Ceramics

This set of six plates, crafted by John Turner circa 1795, features the exquisite Imari color palette of iron red, cobalt blue, and radiant gold. The color combination creates a vibr...

This is a good, very early, rare blue and white coffee cup in the "Boy on a Buffalo" pattern, probably from the factory of Josiah Spode, stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, made...

This is a highly decorative, ironstone, twin handled circular footed Bowl by John Ridgway, dating to the English William 1Vth period, circa 1835 . The bowl has been carefully hand-painted in bold colorful enamels with a chinoiserie pattern of three oriental people travelling on a boat, pattern number 5057. It is also richly hand gilded. John Ridgway operated at his father’s celebrated Cauldon Place works, Shelton, Hanley, England, between 1830-1856, producing some fine porcelain and stone China of excellent quality. His stone China earthenwares and ironstone wares are discussed on page 305 of Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Wares written by Geoffrey Godden for the Antique Collectors Club. This piece is fully marked to the base with an Imperial Stone China...

This is a good hand painted Mason's ironstone small oval dish, in the table and flowerpot gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818. The piece is well pott...

This is a porcelain coffee can or cup by Machin with a very good Chinoiserie pattern and dating to very early in the 19th century, late Georgian period. This coffee can has nominall...

This is a beautiful early plate in a printed blue and white chinoiserie pattern and made of a type of earthenware pottery called pearlware, in the very early 19th century, by one of ...

This is a very decorative ironstone large square serving dish complete with lid or cover, made by Mason's of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the early part of the 19th cen...

19th Century French blue & white chinoiserie platter Creil et Montereau. Model Pagoda. 12 inches.

This is a highly decorative, Imperial Stone China (ironstone), plate by John Ridgway, dating to the William IVth period of the 19th century. The plate is well potted with a wavy rim...

This is a very good, large dinner plate by Mason's ironstone, England in the Bandana pattern, dating to circa 1900. The Plate is circular in shape with a wavy moulded edge. This pl...

A pair of Asian Chinoiserie style table vases by Andrea by Sadek. Hand painted famille vert porcelain with vivid colors, primarily greens, depicting bok choy & butterflies, gold trim...

Set of 10 cups & saucers "Duke of Gloucester" pattern, by Mottahedeh, late 20th century. Made for Colonial Williamsburg's special Reserve Collection, copyright 1992. Hand painted & g...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone Desert Plate, in the Pink Rose on stem with Rock gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818. The piece is...

A Mid 20th Century Asian style decorative porcelain vase with stand, unbranded. A beautiful multi-color porcelain urn shaped vase with hand painted Chinoiserie scenes, a textured fin...

This is a very good jug or pitcher by Mason's ironstone, England, circa 1880. The jug has the Hydra shape with the snake heads handle with lower spur. This jug has one of the very...

This is a good Mason’s ironstone large dinner plate produced at the time when Mason's was owned and controlled by George L Ashworth and Brothers after the bankruptcy of C J Mason in 1848. This large plate is decorated in a the striking chinoiserie pattern called "Flying Bird" pattern, as illustrated on Page 121 of "A Guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone Patterns" published by The Mason's Collectors' Club. The pattern would have been transfer printed then boldly hand enameled with good detail. The plate also has a mid-brown / ochre hand painted outer rim simulating the Chinese plates of the time and earlier periods. The base carries a blue transfer printed mark Ashworth Brothers...

This is a beautifully hand painted Large Dinner Plate in the rare Muscove Duck and Fence pattern by Mason's Ironstone, Lane Delph, England, dating to circa 1840. This large Dinner P...

This is a twin boar handled open Bowl made by Mason's Ironstone in the rare Peacock, Peony and rock pattern, dating to the early / mid 19th century, circa 1835 to 1840.. Mason's bow...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone oval Platter, in the Gold Pheasants, Peony & Fern pattern, dating to the late Georgian period circa 1820. The piece is well pott...

This is a fine and rare, ironstone pottery jug or pitcher in the School House pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone, of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, in the George 111rd period, c...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone Desert Plate, in the Fence, Rock and Tree gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818. The piece is well p...

