Mid-18th Century Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

This splendid five-piece Delft garniture, made in Holland in the mid-18th century, circa 1760, captures the harmony and refinement of 18th-century Dutch faience at its height. ...

Antique Chinese Martaban Jars are made from thick heavy stoneware and functioned as storage containers and were used during the Ming dynasty. Chinese, Thai, Burmese, and Cambodian items were transported throughout southeast Asia in these large Martaban Jars that were typically produced near port towns. They were usually covered in black, brown, or amber glazes and displayed various decorations. You might find provisions such as oil, wine and fruits being transported in these large Chinese Pots...

Chinoiserie Charm: A Pair of Large Dutch Delft Chargers, Circa 1765 ________________________________________ This is an appealing pair of Dutch Delft circular chargers (large dishes...

Chinese Export Porcelain Double Peacock Soup Tureen, Cover and Stand, Circa 1765 This Chinese export famille rose soup tureen, cover and stand is painted with the celebrated “Double Peacock” pattern, one of the most distinguished designs produced for the European market in the Qianlong period. The oval stand, its shaped rim scalloped in gentle lobes, and the oval tureen, its swelling bombé sides rising from a spreading molded foot, are decorated en suite with a pair of peacocks perched upon pierced garden rockwork amid flowering peonies, chrysanthemums and leafy branches. The birds are finely rendered, their plumage worked in rich tones of green, blue, ochre and iron-red, the long tail feathers sweeping across the white ground, while a profusion of blossoms in deep rose-pink, coral and soft green fills the surrounding field. The low domed cover repeats the floral decoration and is surmounted by a boldly modeled pomegranate knop in iron-red and gilt, and the sides of the tureen are flanked by a pair of hare’s-head handles, also in iron-red with gilt spotting. A spearhead border frames the central composition of the stand and runs around the foot of the tureen, while the rims are banded with a running gilt trellis on an iron-red ground, interrupted at intervals by reserved panels of underglaze blue scrolling ornament that lend depth and vivacity to the palette. Dimensions Overall, assembled: Width: 15 inches (38.1 cm) Depth: 11¾ inches (29.8 cm) Height: 9¾ inches (24.8 cm) Tureen: Width: 13¼ inches (33.7 cm) Depth: 9¼ inches (23.5 cm) Height: 9 inches (22.9 cm) Stand: Width: 15 inches (38.1 cm) Depth: 11¾ inches (29.8 cm) Height: 2½ inches (6.4 cm) Provenance Private collection. Condition Good antique condition throughout, the vibrant famille rose enamels, underglaze blue borders and extensive gilt highlights remaining remarkably bright, crisp and well preserved across all three components. Historical Context The “Double Peacock” pattern, the Serviço dos Pavões of Portuguese and Brazilian collectors, is among the most celebrated of all Chinese export famille rose designs. It was produced in great quantity for the open market, an estimated twenty thousand pieces between about 1750 and 1795, and has always been particularly prized in Portugal, Brazil and England; the Brazilian authority José de Almeida Santos, in his Manual do Colecionador Brasileiro (1950), ranked it the finest of the famille rose services made to European commission and singled out the drawing of the birds. Much of its renown rests on a royal association. The Portuguese royal house owned a service of the design, and when the French invasion of November 1807 drove the Braganza court into exile, the Prince Regent Dom João, King João VI from 1816, sailed for Brazil with his mother, Queen Maria I, and the court, carrying his Chinese porcelain services...

Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...

George III Period, hoof-footed sterling silver salver/tray, London, year-hallmarked for 1764, Richard Rugg - maker. The salver is designed with a scroll and shell border, and has a l...

The set of eight hand-painted flower design porcelain dishes was manufactured by Richard Ginori in the historical headquarter of Doccia (Tuscany, Italy), one of the most important an...

Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Tureen, Cover, and Stand Qianlong Period, Circa 1745–1750 This three-piece Chinese Export porcelain tureen set is...

Sterling silver, George III Period, hoof-footed salver, London, England, year-hallmarked for 1765, Ebenezer Coker - maker. Scroll and shell designed border. Measures almost 6 3/4 inches in diameter x 1 inch high. Weighs 6.280 troy ounces. There is a small, capital letter P monogram...

Sterling silver & gold wash pair of George II tablespoons, English. Hanoverian pattern converted in the late 19th century to fruit servers with gilded bowls. Traces of hallmarks of d...

This fine sterling silver box is a piece of high craftmenship. All the surfaces are finely engraved with rich Baroque decor. It is a little jewel of handmade work. It was a jewel bo...

18th Century Sevres Blue Celeste Putti Motif Sugar Box 1767, Special Order With an uncommon interlaced L mark in gold, Date letter O, with painter/gilder marks Its been suggested th...

This is a very good, tall, English George 11nd period, hand blown wine drinking glass, dating to the George II period of the mid-18th century, circa 1750. These 18th century hand blown drinking...

