English Vases

Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...

A Pair of Royal Worcester Porcelain Vases, signed by William Ricketts  with date codes for 1924 and puce printed marks. They feature bottle shaped form with flared necks, painted wi...

Majolica vase which features two seated frogs, either side of a screen. Coloration: Brown, green, blue, are predominant.  

An unusual and stunning aesthetic movement Doulton Lambeth Silicon Ware vase decorated with incised and pate-sur-pate thistle designs by r...

Luscious cranberry glass vase on clear pedestal foot, English, circa 1900. The opening of the tulip-shaped bowl is smooth, and could be used as a serving piece when entertaining or t...

Large English Victorian copper pot or vase dating to the late 19th century, circa 1870-1880. The body is in globular shape, riveted neck with roll...

Pair of antique Victorian Doulton Slater stoneware vases having a lovely shaped vase with a flower and leaf decoration in wonderful green, blue, brown,...

NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it. Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...

An exceptional pair English Art Nouveau opalescent yellow uranium glass vases by James Powell & Sons and dating from around 1890. The vases stand on a w...

Circa 1870, by Minton, England. A gorgeous example of English porcelain, this monumental vase is a Victorian Aesthetic movement tour de force. Majolica by Minton is known for its del...

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...

A beautiful Antique Georgian solid Silver Lidded Cup covered in ornate floral chased designs. The Trophy has a shaped cartouche on the one side fille...

A stunning Neoclassical Wedgwood Portland blue bowl with a white overlay. This piece is believed to have been a small sugar bowl, however we think it...

A large grouping of 15 Pieces of Wedgwood Jasperware. All collected by original owner during the mid 20th century. Actual dates on individual pieces are not known. Various markings o...

One of the finest copies of The Portland Vase that Wedgwood produced, in many ways rivalling the First Edition itself. Decorated by Thomas Lovatt, then cut, polished and shaded by John Northwood in his glass engraving studio. Although 30 copies were intended, the work was so exacting and arduous that in the end only thirteen were finished. The mirrored stand, which is included, is later and I think dates from the late 20th century. Of all the stands designed for the Portland Vase, this is the best I've seen. The original Portland vase, dating from around 200AD and made of cameo glass, is considered one of the most important examples of classical design and is noted for its intricate relief sculptures, which depict classical figures and scenes from Greek mythology - exactly what, though, we're not sure. The original Wedgwood Portland Vase...

A fine Aesthetic Movement Royal Worcester bud shaped porcelain pedestal vase dated 1894. The vase stands raised on a domed square shaped base mounted on four molded leaf feet with a ...

A rare and unusual antique English Staffordshire spill vase modeled as a dog saving a drowning boy and dating from the mid 19th century. The spill vase stands on an oval shaped base and portrays a large dog lifting a boy from a river abstractly created with a blue painted rough cast edge. The dog stands raised on a bank painted with floral sprigs and the dog has a black and white painted body with painted features with the spill vase as a tall standing trunk...

With its unique kintsugi style repair, this Wedgwood black basalt vase has become one of a kind. The flared trumpet style vase was made by Wedgwood in the ...

Found in England, this pair of tall black porcelain vases dates from approximately 1880s. Decorated with gilt and classical Greek or Roman figures...

A very fine Aesthetic Movement Royal Worcester twin handled vase hand painted with floral designs dated 1899. The small, elegant porcelain vase stands raised on a square pedestal bas...

A stunning pair of vases in black basalt. Known as Apotheosis Vases, or sometimes Pegasus Vases, it's rare to find a pair of these; still rare to find the...

Stunning example of a pair of English Minton porcelain centerpieces or flower vases, each modelled as a standing cherub one harvesting wheat, both ending with stunning pierced oval centerpieces on footed supports. Circa third quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Exquisitely decorated in colours of turquoise on white glazed ground with lavish gold highlights. Condition: Good condition for such an early piece with no losses, few old tiny firing hairlines at leg areas. Typically unmarked as pieces of this early period. Height: (entire as image one) 8.5" (21.5cm). Width: (at base) 7.75” (19.5cm). Depth: (at base) 5.25” (13.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door shipping. Provenance: From the Collection of Kenneth Neame, Mount Street, Mayfair, offered by Sothebys London. Mintons was a major English company in Staffordshire Pottery, "Europe's leading ceramic factory during the Victorian era" an independent business from 1793 to 1968. It was a leader in ceramic design, working in a number of different ceramic bodies, decorative techniques, and "a glorious pot-pourri of styles - Rococo shapes with Oriental motifs, Classical shapes with Medieval designs and Art Nouveau borders were among the many wonderful concoctions". As well as pottery vessels and sculptures, the firm was a leading manufacturer of tiles and other architectural ceramics, producing work for both the Houses of Parliment...

A pair of large blue glaze pottery vases with three twisting handles to the necks. Stamped to the bases: Royal Barum Ware. C H Brannam. Possibly made for Liberty of London. Heig...