This First period Worcester porcelain coffee cup is decorated with the hand painted blue and white "Prunus Root" pattern. This was a popular pattern that ran from 1752 through to aro...

This is a very good sauce tureen made of ironstone (Spode's Stone China) in Pattern No 5519, produced by the English, Copeland & Garrett - Spode factory in the 19th century, Circa 18...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone large Platter or Meat Plate, in the Table and Flowerpot gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818. The p...

This is a Porcelain blue and white, hand gilded Saucer Dish / Bowl made by Miles Mason (Mason's), Staffordshire Potteries, England around the turn of the 18th century, circa 1805. ...

A set of 10 vintage Sarreguemines Majolica asparagus serving plates, from the beginning of the 20th century. Each of these fine earthenware plates has two raised, decorated dividers,...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone large Platter or Meat Plate, in the Fence, Rock and Tree gilded pattern, from their earliest George IIIrd period, circa 1818. The ...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone large Platter or Meat Plate, in the Fence, Rock and Tree gilded pattern, from their earliest George III rd period, circa 1818. Thi...

This is a very good hand painted Mason's ironstone Drainer or Strainer Plate, in the Fence, Rock and Tree gilded pattern, from their earliest George III rd period, circa 1818. The p...

A pretty hand-painted Italian ceramic serving plate by the extraordinary designer, Guido Andlovitz and found amongst a private collection of his works. This 1930s plate has a beautif...

This is a good Ironstone pottery mug made by the English factory of Mason's Ironstone, fully marked and dating to the early 19th century, circa 1820. Early Mason's mugs tend to be f...

This is a very decorative PAIR of Side Plates by Mason's Ironstone, Lane Delph, England in the Oriental Pheasant pattern, dating to the early period of Mason's ironstone, circa 1818....

This is an early Mason's ironstone pottery Dinner Plate in the rare blue and white Chinese Dragon pattern, circa 1818. The plate is circular with a notched indented rim. This plate...

Maiolica sugar bowl Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 3.54 x 4.52 x 3.54 in (9 x 11,5 x 9 cm) Weight: 0.394 lb (0.179 kg) State of conservation: small and slight chips on the edges. The small sugar bowl has a swollen and ribbed body resting on a flat base. The cap-shaped lid follows the rib of the container and is topped with a small knob in the shape of a two-colored fruit. The sugar bowl is painted “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) with the characteristic floral motif of bunches and isolated semis. An example which closely corresponds to this one is kept at the Civic Museum in Lodi (G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia, Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137). This decorative style represented a strong point of the Lodi factory, which established itself thanks to the vivid nature of the colors made possible by the introduction of a new technique perfected by Paul Hannong in Strasbourg and later introduced by Antonio Ferretti to Italy. The production process, called “piccolo fuoco” (third fire), allowed the use of a greater number of colors than in the past; in particular, the purple of Cassius, a red made from gold chloride, was introduced. Its use allowed for many more tones and shades, from pink to purple. The Ferretti family started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces starting from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano started a production of excellence also thanks to the ownership of clay quarries in Stradella, not far from Pavia. The production was so successful that in 1726 a decree of the Turin Chamber came to prohibit the importation of foreign ceramics, especially from Lodi, to protect internal production (G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981, p. 59). In its initial stages, the manufacture produced maolicas painted with the “a gran fuoco” (double fire) technique, often in turquoise monochrome, with ornamentation derived from compositional modules in vogue in Rouen in France. This was also thanks to the collaboration of painters like Giorgio Giacinto Rossetti, who placed his name on the best specimens next to the initials of the factory. In 1748 Simpliciano made his will (Gelmini, 1995, p. 30) appointing his son Giuseppe Antonio (known as Antonio) as universal heir. After 1750, when Simpliciano passed away, Antonio was directly involved in the maiolica factory, increasing its fortunes and achieving a reputation on a European level. Particularly important was the aforementioned introduction in 1760 of the innovative “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire) processing, which, expanding the ornamental repertoire with Saxon-inspired floral themes, was able to commercially compete with the German porcelains that had one of its most renowned offerings in the naturalistic Deutsche Blumen. Antonio Ferretti understood and promoted this technique and this decoration, proposing it in a fresher and more corrective version, less linked to botanical tables, both with or without contour lines, as well as in purple or green monochrome. After efforts to introduce more industrial production techniques to the sector succeeded, even the Ferretti manufacture, in the last decade of the eighteenth century, started heading towards decline despite its attempts to adapt production to neoclassical tastes. In 1796 the Napoleonic battle for the conquest of the Lodi bridge over the Adda definitively compromised the furnaces. Production resumed, albeit in a rather stunted manner, until Antonio's death on 29 December 1810. (M. L. Gelmini, pp. 28-30, 38, 43 sgg., 130-136 (for Simpliciano); pp. 31 sgg., 45-47, 142-192 (for Antonio). Bibliography G. Gregorietti, Maioliche di Lodi Milano e Pavia Catalogo della Mostra, Milano, 1964 n. 137; C. Baroni, Storia delle ceramiche nel Lodigiano, in Archivio storico per la città e i comuni del circondario e della diocesi di Lodi, XXXIV (1915), pp. 118, 124, 142; XXXV (1916), pp. 5-8; C. Baroni, La maiolica antica di Lodi, in Archivio storico lombardo, LVIII (1931), pp. 453-455; L. Ciboldi, La maiolica lodigiana, in Archivio storico lodigiano, LXXX (1953), pp. 25 sgg.; S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, pp. 17 sgg.; A. Novasconi - S. Ferrari - S. Corvi, La ceramica lodigiana, Lodi 1964, ad Indicem; Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia (catal.), Milano 1964, p. 17; O. Ferrari - G. Scavizzi, Maioliche italiane del Seicento e del Settecento, Milano 1965, pp. 26 sgg.; G. C. Sciolla, Lodi. Museo civico, Bologna 1977, pp. 69-85 passim; G. Lise, La ceramica a Lodi, Lodi 1981; M. Vitali, in Storia dell'arte ceramica...

