Harrods Knightsbridge London Hand-Painted Ironstone Jar for Beluga Caviar, 1978

Rare Eglinton tournament ironstone plate by Ridgway, Morley, Wear and Co., Broad Street, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire (1836-1842) Transfer printed with a continuous band of fleur-de-lys, circa 1839-1840. Printed with a collection of medieval arms, armour and flags. The back is impressed 'Opaque Granite China' and WR and Co between lion and unicorn, and also printed with a small coat of arms with the banner 'Eglintoun' above R M W and Co. Size: 19 inches by 15 inches Condition: Good, showing carving knife use as expected. The Eglinton (Eglintoun) Tournament of 1839 was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and Revel held in Scotland on Friday 30th August. It was funded and organized by Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, and took place at Eglinton Castle, near Kilwinning in Scotland. The Queen of Beauty was Georgiana Sheridan, the wife of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset and sister of noted author Caroline Norton. Many distinguished visitors took part, including the future Emperor Napoleon 3rd of France. Widely publicized and open to the public, it was a deliberate set piece of Romanticism, in the face of widespread social and idealogical upheaval experienced by Europe during the 1830s. A hugely popular and significant phenomenon (planned for 4,000 people, it drew 100,000 spectators; significant impact on attitudes to Gothic Revival. This typical English platter would have taken pride of place as it was brought into the dining room bearing a large roast beef...

A hand-painted stoneware utensil holder jar. The front side is decorated with simple flowers in primary colors over a beige base. Signed Wolfe ‘81.

Quality antique hand painted Masons Ironstone small jug and bowl with fantastic quality hand painted decoration in red, pink, yellow, blue, green and gold colours A beautifully dec...

Lidded French jar, made of hard paste porcelain and hand-painted gold, black and white. Signed on the bottom "Porcelaine de Paris" with crossed down pointed arrows. Measures 18" ...

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...

This is a very good, dinner plate by Mason's ironstone, England in a very decorative, hand painted floral pattern, dating to circa 1845. This is a rare pattern. The Plate is c...

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...