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Ceramics For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Rococo
Collection of four antique Victorian quality pot lids
Located in Ipswich, GB
Collection of four antique Victorian quality pot lids with lovely decorated tops with various scenes in wonderful colours
Category

Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Quality Pair Of Large Antique Victorian Seated Spaniels
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of large antique Victorian seated spaniels, having matching coats and padlocks, hand painted in wonderful red and white colours.
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Victorian Doulton Lambeth harvest jug
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian Doulton Lambeth harvest jug having an antique Doulton lambeth harvest jug decorated with hunting scenes in wonderful light and dark brown...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Haviland Limoges Turkey Oyster Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French turkey oyster porcelain plate with five white wells on raspberry pink ground. Decorated with delicate hand-painted gilt branches an...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A George Jones Majolica 'Lotus' Flower Plate, English, ca. 1869
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Lotus Plate, naturalistically molded as overlapping lily pads and lotus leaves, with a central relief-molded pink and yellow lotus flower on turquoise-glazed ...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Pair of antique quality Staffordshire Toby jugs
Located in Ipswich, GB
Pair of antique quality Staffordshire Toby jugs of Long John Silver with his parrot on his shoulder in vibrant green, yellow, black and red han...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fine quality antique Victorian ewer
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian ewer having a quality antique Victorian ewer with a fantastic hand painted body in wonderful yellow, blue, green ...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Rare Brown Faience 19th Century Oyster Plate Vieillard Bordeaux
Located in Austin, TX
Rare brown 19th faience oyster plate signed Vieillard Bordeaux usually found in blue in white.
Category

1860s French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Faience

Fantastic quality antique Victorian Royal Worcester cleft jug
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique Victorian Royal Worcester cleft jug having a fine quality antique Royal Worcester cleft jug with a lovely shaped body, fantastic hand painted decoration wit...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Lovely unusual antique Victorian miniature jug and bowl set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely unusual antique Victorian miniature jug and bowl set having a lovely unusual quality antique Victorian jug and bowl set with floral detail in wonderful red, gold, yellow and b...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Rare pair of antique Victorian quality Doulton Burslem jug & bowl set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Rare pair of antique Victorian quality Doulton Burslem jug & bowl set consisting of two large jugs, two large bowls, a soap dish, bowl and a vase with fantastic Art Nouveau decoratio...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire cottage
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire cottage having a lovely model of a cottage of a circular model with an open top and back door hand painted in wonderful green, pink, white and...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Wedgwood 10 English Dessert Plates Design "Burleigh" Blue Transferware Decor
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. An e...
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Early 20th Century British Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

A Large George Jones Majolica Cheese Bell with Daisys, Bees and Fence, ca. 1878
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Large George Jones Majolica Cheese Bell and Stand, rendered as a beautiful summer's day, the domed lid and stand with a rustic fence and relief-molded daisies, wheat sheaves, and g...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

A Minton Majolica Stag's Head Small Taza in Cobalt Blue, English, ca. 1868
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Small Tazza formed as a shallow bowl supported by a horn and naturalistic stag's head, with green stylized leaves, the oval base glazed in cobalt, with gadrooned ed...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Circa 1870s large Staffordshire spill vase, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870s large Staffordshire spill vase, English. Featuring a Scottish huntsman with his rifle & spaniel, dispatched pheasant at their feet. Hairline his back left shoulder to und...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Majolica Porcelain Palissy Fish Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Rare 19th century porcelain Palissy platter with fishs, eel, shells , crawfish and ivy leaves.
Category

1880s French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Ceramic, Majolica

Minton Majolica Volute Shell Spoon Warmer
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Minton Majolica spoon warmer which features a volute shell resting on coral. Colouration: yellow, brown, cream, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Minton pottery....
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1870s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Victorian Style Set 4 English Plates Transferware Decorations Royal Arms Mark
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, as with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our items. Refined and ...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, Bird's Nest and Snake, School of Paris, 1880
By Thomas Sargent
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Palissy Ware Majolica Jardinière, modelled as a rectangular rustic wooden trough with simulated wooden staves and branches, with ferns and green-glazed foliage, bullrushes, and toa...
Category

