Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

An oval low-footed comport with two handles and an octagonally scrolled shape, a moulded surface with pale yellow and white scrolling foliage on a sage green ground, and a stunning l...

A very fine antique Chinese Qing large porcelain cylindrical mug hand painted with floral designs and probably dating from the latter 18th or possibly even early 19th century. The mu...

Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) for Rosenthal Studio-linie. A set of five demitasse cups with saucers. Modernist retro design. 1980’s. Marked. Perfect condition. Cup: Height 7.0 cm x Dia...

These Deby saucers were made in England around 1820 and feature deep blue borders with vibrant gilding. The gilt was applied by hand using a stencil, resulting in exquisite floral fo...

Each piece finely decorated with a different landscapre, the yellow ground border with floral arrangments in compartments, Comprising 1 compote, pair of covered sauce tureens, 16 pla...

This set of Limoges Dinner Plates are quite rare. The set consists of six different designs, two each in the set. The designs are very reminiscen...

KPM porcelain coffee, tea service, 19th century, Germany 11 pieces KPM porcelain, marked with the scepter and KPM in blue Tea/ coffee pot, a lidded sugar bowl, a milk jar, 5 comp...

A Classic midcentury Italian Designed plate featuring an iconic image from Piero Fornasetti’s work, his muse the opera singer, Lina Cavalieri. Crisp black and white timeless design i...

A set of « Lightning » porcelain cup and saucer by Andrée Putman. This set was made in Japan by Sasaki c. 1987. Price is for one set of cup and sauce...

Rare Ginori plate in porcelain painted 1860 Italy with Allegory of Women, taken from a work of the Uffizzi of Florence of 1600 by Francesco Furini "Painti...

Richard Ginori bone China plate porcelain, 1990, Italy.

Decorated with a Classical Scene Measurements Saucer 2.7cm High x 13.4cm Diameter (1.1 x 5.3 Inches) Cup 6.5cm High x 8.5cm Long x 6.5cm Wide (2.56 x 3.35 x 2.56 Inches) From our C...

This is a very good Chinese porcelain large plate, made for the export (Canton) market, during the middle of the 18th century, Qing-Qianl...

Herend Hungary porcelain salt cellars, Rotschild Two porcelain salt cellars by Herend Hungary in the pattern Rotschild. Marked on the bottom, ca 1960-1980 with number 236/RO (RO for...

Set of Early 19th Century English Derby Porcelain Dessert Service. 18 plates, 7 shaped dishes, 1 sauce tureen with lid and underplate.

A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses: Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry. Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history. Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music. Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy. Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry. Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology, Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry. Terpsichore, standing, representing dance. Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base. Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside. German, Circa 1880. Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260). Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance. Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax. The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden: 'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204). Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133. Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200. Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956. Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90. Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966. Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300. "Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87. Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52. MEISSEN The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...

A scarce antique English Staffordshire bone china teacup and saucer hand decorated with a red lion by Thomas Wolfe (Factory Z) and dating from...

From pasta primavera to world-renowned decadent desserts, Le Cirque's ubiquitous reputation for presenting its fine dining fare with whimsy and fun, landed it on the map of must-dine destinations in New York for glitterati and foodies alike. No matter the location, monkeys and circus themes remained a design staple of the iconic restaurant. Although the landmark restaurant's NYC doors are now closed, Black Rock Galleries...

Tactile and organic porcelain vase with leather textured exterior surface and clear glazed interior. Due to the production process, each item is one-of-a-kind. Use individually as a...

A Late 19th Century German Meissen Porcelain Soup Tureen / Centerpiece The finely painted porcelain lidded bowl topped with a cherub kneeling while draped in a flowing garment, hold...

11 Piece Victoria Carlsbad Austrian fish set.

UPDATE: SOLD 12 dinner plates, 10 soup plates, one well-and-tree platter. Each piece transfer-printed in blue with panels of classical figures and vases, comprising: a soup tureen and cover, a {21" well-and-tree meat platter}, a 21" platter printed with a coat of arms, a 14.75" platter, a 14.5" platter and strainer, two 12.5" platter, three 11.75" platters, two sauce tureens, covers and stands, an open vegetable dish, a lozenge-shaped dish, two shaped square dishes, a lozenge-shaped tazza, {twelve dinner plates, ten soup plates}, five dessert plates and five side plates, some pieces with either printed and impressed Copeland and Garrett...

Vintage ceramic or porcelain small teapot is sculpted in shape of a bird or a phoenix, with large head, long wings, rounded tail, and ornate handle on the back. The teapot features traditional blue on white Chinoiserie decor of abstract graphic motifs; the tail, tips of the wings, beak, plumage, and handle are accentuated with solid blue. The teapot is fitted with small round lid; the open beak serves as a pourer. The teapot is signed on the bottom by the artist or studio; due to the convenient size it can be used either as a milk or syrup pitcher, or as a teapot for one or two people. It is in very good vintage condition, and can be used either as serving piece in tablescape or as interior decor. The playful, unusual teapot...

A rare set of 16 late 19th Century Meissen porcelain Monkey band, with the conductor on a pedestal and various band players. Circa 1890. Ba...

A small Wedgwood brown lustre bowl decorated with gilded butterflies, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones circa 1915. Delicately gilded butterflies decorat...

Pair of antique Sèvres porcelain ormolu-mounted vases French, 18th Century Height 50cm, diameter 21cm Dating from the 18th century, t...

English New Hall Porcelain Part Service, Pattern 1707, Twenty-nine pieces, Circa 1825s The set has a light blue ground with molded border with birds and vases and scrolling leavy vi...