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This is a very good Ironstone hydra jug or pitcher in the jardinière pattern and made by Mason's Ironstone, England, circa 1870. The pattern is a known Mason's chinoiserie pattern...

This is a very decorative side plate by Spode, made of Stone China (Ironstone) decorated in the Oriental Pheasant pattern, dating to the Georgian period of circa 1820. The plate is circular in shape with a notched rim and is decorated in one of Spode's most vividly coloured and sought after chinoiserie patterns, the "Oriental Pheasant" pattern 2977, a very similar pattern being made by Mason's Ironstone The pattern would have been transfer printed in underglaze blue, then finely hand-painted in bold enamels, with a particularly colourful and distinctive border design. Early Spode pieces like this one are always well painted. The base has the blue printed Spode Stone China...

This is a very decorative Side Plate by Mason's Ironstone, Lane Delph, England in the Oriental Pheasant pattern, dating to the early period of Mason'...

This is a rare ironstone pottery Sweetmeat Dish or Serving Plate, made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully decorated in the Rose & Apple pattern commonly known as the School House pattern, fully stamped and dating to the early 19th Century, circa 1818. The dish is well potted as a shell dish with C scroll moulded edges and would probably have been part of a Desert Service...

This is a very decorative large bowl, produced by the Spode factory, circa 1820. The bowl is circular with an everted rim and on a raised pedastal foot. This is pattern number 3875, the chinoiserie decoration being transfer printed in cobalt blue under-glaze, then carefully and beautifully hand-painted in bold colored enamels with additional gilding over-glaze. The pattern shows a large Jardiniere beside a vase, both holding colourful flowers beside a tree, all in a garden setting with a distinctive floral border. The pattern is on the inside and outside of the bowl with hand gilded gold highlights. The pattern is in the Chinese taste as produced by many of the English potteries of the time, to compete directly with the large import of Canton or Chinese export porcelain from China. The bowl is fully marked to the base, with "Spodes New Stone...

This is a good and very large Mason's Ironstone Hydra jug or pitcher in the Basket Japan pattern, made in England circa 1830 and is particularly d...

