French Porcelain Kakiemon Cachepot, Chantilly, circa 1740

Japanese porcelain covered jar, circa 1880.

Large French Porcelain Famille Rose style fishbowl, Samson, circa 1880.

Marked KPM porcelain. Campana shaped with beautiful floral still life.

Chintz pattern painted with panels of three variant frizes colores, one with variant diaper cartouches entwined with gilt and berried laurel, the second with entwined rose vines rese...

French faience Lunéville Saint Clément cache pot, or planter. Hand-painted in typical floral design with vivid colors of pink, green, purple, blue and yellow on white ground. Sculptu...

A beautiful and vividly coloured 19th century cache pot, or jardinière, lovingly crafted from Limoges porcelain in the 18th century Sèvres styl...

The mark on the underneath (see image) indicates that this spittoon is of Japanese Imari porcelain, manufactured circa 1880, and made specifically for the American market for the preponderance of bars and saloons at that time. These were popular from 1865 to the turn of the century; this is a particularly fancy and elaborate example. Note the copious and highly detailed and beautiful floral decoration to the inside of the upper portion of the spittoon; pretty fancy for something meant for spit and saliva! Fantastic and all original condition with no cracks, no chips and very bright paint in sharp colors of blue rust and pink, and meticulously painted in a floral pattern. Several of these would have been “stationed” in strategic places within a saloon. This is a wonderful piece of porcelain, and quality item of saloon and Western United States history...

19th Century Samson Porcelain Covered Vase or Potpourri Jar. Ormolu mounted. France, circa 1880. Dimensions: Height 18 1/2" Diameter 13" CW5706