18th Century Ceramics

A large 18th century French Rouen white glazed earthenware platter with scalloped edge, hand painted with blue and red decorative banded border and a stylized fruit basket in the cen...

English pottery slipware baking dish, late 18th century. The plain edged, brown glazed dish, trailed in creamy yellow slip, with a wriggled, trellis design, b...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 326cm x 115cm 184 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is del...

18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 184cm x 85cm. 78 tiles IMPORTANT NOTE: This panel is with the tiles RESTORED 18th century. The panel is deli...

Beautiful big bucket vase with two steel handles, Famille verte. Excellent decorated with women and young boys in a walled garden and princess on horseback...

18th Century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 187cm x 153cm 80 tiles IMPORTANT NOTE: This panel is with the tiles RESTORED 18th century. The panel is deli...

Maiolica centerpiece Pasquale Antonibon factory Nove di Bassano, Venice, 1740-1770. Measures: 1.85 in x 19.21 in x 15.27 in 4.7 cm X 48.8 cm X 38.8 cm. lb 5.29 (kg 2.4) State of conservation: thin passing fêlure with covered chipping and a glued foot The Antonibon were an important family of Venetian...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene" 462cm x 140cm 330 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles in original 18th century condition, so they are n...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 121cm x 49cm 36 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delive...

A antique English prattware model of a cockerel or rooster. With mottled decoration in ochres and yellow. The base bears an old partial D. M. ...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 180cm x 84cm 78 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is delive...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Romantic Scene" Measures: 252cm x 140cm 180 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles in original 18th century condition, so they ...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 170cm x 128cm 108 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is deli...

A good rare Prattware pottery model of a baby's cradle. Decorated with orange and blue intersecting circles throughout the body and embellished ye...

Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” decorated with trompe l’oeil Pasquale Rubati Factory Milan, circa 1770 Measures: each 4.7 in (cm 12) x 5 in (c...

In the past, this pair of very beautiful ceramics carafes, was utilized in a Pharmacy to contain erbs and spices infusions. The carafes show all signs of the time, they remain a pai...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Panel "Battle Scene" Measures: 239cm x 140cm 160 tiles Important Note: This panel is with the tiles in original 18th century condition, so ...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 172cm x 088cm 72 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is deli...

Two maiolica dishes, "Famille Rose" decoration Felice Clerici Factory Milan, 1770-1780 9.13 in (23.2 cm) each in diameter lb 1.32 (kg 0.6) State of conservation: perfect, except for...

18th century Portuguese " Azulejos " Countryside Scene" Measures: 204cm x 088cm 90 tiles Important note: This panel is with the tiles restored 18th century. The panel is deli...

A fine example of a German Baroque tobacco jar with original pewter lid. The rich ocher salt glaze decorated with raised floral motifs. A handsome addition for the collector of pipes...

Five oval maiolica dishes with pierced edge Manufacture of Pasquale Rubati Milan, 1770-1780 Three small oval dishes 10.23 in x 7.67 in (26 cm x 19.5 cm) Two large oval dishes 10.82 in x 8.85 in (27.5 x 22.5 cm) lb 3.5 (kg 1.8) State of conservation: intact The five dishes of different sizes have an oval shape, a mixtilinear edge and a molded polylobed shape with a surface enriched with a relief weave motif extending to the brim and forming a perforated basket...

Chinese Export armorial porcelain dish, Arms of Pole, circa 1745 The Chinese export armorial porcelain dish is painted with pane...

This elegant inkwell set by Wedgwood & Bentley is crafted of black basalt, one of Wedgwood’s finest inventions. The set is comprised of two canisters, both held within an intriguing double stand. One is designed to hold ink and features a top with slots for quills or pens, and the other is a powder Shaker with a shell-ornamented lid. Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stoneware that Josiah Wedgwood, inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt...

An 18th century Wedgwood creamware double salt cellar. The form consisting of two basket (or pail-form) bowls joined at the rim and connected by ...

A rare 9" Lambeth Delft plate: "An English Delftware tin-glazed charger attributed to the Abigail Griffith London Lambeth pothouse. Great decorative blue and white delftware- boldly ...

Maiolica tureen Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). It measures 9.05 x 12.59 x 9.05 in (23 x 32 x 23 cm) ...

A late 18th or early 19th century English Prattware baby's cradle in a rare large size. Decorated with an overall basket weave pattern and a yello...

An antique Italian hand painted Savona tin glazed syrup jar inscribed AQUA DE PIANTAGNE dating from the early 18th century, the rounded earthenware jar stand...

An early Meissen porcelain teapot made circa 1715, decorated by a Dutch hausmaler circa 1730-1740. The teapot is decorated in a Kakiemon pa...

The decoration of ceramics in blue tones on a white background was common in Europe as far back as the 17th century (Dutch and English pieces, works in Talavera de la Reina in Spain,...

A Chinese Kangxi blue-and-white porcelain 'Herring' dish Qianlong period, third quarter of the 18th century With two mirrored herring against plain fond, surrounded by floral b...

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...

A large late 18th century delft earthenware shallow bowl or dish, decorated in blue, with a handwritten Dutch motto in the center. Rough translation: "He who sees through his own hea...

A pair of Chinese export porcelain mancerinas or trembleuses likely made for the Spanish/Spanish Colonial market. Based on a silver form, the standing central ring was designed to su...