19th Century French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

19th Century English Minton Majolica Oyster Plates Pair
Located in Winter Park, FL
A pair of late 19th Century English Minton Majolica oyster plates with six oyster wells and a large well for crackers surrounding a center well for sauce. Luminous cream and pink gla...
Category

Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

19th Century English Majolica Plate
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English Majolica plate with a lovely layered pattern of waterlilies and leaves. I have never seen this pattern before - it is lovely. The...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Joesph Holdcroft Majolica Pond Lily Plate, Signed, English, circa 1875
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Pond Lily Plate, glazed in greens, and molded with flowering white lilies, with a yellow button to the center and bordered in yellow, the reverse with mottl...
Category

1870s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

A George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase' with Snake Handle, English, ca. 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Highly Important George Jones Majolica 'Palissy Vase,' molded as an obovoid-form ewer, the rustic bark ground with molded green-glazed leaves and ferns,...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

19th Century Wedgwood Majolica Fish Heads Oyster Plate
Located in Winter Park, FL
A small 19th century English Wedgwood majolica oyster plate having six wells with green fish head motif surrounding a central white well. Brown ground molded as fish scales with yell...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Late 19th Century Collection of 7 Clementson Brothers Ironstone Plates
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century collection of 7 ironstone plates, by Clementson Brothers, England. Hanley mark. Each with a different central transfer print from...
Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ironstone

Pair of 19th Century Wedgwood Majolica Plates
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of 19th century Wedgwood majolica plates in rich shades of green. The molds are crisp and have loads of detail in the leaves and surroundi...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server Mounted by a Bird, English, circa 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server, ca. 1870, the trefoil dish naturalistically moldelled with blossoming strawberry plants and ferns on a turquoise and rustic ground, surmounte...
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Pink Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Ceramic Teacup and Saucer Set of 2
By Griffin, Smith & Hill
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of two Etruscan majolica teacups with matching saucers. Each piece is glazed in a beautiful pink, purple, green, brown and blue. The tea saucers (or b...
Category

20th Century American High Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Davenport Handled Majolica Dish, Dated 1852
Located in High Point, NC
Davenport double handled Majolica dish with Davenport impressed mark and the year for 1852 stamped on the back. Gorgeous pattern with leaves and vines.
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century Pair of French Majolica Urns
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Pair of French Majolica Urns
Category

Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Small 19th Century Majolica Palissy Fish Wall Platter
Located in Austin, TX
Rare small Palissy platter with a fish, lizard, butterfly, ivy leaves attributed to Thomas Sergent.
Category

1880s French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Antique 'Dwarf Elephant Ear' Majolica Plate, Unsigned, U.K., Circa 1880
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare antique Victorian 'dwarf elephant ear' majolica plate - hand painted green and brown tortoiseshell glaze to the center of the plate with a golden yellow border - impressed body ...
Category

Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

George Jones Majolica Plate, Tortoiseshell Mottling, Green Leaves on Turquoise
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Dish, the center with tortoiseshell mottling, bordered with green-glazed acanthus leaves on a turquoise-glazed ground, the inner and outer border rims glazed in...
Category

1870s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Large Pair of Rococo Style Gilt Bronze and Blue Ceramic Vases
Located in London, GB
The two vases are of large, ovoid form, and feature fluted bodies which are crafted in ceramic with a mottled blue colouring. The vases are mounted with twin gilt bronze scrolling ha...
Category

