Porcelain

An exquisite and rare early 19t C Spode cabinet cup and saucer. This beautiful and richly decorated Spode cabinet cup and saucer were made at this high quality English porcelain fact...

Rare pair of antique Chinese export porcelain butterfly serving/shrimp dish. Unique pair of dishes that include large gilt rim and trim on plates decorated with butterflies in green,...

Vintage Crown Staffordshire, Ye Old Willow salad plates. England.

White Porcelain Brush Display, 20th Century, Art Nouveau period. Brush display stand for storing brushes after or during the painting of a picture, early 20th century white porcelai...

Beautiful asymmetric porcelain centrepiece decorated with cupids and swan heads at both sides raised on a single oval platform.     

Painted porcelain sculpture depicting a Poodle dog sitting on the grass, with a red ribbon around its neck. England circa 1900.

French Early 20th Century Violin Shape Pill/Trinket Box Painted Flowers on outside - front and back Brass trim, wire for strings. Neck is brass.

Antique French Sevrés Porcelain Polychrome & Gilt Decorated & Shaped Dresser Box with Hinged Lid Having Landscape & Structures, C1890 Measures - 3.25"h x 7.75"w x 5.5"d

19th Century Meissen porcelain parrot with brightly coloured plumage naturalistically modelled and perched on a tree-stump applied with leaves and flowers. In 1731 the Meissen manuf...

This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray. This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift! If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area. What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared. Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this. The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it. The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...

Oval shaped jardiniere or centerpiece bowl on footed stand from Royal Vienna. 6 1/2 by 16 3/4 by 8 1/4 inches, with gilt and hand-painted cartouches of Roman mythological scenes dep...

Pair of Coalport Porcelain Saucers, Beige & Flowers, By Joseph Birbeck, c. 1847 Lovely gold painted on beige ground with a pink tulip on one and a purple flower on the other. Marked ...

Antique French Paris porcelain vase or planter, early 19th century production, Empire period circa 1810. Beautiful, elegant trumpet-shaped model enhanced with a refined gilt stars an...

Edmé Samson (b Paris, 1810; d Paris, 1891), founder of the porcelain firm Samson, Edmé et Cie (commonly known as Samson Ceramics), was a famous copyist (and perhaps forger) of porcel...

The set is 72 Pieces.

Antique pharmacy vessels made of porcelain and wood, from 1900, good original condition

Heading : Japanese Meji period satsuma vase Date : c1885 Origin : Japan - possibly Satsuma province although most likely decorated in Kobe or Yokohama. Bowl Features : Imari palette ...

An exquisite teacup and saucer in Sèvres style Old Paris Porcelain, depicting the Empress Josephine in ornate dress and wearing her crown. Dating from the early 19th century First Em...

Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900: Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, sit...

Large oval porcelain tray is hand painted with bouquet of roses in different shades of pink and decorated with asymmetrical gilded trim. The tray has unglazed bisque bottom; low wavy...

Spode Porcelain Hand-painted Rose Plate, English, 19th Century Marked underside 2/183 in yellow From a Private Collection in Manhattan. Good overall condi...

Pair Meissen porcelain ‘Vintners & Companion’, c. 1870. £1,550.00 A fine pair of Meissen porcelain figures, c. 1870. Modelled after Michel Victor Acier, and based on a drawing by Jo...

A superb early 19th century Empire period water pitcher in Porcelain de Paris and finely embellished with gilt in a striking, hand-painted design of flowers, leaves and other decorat...

Chamberlains Worcester 'Africa' Pattern Cobalt Blue Plate  England, circa 1820s An exquisite Chamberlain's Worcester 'Africa' Pattern Cobalt Blue Plate originating from England, cir...

A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover and a trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, in “rustic loop” shape, with beige ground with rich pale yellow an...

A fine Paris porcelain coffee can and saucer, possibly Dihl Et Guerhard, c. 1810. The coffee can, hand painted in the style of Gerard van Spaendonck, with ...

This is a very good antique Side / Desert Plate or Dish, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern, during the reign of George 111 in the ...

Antique Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted butter dish. Rare butter dish from around 1820. Marked with three blue waves. Model number 7. In very good condition with a minor insignificant c...

