18th Century and Earlier Ceramics

Chintz pattern painted with panels of three variant frizes colores, one with variant diaper cartouches entwined with gilt and berried laurel, the second with entwined rose vines rese...

Polychrome Imari cooler. Delft, 1713-1735 Mark: AR Painter: Adriaan van Rijsselbergh This oval ribbed cooler stands on three pyramid-shaped feet and is painted in a six-coloure...

Derby was able to produce exceptional work, and these vases are a brilliant example of what they were capable of, when making for the top of the market. The body, the modeling, and t...

18th century Portuguese "Troubadour" Measures: 252cm x 86 cm 108 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were...

A rare and utterly charming English Staffordshire blue and white glazed ceramic dog whistle. Showing the pooch standing alert with tail up and ears pricked...

18th century Portuguese "Prayer " Measures: 182cm x 182 cm 108 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a...

18th century Portuguese "Lady " Measures: 262 cm x 170 cm 228 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a ...

18th century Portuguese "Vase" Measures: 131cm x 131cm 110 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a pai...

18th century Portuguese "Troubadour " Measures: 140cm x 108 cm 80 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if it wer...

An assembled pair of Wedgwood cress or strawberry dishes, Two Piece; Footed Pierced Dish with Stand. Late 18th c. This would have been used to serve watercress or strawberries after ...

Description A very nicely decorated Late Ming Blue and White Porcelain Dish with a landscape scene situated in two concentric circles wi...

Small oval tray Felice Clerici Manufactory 1745-1780 Milan, Circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome. Dimensions: 10.82 x 8.66 in (27.5 x 22 cm); weight 0.4...

The octagonal plaque is painted in blue with a courteous scene. A young man offers a flower to a young lady accompanied by her chaperon, against a background of trees and shrubbery. ...

This is an excellent example of a porcelain Spoon Tray made by the Caughley factory, Shropshire, England. The Spoon Tray is made of porcelain and is vert...

Cyclicrical tea canister in engine-turned black basalt, with raised decoration. Unmarked, but the quality and finial clinch the attribution.

A large Danish (or Northern German) faience charger from circa 1780 in blue and white flower decor. The decoration is inspired by, or actually exact copies of the contemporary Chine...

This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790. The bowl is well...

18th century Portuguese " Virgin wedding " Measures: 196cm x 168 cm 168 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as if ...

Blue and white dish with flower vase. Delft, 1665-1675 The blue and white dish has a wide, spreading rim and is painted in the centre with a vase ...

A very nice set of polychrome dishes with green and red overglaze colors. Interesting brown circle in the centre. Early Edo period.   Condition No real damages, just crackl...

This large, beautiful and bold blue and white platter is Japanese Imari from the Edo period (18th century). This impressive early porcelain Imari ware is saturated in rich cobalt blue underglaze hand painted in an unusual cross pattern. It features four round medallions of lotus flowers and landscape vinettes and finishes in blue rimmed scalloped edges. A hand painted leaf design is repeated on the underside. Condition: Very good condition especially for it's age. One tiny chip is touched up. Nice wear and firing stilt marks on back. Measurements: 16" diameter x 2" depth Weight: 6 lbs. Experience and expertise - Clune Art And Antiques Studio.

This is a good, early hand-painted English coffee can, from the late George-III period, of the late 18th Century, circa 1795, which we attribute to ...