Early 20th Century French Rococo Ceramics

Materials

Ormolu

George Jones Majolica Cobalt-Ground 'Doves Jardinière' English, circa 1870
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Centerpiece Jardinière, the cobalt glazed shaped bowl supported by two naturalistically molded and glazed doves, with ribbon-wrapped garlands and trimmed in yellow ocher, on a rustic mound with green-glazed leaves and ferns forming the base; the reverse with molded and applied blue cartouche pad, 'GJ' monogram, and 'STOKE-on-TRENT.' Design number 2225 for the entry, 'Dove Jardinière,' as recorded in the George Jones Majolica Pattern Books preserved in the Victorian and Albert Museum, Wedgwood Collection, and reprinted in V. Bergesen.* The design is documented in the Karmason Library of the Majolica International Society, Number KL001257 with the designation 'Rare.' We have been among the preeminent specialists in fine English majolica for over thirty years. BOOK REFERENCES: -Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 202 (George Jones Majolica Pattern Numbers, pp. 201-205). -Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States 1850--1915. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020, Volume Two, p. 246, FIG. 18.21. -CHRISTIE'S London, 19TH CENTURY BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

George Jones Majolica Dish, Tortoiseshell Mottling, Green Leaves on Turquoise
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Dish, the center with tortoiseshell mottling, bordered with green-glazed acanthus leaves on a turquoise-glazed ground, the inner and outer border rims glazed in...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Small Antique Mortar & Pestle Duo, English, Ceramic, Beech, Cookery, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique mortar and pestle duo. An English, ceramic and beech cooking or apothecary aid, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Pleasingly substantial with classic kitchen appeal Displaying a desirable aged patina with light signs of use Naturally finished ceramic with crisp white hues and chamfered edges Quality turned beech handle to pestle shows fine grain interest Larger bowl engraved with maker's mark for S. Maw, Son & Thompson of London This is a charming antique mortar and pestle duo with a neatly stacking shape and delightfully tactile pestle. As useful today as they were over 100 years ago, this duo will also make fine display items upon a kitchen work top...
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Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Beech

Antique Mortar and Pestle Duo, English, Ceramic, Kitchen, Apothecary, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mortar and pestle duo. An English, ceramic and beech apothecary or cookery aid, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Of great proportion, across two generous mortar bowls Displaying a desirable aged patina with light signs of use Naturally finished ceramic a tactile delight, with crisp white hues Quality turned beech handle to pestle shows fine grain interest Each bowl engraved to base 'Warranted Acid Proof' and numbered 9 and 6 Impressive weight to each piece at 6.25kg (13.77 lb) and 2.98kg (6.56 lb) respectively In the hand, the pestle feels substantial at 0.86kg (1.89 lb) This is a quality antique mortar and pestle duo with a delightfully clean appearance and great size. As useful today as they were over 100 years ago, this duo will also make fine display items upon a kitchen work top...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Beech