Pair of polychromed hand painted porcelain with Japonisme floral decoration Ormolu-mounted with open-worked base and rim Louis XVI Style circa 1880.

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...

This is an early-19th century Mason’s patent ironstone Desert Plate produced by Mason's Ironstone, England and dating to their earliest period, circa 181...

This is two English ironstone plates; one dinner plate by Davenport and one side plate by Mason's, both in the flying Bird gilded pattern. Both plates are well potted and hand pai...

An Asian Chinoiserie style table vase, unbranded. Hand painted porcelain with a Chinoiserie design of foliate, floral & geometric shapes in shades of white, red & salmon colors with gold trim, and a tapered square urn...

A contemporary Chinese teaware set consisting of six cups and one teapot. Chinoiserie style white ceramic with celadon glazed interior. Dark green teapot ...

A petite famille rose catchall trinket dish hand painted with pink and green floral motifs. Round in form, this small decorative ceramic dish will be a fabulous touch to a coffee tab...

The medicine man pattern and the boy in the window. pattern. This rare large punch bowl beautifully marries two of the most sought-after patterns of ...

Large, rare Italian reticulated, hand painted Rococo style floral motif centerpiece by the Nove factory. Designed as an oval reticulated footed basket with masses of hand sculpted fl...

This is a harlequin set of six Mason's ironstone dinner plates, all dating to the earliest period between 1813 and 1820. All the plates are the same nominal size and shape, but have different patterns, some being rare; Top row left: Japan Basket Top row middle: Blue Carnation - gilded Top row right: Chinese Ladies...

This is a very beautiful English coffee can, all hand painted and gilded, made by Copeland China and with a factory printed mark to the base, dating...

An Asian style floor vase by Heygill & H.F.P. of Macau, their "Dynasty". Hand painted porcelain with a pink foliate & floral design and an urn shape. Features a decorative rim and st...

This is a very good sauce tureen made of ironstone (Spode's Stone China) in the Ship Pattern, No 3067, produced by the English, Spode factory early in the 19th century, George 111rd Period. The piece is well potted with two side handles. The pattern is called the Ship pattern number 3067, the chinoiserie decoration being transfer printed under-glaze, then very carefully hand-painted in bold colored enamels with additional gold gilding over-glaze. As is usual with Spode ware the standard of hand painted detail is very high. A plate in this pattern is shown on page 54 of Steven Smith's book; "Spode and Copeland" published by Schiffer. The pattern is in the Chinese taste as produced by many of the English potteries of the time, to compete directly with the large import of Canton or Chinese Export porcelain from China. The piece has a mid brown edge similar to that often seen on Chinese plates. The piece is fully marked to the base, with the earlier Spode black printed Stone-China mark...

Coffee pot Antonio Maria Coppellotti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1740 High fire polychrome maiolica It measures: 7.87 in x 6,49 x 5.11 (20 cm x 16,5 x 13); weight 1.23 lb (561 g) ...

A set of four pretty scalloped chinoiserie dishes. Each dish is slightly bowl-shaped and would be fabulous if used as a lemon dish at a place setting, or as...

Maiolica tureen Pasquale Rubati Manufacture Milan, circa 1770 - 1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 6.69 in x 11,02 x 8.26 (17 x 28 x ...

This is a superb Ironstone Sauce Tureen, complete with lid , made by Mason's of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the early part of the 19th century, circa 1820. This tureen is well potted and is hexagonal in shape with moulded animal head handles to the base and a flower head knob to the lid. The pattern is called "Water Lily" and is a well known Mason's pattern, as illustrated on pages 136 in The Mason's collectors Club book " A Guide to Mason's patent Ironstone patterns, c 1813 to c 1848" . This particular piece is the gilded version of the pattern and has heavily applied hand gilded highlights. Tureens of the same shape and period are illustrated on Pages 145 and 155 of Godden's Guide to Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares published by the Antique Collectors' Club. The pattern is beautifully hand painted over a printed pattern with bold enamels of Cobalt Blue, burnt orange, green, puce all in various shades with much additional hand gilding. The pieces are unmarked as was often the case if the item had formed part of a large dinner or desert service...