French Faïence Oblong Octagonal Chinoiserie Letter or Document Tray, Circa 1730-1740, This exquisite piece is a French Faïence Oblong Octagonal Chinoiserie Letter or Document Tray,...

English Delftware plate decorated in polychrome colors with a chinoiserie landscape, attributed to Bristol delftware. The design features scattered flowering shrubs and leafy mounds ...

A fine and authentic 18th-century Rouen faience octagonal platter, decorated in the traditional bleu de grand feu palette on a warm white tin-glazed earthenware body. The elongated ...

A coffee pot and two cups with saucers Antonio Ferretti Manufacture Lodi, Circa 1765-1770 Maiolica polychrome decorated “a piccolo fuoco” (third fire). They measure: coffee pot: 9....

Chinese Export Famille Rose Tureen, Meissen-Style Harbor Scene, Qianlong Period, Circa 1745–1755 This circular Chinese export porcelain tureen and cover is painted in famille rose e...

Mid 18th century Delft urn of peacock feathers blue & white plate, Dutch. Ochre rim sets off the design well. A design favorite of Dutch factori...

18th-Century Staffordshire Creamware Cauliflower Milk Jug and Cover Circa 1765 This Staffordshire creamware milk jug and cover is molded in the form of a cauliflower and dates from ...

Exquisite Bloom: Chinese Export Famille Rose Dinner Service This magnificent eighteen-piece Chinese Export Porcelain Dinner Service, dating from Circa 1730–1735, is a superb example...

This is a beautifully hand painted example of a Chinese porcelain 18th Century plate, which we date to the Qing, Yongzheng period (1723-1735) or very early in the Qianlong period . ...

A Delft tin-glazed earthenware rectangular salad bowl painted in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior decorated with a landscape vignette depicting a gentleman standing on a terrace ...

English Bone China Trompe L’oeil Melon Tureen, Probably Minton, Circa 1825–1835 This English bone china tureen and cover is modeled in trompe l’oeil as a ripe melon, oval and ribbed, its segments washed in bands of bright green and yellow over a netted, pebbled skin molded in relief. The cover is surmounted by a gnarled stalk handle, its end cut square to show the rings of the stem, from which spring curling tendrils and heart-shaped serrated leaves veined in puce, lying across the top of the fruit, and a short stalk is modeled at one end of the body. Both parts are glazed plain white inside, and the cover seats on a raised inner flange. The model follows the melon tureens made at Meissen and taken up at Chelsea and Longton Hall in the 1750s, and the flat base carries a faint crossed-swords mark in underglaze blue in imitation of Meissen. Marks of this kind were used on English bone china in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, when the rococo taste for naturalistic table wares returned to fashion. Minton applied a pseudo-Meissen crossed swords in underglaze blue to its ornamental porcelain of this period, as on the flower-encrusted pen tray presented to Princess Victoria on her fourteenth birthday in 1833, now in the Royal Collection, and the factory’s surviving design books of the early 1830s record ornaments and dishes filled with modeled porcelain fruits and vegetables. Coalport, whose encrusted wares are often confused with Minton’s, also used a crossed-swords mark, and remains the principal alternative. Another tureen of this model was sold at Sotheby’s, New York, on 26 September 1998, to the decorator Mario Buatta. Dimensions Height: 5 inches (12.7 cm) Width: 6¼ inches (15.9 cm) Depth: 4 inches (10.2 cm) Marks Faint crossed swords in underglaze blue on the flat base, in imitation of the Meissen mark. Provenance Private Maryland Collection Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge Condition Excellent, the green and yellow enamels bright and glossy; a tiny chip to one side of the cover rim, invisibly repaired. References Geoffrey A. Godden, Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period, 1793–1850 (London: Herbert Jenkins, 1968). Geoffrey A. Godden, Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains (London: Herbert Jenkins, 1970; rev. ed. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1981). Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 41596: Minton porcelain pen tray...

Of octagonal form; decorated with pine trim and tree peony in an outdoor setting with trellis paling; hanging wire attached.

Irish or Liverpool Delftware Blue White Chinoiserie Dish, 18th Century, Large Dublin or Liverpool, circa 1745–65 Nearly nineteen inches across, this is British delftware at its mos...

A truly elegant example of an eighteenth century English silver tea caddy in beautiful condition given it's over 250 years old. Fitted with a pull off lid with an acorn shaped finia...

This is a beautifully hand-painted Chinese porcelain Dish, dating to the middle of the 18th century, Qing, Qianlong period, circa 1750. The dish is circular, well potted, with rib...

A fine set of 12 antique, 18th century German porcelain plates. By the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. In the Old Ozier pattern. Each ...

Mid 18th century Delft Blue plate. Features a lovely symmetrical composition of stylized tulips, scrolling foliage, and elaborate foliate elements arranged in a radiant pattern. Pai...