Pair of 19th Century English Majolica Plates
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of lovely 19th century English majolica plates in green. The pattern is a large single leaf with smaller leaves overlapping and stippling along a molded border edge. Plate stand...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Minton Majolica Wine Ewer Designed by Hugues Protât, English, circa 1875
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A Minton Majolica Wine Ewer Designed by Hugues Protât (active 1835-90), English, ca. 1875, the body molded as a wine barrel with grape vines to the center, surmounted by four Bacchanalian cherubs, with a Renaissance-style shaped and scrolled spout; the entire piece from the pedestal to the spout is entwined with purple-glazed grapes and green leaves with tendrils, the handle formed by overlapping vines; the reverse with impressed marks, 'MINTONS' and design number '900,' which corresponds to 'Barrel Jug with Cupids (M)' as recorded in the Minton Majolica Ornamental Shape and Design books and partially reprinted in Bergesen. BOOK REFERENCES: Victoria Bergesen, MAJOLICA: British, Continental, and American Wares. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, p. 181. Minton Ornamental Shapes (i.e., design numbers) listed in Appendix D, pp. 180-182. Joan Jones, MINTON: THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press, 1993, p. 348. Susan Weber et al., MAJOLICA MANIA: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, Volume Two, fig. 12.63. Full-page color photo of this actual piece. The author incorrectly dates the production of this example as 1863, but as it is impressed 'MINTONS,' it would have to be later than 1873 when the 'S' was added Minton. Victoria Cecil, MINTON MAJOLICA, Jeremy Cooper Ltd., Exhibition 7-26 June 1982, Galen Place, London, p. 48, cat. No. 17. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 41. The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue for the International Exhibition 1862...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Pair of 19th Century English Majolica Plates
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of lovely 19th century English majolica plates in green. The pattern is a large single leaf with smaller leaves overlapping and stippling along a molded border edge. Plate stand...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century English Majolica Plate by Wedgwood, circa 1875
Located in Ross, CA
Wedgwood majolica antique plate decorated with a vibrant turquoise basketweave rim and a blue tortoise shell style center. The plate is impressed with Wedgwood and includes the impre...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Circa 1840-60 Gaudy Welsh Face Spout Miniature Jug
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
circa 1840-60 Gaudy Welsh face spout miniature jug. Impressed "Allerton" mark. Considered a close & rare relative, but not Gaudy Welsh by serious collec...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Dozen Antique Spode Dinner Plates with Pink Roses and Green Leaves Border C-1837
Located in Katonah, NY
Looking for a set of antique dinner plates that are not only stunning but also hold a piece of history? Spode made this set of twelve dinner plates during the Copeland & Garrett era of 1833-1847. The center of each plate features pink roses and green leaves. On the border, we see three panels of equally stunning roses, separated by vibrant fields of cross-hatching in medium brown. The colors of this set combine beautifully! These plates are in excellent condition, ensuring you can use and enjoy them for many years. As a testament to their age and authenticity, the plates are marked with an impressed "Copeland & Garrett Late Spode...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Large Antique Mortar and Pestle, English Ceramic, Apothecary, Cookery, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique mortar and pestle. An English, ceramic and beech apothecary or cookery aid, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 190...
Category

Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Beech

Large Antique English Majolica Pitcher with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique pitcher is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in a Victorian style...
Category

Early 20th Century English Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Mason's Ironstone Pot-Pourri Vase & Cover in Jardiniere Pattern, circa 1890
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare Pot-Pourri Vase and Cover, hand painted in the Jardiniere pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone, Lane Delph, England and dating to circa...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

19th Century Wedgwood Majolica Plate
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century majolica bird and fan pattern plate from England. There is an impressed WEDGWOOD mark on the back of the plate. The colors are vibrant and lovely. There is a date lozeng...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century English Majolica Oyster Plate Signed Minton
Located in Winter Park, FL
A good English Majolica plate, dated 1885 and marked Minton, with turquoise and cobalt blue oyster plate with a central well surrounded by small ochre flowers. Six small and one larg...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Fine English Staffordshire Majolica Lion Handled Tureen Lidded Dish
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique English Staffordshire pottery majolica tureen covered serving dish. Having a fitted lid surmounted with figural reclining lion finial with hand pain...
Category

20th Century English Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Set of Six Antique 19th Century Hand Painted Minton Earthenware Ceramic Tiles
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
A set of six (one bonus tile thrown in of a double but in bad condition) Victorian hand painted Minton China Works in Stoke-upon-Trent, England, English tiles designed by John Moyr Smith...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Antique Minton Green Majolica Oyster Plate, circa 1860's-1870's
Located in Ross, CA
Minton Majolica six well emerald green oyster plate, sold individually but each was made in England in between 1867 and the 1870's. The wells have a mottled green-brown glaze with sh...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

French St. Amand Majolica Camel-Form Lidded Box
Located in Downingtown, PA
French Majolica Camel-form Lidded Box, St. Amand, circa 1870 The French majolica box is in the form of a seated, naturalistically colored, camel on a raised mottled green ground. On its back is a loaded pack filled with different packed goods. The top section is removable to reveal a square-shaped hollow interior in light blue. Mark: on the base is an impressed "St Ad" Dimensions: 8 inches high x 10 inches long x 5 inches deep; (20.32cm high x 25.40cm x 12.7cm) Provenance: New York Private Collection, Jesse Davis Antiques...
Category