Two pairs of maiolica baskets Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1790 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Measures: A) Height 3.54 x 6.69 x 9.84 in (9 x 17 x 25 cm); B) Height 3.93 x 7.48 x 11.02 in (10 x 19 x 28 cm). Total weight 4.85 lb (2.200 kg) State of conservation: A) One of the smaller baskets has some areas of restoration, the other slight chipping from use; B) One of the larger baskets is intact and the other shows a clearly glued break. The mold with which the baskets were forged simulates a wicker weave. The two larger works have high, vertical walls, with branch-shaped handles penetrating the weave. The painted decorations, small polychrome flowers applied only externally, highlight the points where the weaves intersect. The decision to leave the center of the basket devoid of decoration is highly unusual, but given the size and complexity of the shape, as well as the quality of the enamel, it is possible to hypothesize that it represents a precise choice in manufacturing or for a particular client. The two smaller baskets have small, twisted handles and, on the outside, reproduce more decisively the characteristic wicker weave, obtained through thin molded lines. The interior exhibits a rich, typical decoration of naturalistic flowers: a bunch centered around a main flower and secondary stems accompanied by small “semis”. The exterior of these works is also adorned with small little flowers where the weaves intersect. The size and morphological characteristics of the baskets confirm their attribution to the Lodi factory of Antonio Ferretti between 1770 and 1790, during its most successful period; by this point his original reworking of the "Strasbourg" decoration, known as "old Lodi", had achieved great fame even outside Italy. This decorative choice 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 which Antonio Ferretti introduced in Italy. This 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 had started their maiolica manufacturing business in Lodi in 1725. The forefather Simpliciano had started the business by purchasing an ancient furnace in 1725 and, indeed, we have evidence of the full activity of the furnaces from April of the same year (Novasconi-Ferrari-Corvi, 1964, p. 26 n. 4). Simpliciano had 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, could 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...

A Superb Meissen Marcolini tulip in a tub, Circa 1780. Fine quality Meissen porcelain model of a flowerpot, modelled as cylindrical tub enhanced in gilt with 2 mythological masks on...

A rare, big size, and quality painting serving platter or charger. Very nicely decorated piece with good details. Very good condition. Dating to around 1760. Very high quality C...

Chinese export porcelain Fitzhugh pattern tureen, cover and underplate, 18th century. Very Unusual and rare pattern, beautifully hand painted in green enamels and 24-karat gold, havi...

A Neolithic Chinese terracotta pottery from 4000-3000 BC, with lateral handles and brown painted geometric décor. Born in China during the Neolithic pe...

18th century Spanish "Puente del Arzopispo" Mardrid hand painted earthenware "salvilla" dish, a type of plate which stands on a pedestal and was used to hold and display smaller reci...

Globular teapot in black basalt, painted with matt white, red and ice blue. Judging by the shape and general appearance, probably by Spode, in imitation of Wedgwood designs of the pe...

A large 18th century French Rouen white glazed cul noir earthenware platter with scalloped edge, hand-painted with blue decorative banded border and a fruit basket in the center. Rob...

A fine and unusual Chinese Export blue and white decorated porcelain leaf-shaped dish or charger, Qianlong Period, mid 18th century, circa 1760, China. The dish or charger of intriguing leaf-shaped form, with serated edges, and set upon a short foot. The shape seemingly based on a Meissen design. The porcelain decorated with a courting scene of a couple in a garden setting. They are surrounded by flowering bushes and trees. Butterflies draw nectar from the flowers, while dragonflies flit above. In the foreground are a pair of very plump quail. Decorated in underglaze blue enamel on a white ground, the blue and white decoration actually is based an Kakiemon pattern of the same period. So in short, we have a Chinese porcelain piece based on a German Meissen form...

This Jacquot pot is made of polychromed earthenware big fire. This is a French work from the city of Lille. Mid-18th century.

18th C Chinese Export Famille rose tea pot, in the French taste, of typical form the drum shape with twisted strap handles, and straight angled s...

These stunning Wedgwood black basalt sphinxes are a true masterpiece of Wedgwood craftsmanship and artistry. These mythical creatures are a sight to behold with their majestic woman's head, mighty lion's body, and elegant wings. Each sphinx sits atop a raised rectangular base, adorned with a geometric design of circles and fleur-de-lis. Each sphinx features a 'lotus flower' nozzle to hold candles, adding a touch of whimsy and charm. Made in the eighteenth century, circa 1785, these sphinxes showcase Wedgwood's exceptional attention to detail and dedication to quality. The underside of each sphinx is marked with an impressed "Wedgwood" signature in lowercase letters. With a height of 10.2", a depth of 7", and a width of 3.6", these sphinxes are truly imposing in size and presence. In excellent condition, this pair is a rare and highly coveted find for collectors of Wedgwood black basalt. Reference: "The Dictionary of Wedgwood" R Reilly and G Savage pg 323. Dimensions: 10.2" height x 7" deep x 3.6" wide Condition: Excellent with tiny edge chips invisibly restored Price: $6,600 Background of Wedgwood black basalt: In the mid-18th century, Josiah Wedgwood created black stoneware, which he named "Black Basalt," as it resembled Egyptian basalt...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Hunting Scene" Measures: 100cm x 82cm 42 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered ...

