Creamware More Dining and Entertaining

An early 19th century mahogany tea stove with 3 dolphins An early 19th century Dutch mahogany tea stove with 3 dolphins on a triangle base with ball legs....

A charming and rare antique English creamware pottery fox head stirrup cup probably dating from around 1800. The lightly potted large cup is ...

A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain two-tier dessert dishes with Gilt Bronze Dimensions: Height: 13", Width: 9" Signed with 19th century Meissen double sword mark Excel...

Little wood box with openwork panels, made circa 1900 in the Art Nouveau period. A little piece of wood is missing on the back side. A. M. initial are on the top. Good antique condit...

An exceedingly rare and important pair of George III-period mahogany knife boxes of exceptional quality and condition. The boxes are of serpentine form with refined crossbanded and c...

Set of twelve plated silver animalier knife rests by Christofle French, c. 1930 Bird: height 2cm, width 8cm, depth 2cm Case: height 4.5cm, width...

This terracotta jug, produced between the late 19th and early 20th century, is finished in a deep green lead-based glaze characteristic of regional European utilitarian pottery. The ...

Early 19th century creamware Liverpool jug of the American ship Caroline, circa 1800, with polychromed decorated image of the sea and the American flag ...

Great collection of antique Spanish handmade and forged copper cook pans - pots from the 1800s. The perfect accessory for your Country Colonial Kitchen. Th...

Set of clear plastic dog-shaped knife rests, dating from the 1970s and of French origin. These playful and decorative little tableware items feature a stylized dachshund silhouette, ...

A set of four early Wedgwood creamware Neoclassical dessert dishes made circa 1780. Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman an...

A Neoclassical red transferware tile made by Spode 1806-1810, with the ‘Zeus in His Chariot’ pattern. Sir William Hamilton’s Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman antiquities, first published in 1766 by Pierre d’Hancarville, was a landmark publication in English design. It intended to disseminate the Antique style through its engravings of Attic pottery. The catalog’s faithful reproductions of Classical vases led British potteries, including Spode, to adapt or even copy the ancient art for modern life. These Spode Greek pattern tiles reflect the major influence of Hamilton’s catalog on English Neoclassicism. The central scene was taken directly from the catalog. This tile can be dated to a narrow window of production in the Spode factory, 1806-1810. During that time, Spode used a technique known as the “Pluck and Dust” method to print in red transfer designs onto creamware. Using this method, source prints were transferred overglaze using tissue imprinted with a very faint rendition of the design outlined in sticky oil. The decorator applied the tissue to the object then carefully “plucked” or pulled it away, leaving the sticky oil design behind. Then, a finely-ground enamel color was “dusted” onto the surface, sticking to any areas that had the oil. A final firing at a low temperature in the enamel kiln made the pattern permanent. The Pluck and Dust technique improved upon bat-printing and enabled larger designers to be transferred. It was short-lived, however, as under-glaze transfer printing soon took over as the preferred method for producing transferwares. Dimensions: 5 in. x 5 in. x 1/4 in. Condition: Excellent. Provenance: The Collection of Nancy and Andrew Ramage Jonathan Horne...