Edmé Samson Porcelain Cabaret Tray, Worcester Style Blue with Flowers, 19th C

A magnificent large complete dessert service consisting of a high footed centre piece, four rectangular dishes, four oval dishes, three leaf dishes, two sauce tureens with covers and...

A footed rectangular central comport or centre piece, periwinkle / lilac ground with melted snow and holly leaf borders and flowers, a large pink wild rose painting...

This is a beautiful part dessert service made by Royal Crown Derby in 1916. The service consists of one serving dish and ten plates, and is decorated with beautiful scalloped rims in turquoise and gilt, delicate flower garlands and a very find flower spray on each item. The Derby Porcelain factory has its roots in the late 1740s, when André Planché, a Walloon Huguenot refugee, started making simple porcelain toys shaped like animals. Local entrepreneur William Duysbury took an interest in his skills and worked with him to improve the quality of his wonderfully shaped items. Together they laid the foundations of what would become a very refined tradition of figure making at Derby. In 1769 Duysbury bought up the bankrupted Chelsea factory, incorporating their reputation for high quality figures, vases and tableware; this combination of traditions, porcelain making skills, sophisticated clients and available work people created one of the best porcelain factories of the 18th and 19th Centuries. The factory went through many ups and downs in the 19th Century and was completely re-constituted in the late 19th Century; today it is one of the very few factories still operative. This plate is a fine example of the Edwardian style with its grace, fine painting and delicate gilt. The pattern has similarities to the famous "Royal Antoinette...

This is a stunning plate made by Minton in 1857. The plate is beautifully moulded in the Newcastle Embossed shape, the moulding picked out and turquoise and gilt, and hand painted wi...

The 18th Century First Period Worcester porcelain botanical kidney-shaped dish has a blue-scale ground with four large shaped panels and four smaller vase-shaped panels on the rim, all finely painted with flowers. The vase-form panels each have a single flower while the larger panels are painted with an assortment of flowers, each has a distinctive long stemmed flower...

Worcester Porcelain Blue Scale Junket Dish, c1770 Additional information: Date : c1770 Period : George III Marks :Square seal mark Origin : W...

A beautiful Coiffe Limoges floral plate. Doesn't this pretty saucer remind you of Gucci? A rich blue decorates the scalloped edges at the outer rim, and ...

This vintage Rosenthal Molière porcelain platter is a stunning example of mid-century European fine china that balances ornamental charm with delicate craftsmanship. What makes this ...