Doulton Lambeth Art Nouveau stoneware vase with stylized floral designs by Nellie Garbett and dating from around 1900. This stylish and tall vase has a central band decorated in reli...

A beautiful pair/set of late-19th century English turned walnut urn spill vases with collard lip over neck, standing on a turned foot base, England. Dimens...

Magnificent pair of English neoclassical revival garden urns or jardinières crafted from cast iron. The urns are decorated with Greco-Roman figures with a fluted column base. Beautif...

Of all the glassworks produced in the late 19th century, cameo glass was the most challenging to perfect. Only a handful of artisans succeeded in mastering this intricate craft, with...

This is a Neoclassical Basalt Wedgwood vase, circa 1956, with a flaring shape, matte black colour. and ram heads applied to either side. Marked 'Wedgwood', 'Made in England', and BW....

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 large ironstone vase by Burgess & Campbell, circa 1900, in cream glaze.

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1899 by Walker & Hall, this attractive pair of Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Vases, feature chased decoration to the bodies. Each vase measures 7"(18...

Margaret Gilmour, attributed. A Glasgow School brass planter with stylized rose and floral details.

A stylish and rare Burmantofts Faience art pottery vase decorated with a fleur-de-lis design in ox blood red glazes over a yellow ground and dating from around 1890. The earthenware ...

Superb Crown Staffordshire Hand Painted Ovoid Form lavish gilt lidded English Porcelain covered Vase or Centerpiece. Late Nineteenth, early Twentieth Century. The central reserve exquisitely hand decorated depicting Summer Flowers within a superb, gilt surround on a cobalt blue, iron red and gilt body. Back views are similar, the original finial lid with similar decoration. Underglaze blue Crown Staffordshire mark on base for date Circa 1900. Condition: Mint condition with no imperfections, possibly never previously used. Height: (entire as shown) 10.5" (26.5cm). Width: (at widest area) 4.25” (11cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller. The one company that retains the Staffordshire name is Crown Staffordshire Porcelain, which started as the Thomas Greene China Co. in 1833. Using bone-china porcelain, in 1887 they began producing a fine line of Staffordshire dinnerware...

Unusual pair of antique Victorian quality Bretby vases having a quality crane bird standing on a green grass base next to a green bamboo tree in wonderful hand painted colours A ch...

A Doulton Lambeth stoneware vase, decorated with beautifully hand-painted flowers by A. Euphemia Thatcher. The Doulton Lambeth factory, like many potteries of the 19th and early 20t...

Elegant Wedgwood-style bottle vase with a soft blue matte finish, delicately adorned with hand-painted floral motifs. The finely detailed pink and green flower patterns, combined wit...

Article: Op art vase set of 2 Producer: TROIKA Pottery, Cornwall, ENGLAND Decade: 1970s Description: This original vintage art vase set was produced in the 1970s in ENGLAND b...

Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1910 by James Dixon & Sons, this handsome pair of Antique Sterling Silver Vases, are plain in design, and of a larger than usual size. Each vase measures 1...

A rare and stunning antique Thomas Webb & Sons cranberry glass vase with ribbed design applied in relief with a lizard with painted enamel and gilded detail and set against an enameled floral and grass design by Jules Barbe...

A scarce English majolica, tri-form fluted bud or posy vase modeled as three upright cream, gray, with hints of lavender, tubular, spiraled seashells on a brown glazed scallop shell...

This is a beautiful pair of Spode hand painted, artist signed "Sevres Green" porcelain vases with gilded graceful handles rising above the opening. Painted on both front and reverse ...

A very fine quality salt glazed studio pottery bottle flagon shaped vase by Dorset based potter Warwick Parker (b.1940) dating from the 20th century. Th...

In the early 1920s, Wedgwood decided to produce an exceptional edition of the Portland Vase, and Harry Barnard embarked on 3-4 years of experiments, which resulted in this superb and...

Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre trumpet vase decorated in the Butterfly Women pattern. This pattern features winged and robed female figures, perched in a blossoming tree. The interior of ...

This Staffordshire Spaniel jug is impertinent, from his expression to his hopeful gaze. The eyes seem animated and almost lifelike. This jug is in excellent condition with bright red, white and green and gilt touches in the form of the pup's gold collar and locket. This item came solo from a large estate collection of Staffordshire pieces in Los Angeles. The spaniel was on his own and is looking for a friend, [possibly] or he can go it alone. The mark is worn away from the bottom of the piece. This antique Staffordshire jug...

Pair of Doulton Lambeth vases, circa 1890.

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

An exceptionally fine quality rare example of an early Bloor period Royal Crown Derby hand painted porcelain Garniture of generous proportions by Thomas Steel. First quarter of the N...

A fine and rare white, opaque glass vase decorated in the manner of James Giles. English or possibly Continental in origin. (Bohemian or German Milchgla...

