to the base. No cracks, still rings well.

A beautiful English predominantly blue and white 'botanical' decorated round box, circa late-20th century, England. Box can hold jewelry other items. Beautiful floral and leaf design...