Amazing hand painted porcelain set of footed cups /saucers and matching dessert plates made by famous Ambrosius Lamm studio in Dresden. Set includes 10 footed cups, 10 saucers and 10 dessert plates. Beautiful porcelain pedestal cups and plates are 360 degree panoramic painted with romantic scenes and decorated with raised gold technique. Scenes present Rococo era people relaxing in beautiful landscapes, some engaged in courtship, some playing musical instruments. The inside of the scalloped rim plates feature beautiful gilt work including swags, garlands, crosshatch and a highly decorative monogram, all with raised gilt paste embellishment. Cups are truly pieces of art.. Three of ten cups are gilt with raised gold decoration inside, other seven cups have colored luster inside with raised gold on the rim. Matching saucers have beading, raised gold flowers decoration and a monogram in the middle. Marked under the glaze blue with lamb mark for Ambrosius Lamm Studio, Dresden. Condition - generally great condition with imperfections natural to its age and use. Plates: 9 plates are in great/excellent condition, minor gilt wear natural to its age and use. Monograms have darker patina. One plate has a Y shape hairline on the back invisible on the face side, the same plate has a tiny chip on the rim visible with close up inspection (see the photo). Cups: 6 cups are in excellent/great condition, minor gilt wear natural to its age and use. Four cups - green, pink and 2 whites have a tiny imperfections on the rim, one on each cup ( see the last photo, it combines 4 cups rims ). No hairlines, no breaks.. One white cup has dark patina on gold inside the cup. Saucers: 9 saucers are in excellent/ great condition. One pink saucer...

Gilt Porcelaine de Paris Openwork Coupe Centerpiece to be placed centrally on the table, for fruit or flowers. Empire Style. French, 19th century center basket, rond form with reticu...

A rare pair of Coalport porcelain cache pots c.1802-1805. Each cache pot, painted in the London studio of Thomas Baxter most probably by Thomas Baxter junior, ‘en grisaille’ with cla...

Chamberlains Worcester 'Africa' Pattern Cobalt Blue Oval Centerpiece  England, circa 1820s A beautiful Chamberlain's Worcester 'Africa' Pattern Cobalt Blue Oval Centerpiece, Mad in ...

Rectangular box in painted porcelain, in the shape of stacked books. The base and lid are supported. Above the first book at the top, in the shape of a lid, there is a sitting dog, a...

This is a rather stunning 25-piece dessert service made by John Rose at Coalport around the year 1805. It consists a centre piece on four feet, two oval dishes, two shell dishes, two...

A magnificent and rare Barr, Flight & Barr Porcelain Fruit Cooler c.1804-1813. Superbly decorated with a continuous deep orange ground band and heavily gilded, highly detailed rams head handles, greek key motif to header and a crowned deer armorial crest to the front and reverse. The fruit cooler is one of the rarest and most coveted tableware pieces amongst antique porcelain. This example is even more valuable with its original liner and lid. Impressed mark to underside. The first record of ice cream in Britain is 1671 on the menu of a feast for the Knights of the Garter held in St. George's Hall at Windsor Castle. At this time it was considered such an exclusive dish that it appeared only on the king's table. The earliest printed recipe appeared in Mrs Eale's Receipts, a work on confectionary which was published in London, 1718. It was not until the second half of the 18th century that ices became more readily available from confectioner's shops, and these pails were commonly found on upper class homes' sideboards to be used for a dessert of ice cream with cut fruit. If ice alone is used to fill the cover and the bucket, the ice cream melts very quickly. Although there is nothing recorded in literature, it is almost certain that a little salt was sprinkled on the ice. Porcelain is the ideal material for ice cream pails...

A teacup and saucer with milk jug in the “melted snow” shape with double drop handles, pale yellow ground with rich gilt and cobalt blue acanthus pattern and finely painted flower re...

Mintons (English, 1793-2005), circa 1830. A very fine quality antique porcelain waste bowl decorated in a rust ground and heavy gilding. A large pagoda is painted to one side of the ...