A Matched Royal Copenhagen & Porsgrund three piece tea set and saucer. Early 20th century. The set consists of a porsgrund teapot with lid porsgrund creamer and royal copenhagen fluted sugar bowl with a matched (porsgrund?) lid and royal copenhagen saucer...

Meissen Porcelain Ming Dragon Green with Ornate Border A dinner service for 12 people, 41 pieces Designed and manufactured by the renowned porcelain factory founded in Meissen, Germ...

An elegant, three-piece set of old Paris porcelain in the style of Lebon-Halley with a pitcher, bowl, and deep plate in creamy porcelain accented by luxurious gold trim. The undersid...

A Flight Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain Coffee Cans and Saucer c.1815-1820. Finely decorated with a bold Japan pattern. Condition: E...

This set of five Coalport Porcelain dinner dishes was made in England circa 1830. In the center of each one is a bouquet of exquisite hand-painted flowers. The close-up images show...

A Pair Of Meissen Porcelain Mythological Figural groups, of 'Neptune and Thetis' and 'The Triumphal Procession of Amphitrite'. 'Neptune and Thetis' modelled with the god of the sea ...

Meissen, Germany. Blue Onion pattern. A set of four dishes in porcelain. Hand-painted in blue. Rare form. Approximately from 1900. Marked. Perfect condition. Third factory quality. D...

Pair of large gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres-style porcelain vases with pedestals French, Early 20th century Measures: Vases: height 141cm, width 60cm, depth 44cm Stands: height 66cm,...

Porcelaine de Paris. "Aurore Tropicale". Six deep porcelain plates decorated with flowers and bamboo. 1980s. Measures: 17 x 3 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Pair of antique (late 19th century) reticulated porcelain baskets supported by putti around a tree stump, and encrusted with raised flowers. Each 16 inches tall. Each with the Meiss...

A 19th Century French Limoges porcelain turkey oyster plate with five white wells and brown shells on cranberry ground. Decorated with delicate han...

An English pink porcelain cigarette holder, in the Rococo style, by Arthur Bowker for Staffordshire, circa early-20th century, England. Piece is pink porcelain, oval, with a floral c...

Product Description: We have on offer this curry spice pot. At first glance, I was fascinated by the cuteness of these spice pots of this serie, but when I looked closely the design...

A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Porcelain vase c.1825-1835. Of inverted bell shape, decorated with afinely painted panel of flowers by Samuel Astles with raised and tooled gilding, f...

Goldscheider, USA. Two rare figures in hand painted porcelain. Asian couple, mid-20th century Largest measures: 19 x 14.5 cm. In excellent condition. S...

This is a beautiful hand painted blue and white Chinese porcelain large diameter deep plate or charger, dating to the first half of the 18th century, circa 1720, Qing dynasty, either...

A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Musician Lovers seated on a Sofa with a Pug Dog, After J.J. Kandler. The piece depicts a man and a woman seated on an ornate sofa, each engaged in a musical performance. The woman is elegantly attired in a gown adorned with delicate floral motifs, playing a lute, while the man is dressed in fine blue and gold attire, playing a flute. Their facial expressions reflect concentration and grace as they engage in a shared musical moment. The intricate detailing in their clothing, including the delicate folds of the fabric and the fine detailing of the lace and ribbons, the 24k Gold...

A pair of large Canton style famille jaune porcelain vases Chinese, Late 19th Century Height 120cm, diameter 42cm These large and impressi...

Pair of colorful and beautifully modeled American Kestrels,( Falco Sperverius) also known as a Sparrow Hawk. Limited edition by Boehm porcelain stamped, signed and letter numbered. H...

European hand-painted porcelain figure. Queen with crown, key and scepter. Late 19th century. Measures: 15 x 7 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Amazing vase designed by Cuno Fischer (1914-1973) for Rosenthal Studio Linie. It has a simple structure with an elegant silhouette that widens slightly towards the top; this shape is...

A fine pair of antique Vergiss Meinnicht (Forget-me-not) pattern plates. By the Royal Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays to the center incl...

Excellent 19th century French Louis XVI decorative Imari Porcelain gilt bronze mount bowl A 19th century Chinese blue and red Imari ware bowl...

Twelve Royal Copenhagen brown rose plates. Model number 688/9589, 1960s. Measure: Diameter: 22 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped. 1s...

Piero Fornasetti Eva or Eve porcelain plate number 8. Signed. Appears to be unused.

A Monumental Japanese Kutani porcelain vase, Meiji/Taisho Period, Signed Akiyama sei. The main body is all hand-painted with wonderful ...

Bing & Grøndahl, Denmark. A set of six dinner plates with flower decorations in purple and gold trim. Hand-painted. Approximately 1920s. Marked. In perfect condition. Appears unused....

Herend Hungary Porcelain "Chinese Bouquet Apponyi Green" set bowls and leaf dish The set of six pieces with two leaf shaped dishes, two small bowls and two large bowls with green ...

Antique fine Paris porcelain coffee pot. Beautiful model enhanced with gilt lines and vegetable frieze, a rare and subtle beige / mandarin-colored background, a zoomorphic spout. Ear...

This is a beautifully hand-painted English coffee can, from the late George III period, of the very early 19th century, circa 1805. This coffee can is nominally straight sided with ...

This is a hard paste porcelain bowl by New Hall dating to very early 19th century. The bowl is well potted on a low foot. The decoration is hand-painted in bold enamels in a c...

With unusual fuccia ground border.

I would like to offer you this amazing KPM porcelain figurine of a lady warrior with her shield and spear. I believe she is Athena. As you can s...