A C R O T E R I O N is pleased to offer this extraordinary museum-calibre circa 1760 Irish Dublin manufacture blue and white delft platter or meat-plate of massive size and elongated...

Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo-Tobacco Leaf Plates, Set of Six Circa 1765 This visually arresting set of six Chinese Export porcelain plates showcases an uncommon and highly sought...

Botanical Illusion: Important Strasbourg Faience Cabbage Tureen & Cover, Mid-18th Century Origin: Strasbourg, France Dimensions: 8 1/2 in. (H) x ...

18th Century Sèvres style blue ground and gilt metal mounted Seaux a bouteille, the blue ground body with two opposing painted oval panels within a gilt lattice work and dot pattern ...

This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: The fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...

19th Century Wine Cooler In Mahogany And Brass Very nice mahogany wine cooler with brass insert.

A rare and finely crafted George II Rococo sterling silver sauce boat by James Shruder, London, 1744. This substantial and heavy example is raised on a shaped pedestal foot chased wi...

18th century Spanish Ceramic plate with flowers.

Porcelain chocolatier Meissen, circa 1740 Dimensions: height 20 cm x 24.5 cm x 16.5 cm Weight: g 920 Conservation status: perfect, except for slight heat felting affecting the base ...

A beautiful English Delftware plate, hand-painted featuring a Chinoiserie-inspired landscape with a fence surrounded by flowers in full bloom and a flying insect. The rim decorated ...

An extremely rare example of an English silver basin by London silversmith George Wickes (1698-1761). Wickes registered his first marks in London in 1721–22 with an address of Threadneedle Street in the City of London. In 1730, Wickes entered into a partnership with John Craig...

The Hutchinson & Calthrop Armorial Platter: The Massachusetts Link Circa 1755 This Chinese Export porcelain platter, dating to the Qianlong period, circa 1755, is painted in vibrant...

18th century English Rocco Battersea & Porcelain Companion Cup & Saucer, Unique Both pieces made in England Mid 18th Century The Cup attributed to the Chelsea or Bow Porcelain Work...

This is a very good English hand blown, Georgian drinking glass, sometimes called a "Dwarf Ale" glass, which we date to the mid-18th century. This glass is...

A dinner service comprising six dinner dishes and six soup dishes made by the Doccia Porcelain Manufactory, circa 1750. Italy was the site of Europ...

A fine pair of 18th century Dutch Delft blue and white lidded vases, marked VB for the pottery De Fortuyn ('t Fortuyn) in Delft. The VB mark was used by Pieter van den Briel, owner o...

This is a good hand blown, English, mid-Georgian, Cordial drinking glass with a double series opaque twist (DSOT) stem, dating from the middle of the 18th century, circa 1765. These...

Pot à lait couvert Porcelaine tendre peinte Marque en creux D.V Dimensions : H. 13 (cm.) Mennecy, vers 1750 Très élégant pot à lait couvert. De petite taille, il est décoré de bouqu...

Mid 18th century Blue Delftware platter with Chinoiserie decoration of a flowering basket amidst floral sprigs Beautiful border decoration of rich foliage, flowers and scrollwork. Un...

This is a fine octagonal shaped Chinese bowl or deep plate from the mid 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795 in very good condition. It is beautifully hand-decorat...

Germany Ansbach 18th century A set of 16 blue and white, with manganese tint, tiles with decorations of animals and figures. Very fine painting and much detail in the animals and fi...

Mid 18th century Blue Delftware charger with scalloped rim. Marked Jacobus Halder Adriaensz., eigenaar De Grieksche A, 1765-1768 Good quality of painting Usual wear to the rim and l...

This is a spectacular lidded tureen made by Meissen circa 1755. The white porcelain is decorated with multicolored flower branches and bouquet leaves. At the top of the lid there is ...

Chinese Export Porcelain Coral Fish Scale Tea Service, Qianlong, circa 1750 Description This attractive and rare Chinese Export porcelain tea and coffee service is a superb illustr...

A exceptionally rare and exquisite Beilby enamelled opaque-twist wine glass circa 1765. The generous ogee bowl enamelled in the finest white with a peacock and a peahen, each perched...

A pair of Antique George II sterling Silver Tapersticks. These early Georgian cast silver Candlesticks have a classic shell quatrefoil design with knopped columns. Made in London, England in 1744 by James Gould...

Blue and white Dutch chinoiserie platter. Antique Dutch platter in chinoiserie style with silver salver shaped border. Underglaze markings in blue "L...

This is a good hand blown, English, mid-Georgian, Cordial drinking glass with a double series opaque twist (DSOT) stem, dating from the middle of the 18th century, circa 1765. These...

18th Century Dutch Delft Polychrome Charger. Vibrant floral designs and characteristic Chinoiserie fence. Vibrant colours including blue, yellow and iron red, repeating floral design...

Hallmarked in London in 1760 by William Skeen, this George III, Antique Sterling Silver sauce boat, features a shaped border, an acanthus detailed flying C-sc...