Elegant 19th Century English Parian Porcelain Centerpiece

A fine, antique early 20th century Parian figure of a nude blond woman holding a gilt ball in her right hand. Fine attention to detail is seen in her delicately rendered fingers, fee...

Stunning and unusual, rare English Aesthetic period silver plate and hand blown, hand painted with bell flowers, glass bridal bowl, having a perching bird with open beak under a canopy of leaves and sitting on a rocky outcropping on a shaped base with very detailed engraving of flora and fauna. Brides...

A lovely 19th century English school watercolor on paper of "a garden pergola" rendered in beautiful colors of brick, green, tan and grey. Presented in a gilded gesso and wood frame.

An outstanding French 19th century gilt brass card tray and with an inserted, etched and cut crystal bud vase, attributed to Ferdinand Barbedienne. From the Napoleon Ill period, hav...

A Large 19th Century English Mintons Biscuit Porcelain Centerpiece with Dancing Putties. This exquisite work exemplifies the high level of craftsmanship characteristic of the period...

An exquisite 19th-century French "surtout de table" crafted in silver-plated bronze. This elegant centerpiece showcases fine craftsmanship and is in good overall condition, with norm...

English Regency-style (19th Century) Imari porcelain centerpiece with bronze trimmed base and handles and round filigree top.  

Stunning Example of a single English Minton Porcelain Two Branch Candelabra, modelled as a Cherub holding on each hand an out swept candle holder, seated on an oval base above an elaborate footed stand. Circa third quarter of the Nineteenth Century, possibly earlier 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, no discoloring anywhere. Typically unmarked as pieces of this early period. Height: (entire as image one, an impressive) 11.5" (29cm). Width: (at oval base) 5.5” (13.5cm). Depth: (at base) 4.25” (10.25cm). 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...