Beautiful German faience jug from one of the Northern German factories.

An 18th century European ceramic pitcher, most probably from Germany, with glazed decoration in blue colour representing flowers on a beige background. It has most probably been used...

This finely decorated Qing-period rose medallion or rose mandarin bowl is beautifully hand-painted with four vignettes depicting courtly scenes.

Chinese Export Rose Canton Mandarin pattern porcelain cider jug with double or cross strap handles. There are court scenes in the most colorful hues. The bor...

Maiolica dish, "Famille Rose" and gold decoration Felice Clerici factory Milan, 1770-1780 8.93 in (22.27 cm) in diameter lb 0.66 (kg 0.3) State of conservation: perfect, except for ...

Assortment of 12 elements with polychrome and gold decoration Pasquale Rubati Factory Milan, circa 1770- 1790. Two oval trays 10.62 in x 8.58 in (27 x 21.8 cm) Two dishes with perf...

18th century polychrome earthenware shoe slippery A shoe slippery in polychrome beautiful colors, blue tones, yellow, green, some red and deep purple in the floral decor made by Mak...

Pair of antique English blue and white chinoiserie square bowls by Caughley, each one with scalloped edges with gilt borders. Unmarked, ...

Chinese export Nanking pattern well and tree platter. This ovoid shaped porcelain is decorated with an underglaze blue. The double border is in...

Assortment of 4 dishes with braided rim Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, circa 1770-1780 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). Measures: 14 x 10 in (35.5 x 25.5 cm); 12.2 x 8.39 in (31 x 21.3 cm); 10.4 x 9.65 in (26.5 x 24.5 cm); 10.8 x 9.61 in (27.5 x 24.4 cm). Weight: 4.4 lb (1.998 kg) State of conservation: some chips due to use on the edges and on the parts in relief. The four different dishes have a foot with a low lip from which extends a wide, flat, slanted rim resembling a basket weave. The small handles are painted green: they resemble wickerwork in the two oval dishes and take the form of a sinuous branch in the round ones. The third fire decoration is inspired by the naturalistic floral botanical patterns on the ceramics produced by the Hannong family in Strasbourg. Here the pattern is defined by the rapidity and subtlety of the brushstrokes and the result is particularly tasteful, characterized by compositional intelligence and pictorial expertise. A main corolla, either a wild or garden rose, is set slightly off center in each well. From this extends a thin stem holding a small secondary bud and there are small field florets dotting the composition to lend volume to the delicate bunch of flowers. On the brim, small polychrome flowers add color to the weave, accompanied by lanceolate leaves of a very intense green. There exist few and very rare examples for comparison with this morphology: a round plate - entirely consistent with those in question - has been dated to around 1775 (S. Levy, Maioliche settecentesche lombarde e venete, Milano 1962, tav. 200). Two other dishes with a basket rim, but with parallel striped brim decoration, were exhibited in the 1995 exhibition on Lodi ceramics; the attribution to the Lombard town near Milan is therefore almost exclusively derived from the decoration called "alla rosa contornata" or "alla vecchia Lodi" and constitutes one of the most popular decorations during the eighteenth century. (M. L. Gelmini, in Maioliche lodigiane del '700 (cat. mostra Lodi), Milano 1995, pp. 31 p. 162-163 nn. 181-182). 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...

Assortment of 21 maiolica service elements Pasquale Rubati Factory Milan, 1780 circa a. Four large oval dishes or fish dishes 10.43 in x 21.25 in (26.5 c...

A rare and unusual Chinese Qianlong porcelain plate hand decorated in puce with a floral border and with small insects around a central floral design. The plate has a stained rim and has various paper labels to the base establishing its provenance. Provenance: from the Helen Espir collection of fine Chinese porcelain and originally supplied by renowned London Asian art dealers...

A milky white dish with slight scalloped rim and decorated with cobalt blue iron red and green enamel over glaze, this delicate piece in Kakiemon Style was dated at least to the earl...

Italian, late 18th century watch holder with Father Time. The robed figure of Father Time is standing on a raised plinth with rocks and a koi fish or carp....

A 19th century French bisque porcelain figurine of a couple seated and engaged in a conversation. The figurine is marked on back and ...

The ship is flying the flag of the last German Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Francis II , Circa 1775-1790. The rare Wedgwood creamware plate...

Maiolica flower pot “a mezzaluna” with support feet decorated with little bunches of flowers Pasquale Rubati Factory Milan, circa 1770 5.5 in X ...

A rare, large English pearlware or Staffordshire pottery cradle. Decorated with an overall basketweave pattern and blue highlights, circa 1800. Measures: Length ca. 5 5/8 in...

With covers and liners. Marked with under glaze blue shield mark.

An antique Staffordshire pearlware coffee pot and cover hand-painted in coloured enamels with floral designs. This elegant and lightly potted coff...

Antique Delft tin glaze charger, circa 1760-1780.   

We are thrilled to offer this fabulous large three-tiered 18th-century creamware platt menage, made circa 1780-90 in Staffordshire or Yorkshire, England. It is a rare and elegant ex...

WHY WE LOVE IT: One of our absolute favorites! A pair of 18th-century creamware flower holders complete with stands and covers made in England by Neale & Co. was one of the finest 18...