A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...

This pair of Royal Worcester Aesthetic Movement 'Japonism' vases dates to circa 1870. They are square and intricately decorated in blue with cranes beneath towering bamboo. The blue ...

Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" collection for Wedgwood May Avenue Meiping Vase 120 shape vase hand-painted England with artist initials on bottom. This vase is bas...

This extraordinary First Edition Wedgwood rendering of the legendary Portland Vase is one of the rarest masterpieces of Josiah Wedgwood, the most important ceramics manufacturer of the 18th century. A tour de force of ceramic art, the Portland Vase First Editions are regarded as one of the greatest ceramic accomplishments of the 18th century, and they are a testament to the superior skill of Josiah Wedgwood, his extraordinary ambition and his tireless dedication to perfection. One of the very few First Editions still in private hands, this exceptional Wedgwood Portland Vase is one of the most important works of ceramics on the market. The story of Wedgwood and the Portland Vase is legendary. The original Portland Vase is the ancient world's most famous decorative arts masterpiece—a cameo glass vase dating to circa 25 CE with a frieze representing the myth of Peleus and Thetis, initially thought to be carved from stone. When it was first rediscovered around 1582, it captivated the world with its opaque white cameo figures over its rich blue background. After the vase was excavated it was owned by Cardinal Barberini, whose family later sold it to the Duke of Hamilton who eventually sold it to the Duchess of Portland, from whom the famed vase now takes its name. The famed British sculptor John Flaxman was likely the first to have brought the vase to Wedgwood’s attention. In a letter dated February 5, 1784, he wrote: “I wish you may soon come to town to see William Hamilton’s vase, it is the finest production of Art that has been brought to England and seems to be the very apex of perfection to which you are endeavouring to bring your bisque and jasper…” Indeed, the Portland Vase is a masterpiece of cameo-cutting, with a stunning frieze of opaque white cameo glass over its translucent deep blue form. Its beauty and translucence would inspire Wedgwood to undertake his years-long endeavor to precisely replicate the original in porcelain. Upon closer examination, Wedgwood realized the vase was not made of stone or earthenware, but of cameo glass—a technique so advanced it remains the masterpiece of cameo-cutting. Today, the vase is housed in the British Museum, where it is the second most viewed antiquity, only after the Rosetta Stone. It then took Wedgwood several painstaking years to craft his unparalleled copy of the vase, during which he perfected the jasperware technique that would become his crowning achievement. To this day, the renowned porcelain firm regards the vase as its most momentous triumph, so much so that the vessel’s silhouette is incorporated into the Wedgwood logo. The four years it took Wedgwood to complete his vase were not without tribulations. From the start, Wedgwood encountered numerous problems with his copies, from cracking and blistering to the difficulty of replicating the translucent effects of the original. The first acceptable copy was produced in October 1789 and sent to Wedgwood’s physician and friend Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Wedgwood presented another copy to Queen Charlotte in May 1790 and afterward organized a private exhibition of the vase at the Portland House in London. The viewing proved so popular that Wedgwood was forced to restrict the show to 1,900 visitors. Much of London wished to see Wedgwood’s greatest major achievement. Perhaps the highest praise of Wedgwood’s copy came from the famed artist Sir Joshua Reynolds, the founder of the British Royal Academy: “I can venture to declare it a correct and faithful imitation, both in regard to the general effect, and the most minute detail of the part.” Over the next few years, Wedgwood's oven records listed 43 First Edition copies of the Portland Vase produced between 1791 and 1796, 11 of which were broken during the firing process. In all, it is believed around 30 First Edition vases were completed, though an unknown number of these were somewhat damaged—one of these imperfect examples is currently held by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The perfect examples such as ours have found their way into the most important museum collections in the world. The British Museum (London), Art Institute of Chicago, Birmingham Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, UK), among others, all hold one of these highly coveted vases in their collections. In terms of technical achievement, the First Edition Portland Vases...

A lovely large pair of authentic antique 19th-Century hand blown mercury glass decorative vases from England. These stunning vases have stylish shapes with hand painted floral design...

Wedgwood black Ravenstone set Wedgwood Ravenstone small urn, vase and cache pot Matte black glaze wegwood, designed by Norman Wilson, 1960s England The measurements are for th...

A lovely Smoking Set of Wedgwood Jasperware Pale Blue two pieces, comprising a round lidded box, and an ashtray. Made by Wedgwood in England in 1980s, marked/stamped on base. Dimensi...

Small Antique Minton Majolica vase, with lily of the valley design and three sprouting bulb feet. Turquoise ground color with white lilies, green leaves, and pink interior. It bears...

Stein 2 by Lina Rincon Dimensions: 20 x 30 x 30 cm Materials: Glass, stone, metal Colors and dimensions may slightly vary, each piece is unique and ma...

This is an ironstone Vase in the blue Hawthorne and fence and bowl pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the first half of the 19th century...