Pair of maiolica tureens Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). a – 8.66 x 11.02 x 7.48 in (22 x 28 x 19...

SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). The centre painted with archaic de...

Rare antique English Yorkshire or Staffordshire creamware pierced basket with intricate reticulated body. Lovely color no damage or repairs.

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Hunting Scene" Measures: 100cm x 88cm 49 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered...

With domed cover with gilt lemon finial on a conforming base with two handles.

An excellent cider mug with oak leaf decoration, and a silver rim, most likely Sheffield plate.

17th Century Portuguese " Vase " Measures: 73cm x 87cm 30 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 17th century. The panel is delivered as if it were a pai...

Antique Chinese expert "Blue & White" platter, circa 1780-1800.

Centerpiece white maiolica shell Ferniani factory, early period: 1693-1776 Faenza, circa 1700 Measures: 5.6 in x 14.72 in x 13.46 in (14.3 cm x 37.4...

This is an early porcelain trio comprising a coffee can, tea cup and saucer, all in gilded patterns, which we attribute to Coalport, John Rose & Co., Shropshire, England, made at the...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Sculpture" Measures: 128cm x 143cm 90 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delivered as ...

The polychrome wine jug has an ovoid body on a low spreading foot, a conical neck with spout and a handle with a scroll finish. The jug is painted in purple, yellow and green with a continuous chinoiserie landscape with three Chinese figures. A band with scroll ornaments and circles is applied to the shoulder just below the neck, the neck itself is decorated with two stylized flowers and scroll ornaments. The handle is decorated with stripes and scroll ornaments. Dimensions: height 19 cm / 7.48 in. Multi-coloured chinoiserie landscapes on Delftware were only made for a short period of time, roughly between about 1680 and 1690. Most of the decors have been applied on dishes, lobed dishes, butter pots...

Covered bowl, perhaps for soup, in black basalt with ‘Etruscan’ encaustic painting.

Dish with karatuuri (melon) design Late 17th-early 18th century Porcelain decorated with cobalt blu underglaze and red fruits Diameter 15.2 cm Nabeshima ware was made at Okawachi near Arita in Kyushu under the authority of the Nabeshima clan. The feudal lords of Nabeshima were so proud of their technological skill, that throughout the Edo period (1615-1867) they gave porcelain (and swords) as presents to the lords of other provinces. Most of Nabeshima porcelain...

A Japanese Arita blue and white porcelain VOC dish. Arita, late 17th century Measure: Diameter 32.1 cm These dishes, ordered by the VOC during the second half of the 17th century, were copied after the popular Chinese Wanli ‘Kraak’ porcelain...

A pair of famille verte porcelain plates, the left made in China during the Kangxi period (r. 1662–1722) and the right a copy by Meissen made circa 1740. Chinese porcelain has alw...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 187cm x 84cm 84 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is deliv...

17th century Portuguese " Vase " Measures: 160cm x 146cm 110 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 17th century. T...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " panel "Leisure Scene" Measures: 126cm x 100cm 63 tiles Important Note: This panel is with the tiles in original 18th century condition, so ...

A sublime Chinese celadon glazed shallow dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, mid 18th century, China. Beautifully glazed, with a carved decoration of a group of lotus, leaves, stalks and blossoms. The interior wall with radiating S-shaped lines, a motif that is repeated on the wide rim of the dish. The back undecorated. Glazed all-over with an even bright celadon glaze, with some attractive areas of crackle. Ex. Butterfield's, San Francisco. Plate stand for display...

18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 141cm x 105cm 80 tiles IMPORTANT NOTE: This panel is with the tiles RESTORED 18th century. The panel is deli...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene" 126cm x 140cm 330 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles in original 18th century condition, so they are n...

A pair of French Directoire period ceramic lidded apothecary jars from the late 18th century, with hand-painted foliage motifs, labeled Tamarind and Ext. Cicutæ A:F, from the Deroche...