English Staffordshire Frog Mug with Hand Colored Garden Scenes, 19th Century

Chinese Export Rose Mandarin pattern porcelain cider jug with double or cross strap handles which are painted with delicate blossoms. There are cloud form ca...

Victorian engraved and cut glass double lipped hand blown wine rinser with a pattern of grapes and leaves. The bottom half of this piece has thumb cut panel...

This is a rare and early stone China (Ironstone) mug which dates to the George 111 period, circa 1815 made by the Davenport factory of Longport, Staffordshire Potteries, England. The mug is straight sided similar to a coffee can and has a loop handle with an upper thumb rest. The pattern is number "659", which is one of Davenport's very few chinoiserie patterns. The bold pattern features striking polychrome enamels of rocks and different flowers all in the Chinoiserie style, hand painted over-glaze in different colours over an under-glaze blue printed outline. The pattern is embellished with good hand gilding. There is also a deep border pattern to the inside rim which replicates the outer mug pattern with sprigs of hand painted flowers. The mark on the base of the mug is Godden's 1183, a blue printed DAVENPORT STONE CHINA...

Scratch cross type mug, decorated with the tea ceremony pattern. Incised line to base near handle.