Coffee Cup, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1749

Coffee cup in hard-paste porcelain, decorated with Kakiemon painting. The fruits of the Plymouth factory are perhaps the first examples of hard-paste porc...

Low tea cup with clip handle with matching saucer, decorated after the Kakiemon with the two quail pattern. An unusual form with scarce decoration. Prov...

A coffee can, decorated with chinoiserie painting of typical motifs in the famille rose palette. Bow was the first of the English porcelain manufacturers, and produced some excellen...

Teabowl and saucer, circa 1749-1752: Finely potted circular bowl and large saucer painted in blue underglaze with the ‘Banana, Stork (Crane) and Fence’ pattern of a banana tree growing through a rock, a fretted fence and an exotic stork. Even glaze with some bluing. Green straw translucency. Base glazed. Provenance: Taylor Collection; John Wilson Antiques...

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...

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...

This is a very charming orphaned coffee cup made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1755. The cup is decorated in a Chinese "famille rose" peony pattern. This cup would have been part of a large tea service, and the tiny size shows how expensive coffee was in the 18th Century. The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby. The cup is unmarked, which is normal for Bow items of this era. Condition report the cup is in excellent condition without any damage or repairs. There are various glazing imperfections, which are quite normal for porcelain of this era. Antique British porcelain...

This is a rare first period (or Dr. Wall) Worcester Coffee Cup, with a distinctive hand painted pattern, made of porcelain and dating to the 18th century, circa 1770. The cup is well potted with a grooved loop handle This delightful early Worcester Cup...