1870s French Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Majolica

Copeland-Spode English Tray with Blue Transferware Decorations
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Elegant and refined English octagonal ceramic tray; on the white background, soft and rich blue decorations have been executed using the transferware method; in the center we find the poetic and graceful representation of the Severn River and the town of Bridgnorth (the name of this decoration is "Severn"), while the edges of the tray are adorned with sumptuous and spectacular flower and leaf decorations. The Severn River is the longest river in the United Kingdom (350 km), rising in Wales and flowing into the Bristol Channel; Bridgnorth is an ancient Saxon settlement; observing the view of the river and town from his castle at Bridgnorth King Charles I Stuart (1600-1649) said "the most beautiful sight in all my kingdom". On the back of the tray there are 3 imprinted marks including one with final number 14, then we find in the center a blue mark, these indicate to us exactly that the tray was produced in Stoke-on-Trent by the Copeland-Spode company in 1914 (see mark no.1079 p.172 of "Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Mark). The Spode firm was founded in the heart of the Potteries - Stoke-on-Trent by Josiah Spode in 1770. Josiah Spode is most famous for developing the specific design technique that meant underglaze transfers could be printed on earthenware. Later, focusing on porcelain production, Josiah Spode pioneered the development of a new form of porcelain, originally called "Stoke China...
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Early 20th Century British Victorian Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Etruscan Seaweed Griffin Smith Hill Majolica Tea Cup and Saucer 19th C
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Created in the late 1870s, this highly collected Griffin Smith & Hill Etruscan tea cup and saucer will be a fabulous addition to a current collection. The exterior of the cup and pla...
Category

19th Century American High Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

19th Century Wedgwood Majolica Plate
Located in High Point, NC
19th century majolica bird and fan pattern plate from England. There is an impressed WEDGWOOD mark on the back of the plate. The colors are vibrant and lovely.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Baker & Co. Ltd, Antique Blue Transfer Decorated Platter, U.K, circa 1893
Located in Chatham, ON
BAKER & CO. LTD. - Antique ceramic serving platter - large size - transfer decorated in blue/green on a cream ground - undecorated cent...
Category

Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Antique and Vintage Ceramics for Sale: Shop Figurines, Vases and Scandinavian Pottery on 1stDibs

Whether you’re adding an eye-catching mid-century modern glazed stoneware bowl to your dining table or grouping a collection of decorative plates by color for the shelving in your living room, decorating and entertaining with antique and vintage ceramics is a great way to introduce provocative pops of colors and textures to a space or family meals.

Ceramics, which includes pottery such as earthenware and stoneware, has had meaningful functional value in civilizations all over the world for thousands of years. When people began to populate permanent settlements during the Neolithic era, which saw the rapid growth of agriculture and farming, clay-based ceramics were fired in underground kilns and played a greater role as important containers for dry goods, water, art objects and more.

Today, if an Art Deco floor vase, adorned in bright polychrome glazed colors with flowers and geometric patterns, isn’t your speed, maybe minimalist ceramics can help you design a room that’s both timeless and of the moment. Mixing and matching can invite conversation and bring spirited contrasts to your outdoor dining area. The natural-world details enameled on an Art Nouveau vase might pair well with the sleek simplicity of a modern serving bowl, for example.

In your kitchen, your cabinets are likely filled with ceramic dinner plates. You’re probably serving daily meals on stoneware dishes or durable sets of porcelain or bone china, while decorative ceramic dishes may be on display in your dining room. Perhaps you’ve anchored a group of smaller pottery pieces on your mantelpiece with some taller vases and vessels, or a console table in your living room is home to an earthenware bowl with a decorative seasonal collection of leaves, greenery and acorns.

Regardless of your tastes, however, it’s possible that ceramics are already in use all over your home and outdoor space. If not, why? Whatever your needs may be, find a wide range of antique and vintage ceramics on 1stDibs.

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