Danish Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Jug with Ormolu Gilt Silver Lid and Hand-Painted Neoclassical Motives in Sepia. The porcelain jug is signed with the classic 3 blue waves, represent...

A ring of stunning cobalt blue frames the center of the courting scenes on this lovely eight piece set of painted porcelain plates. The reticulated basketweave edges are highlighted with gilt touches throughout, as well as additional gilt around the cobalt rings...

A large Derby Porcelain Campana Vase decorated by John Brewer c.1810 - Duesbury & Kean period. Each side of the vase finely painted with a roundel, one with a seascape and the other ...

A Flight, Barr And Barr Worcester 'Warwick' Vase, Circa 1815-20. Decorated with a gilt gadrooned rim, gilt twisted double vine stem and leaf handles, and gilded floral and scroll dec...

Antique Old Paris porcelain dessert service with a basket on stand. Handpainted with several flowers and finessed with gold decoration....

The clock case was designed by Ernst August Leuteritz using old moulds in the Rococo style: The clock case rises on a base with gold-highlighted rocailles, richly decorated with deli...

Spode (English, founded 1770), circa 1820. An extremely fine quality and rare personal tea service in rust and gold. The surfaces are decorated in an imari style pallet - laurel leaf...

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...

A early 20th c. set of four porcelain oyster plates for Haviland - Limoges having each six oysters shells with a center the sauce well. All in good condition with no chip. Mark on th...

This is a stunning sucrier with cover made by John Rose at Coalport in about 1815. The sucrier is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and has beautifully hand painted flowers and fru...

Antique Imari style hand-painted cabinet plate with with cobalt blue peacocks and pink cherry blossoms. Plate is in near perfect condition and date back to the early 1900's. Cobalt b...

Beautiful set Old Paris porcelain cake pastry plates with 6 cups and saucers and 4 cups without saucers. The plates is decorated with a rococo style edge of gold and has the Monogra...

Extremely rare faience small bowl and small plate are hand-painted on ecru background with Art Deco style orange and yellow flowers and green le...

A circa 1880 masterpiece of a young couple feeding doves. This is a superb example of a 19th century unmarked Sèvres hand painted porcelain plaque. Signed by the artist R. Deniau. Th...

A large oval basket bowl from the Perl-service. "Bayerisches Königsservice" after design by Dominikus Auliczek at Nymphenburg. The bowl is 25...

Pair of Chinese rose medallion plates, the rim with stylized flowers in a light turquoise color , interior features alternating panels sep...

An Imari pattern Royal Worcester dessert plate with gold gilt. Circa 1890s, England. Five available.

This delicately detailed set of four allegorical porcelain plaques portrays family scenes within the theme of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Spring can be ide...

A Very Fine Berlin (KPM) Porcelain Plaque Of A Young Woman, In a Giltwood Frame. The plaque has an impressed KPM sceptre mark to the reverse with impressed number 315_255 and a letter H. A paper label for the studio of 'Franz Xavier Thallmaier, Mucnich'. This fine KPM plaque is superbly painted with a portrait bust of a young woman holding a music scroll and a laurel branch, possibly representing St. Cecilia. The plaque is set in a giltwood frame. Franz Xaver Thallmaier (1890-1910) established in Munich in 1890 one of the most prominent and successful porcelain painting studios in Germany. He employed a number of talented porcelain painters specialising in portraits and genre scenes after artists such as Joseph Stieler, Wilhelm Kray...

A painted porcelain portrait of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, shown wearing full uniform and orders. English, circa 1910. Footnote: Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was one of the most successful British military commanders of the 19th century. He served in the Indian rebellion, the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross...

A pair of Chamberlain Worcester armorial dessert tureens and covers from the Admiral Yeo service c.1815-1820, each of twin-handled semi-reeded campana form on spreading foot, painted and enriched in gilding with the crest, motto and Badge of the Order of the Bath of Admiral Sir James Yeo, the borders richly painted in an Imari palette with flowering shrubs within oval cartouches reserved on royal blue ground gilt with stylised ornament, the gently domed cover with gilded pineapple finial and gilt highlighted acanthus leaf decoration within conforming border, puce script mark to underside of each cover, ‘Chamberlains Regent...