French White and Gold Pierced Porcelain Compote Basket Tazza

A beautiful French blue and white porcelain jewelry dish in the Rococo style, circa early 20th century, Limoges, France. Piece has a floral 'chintz' design of light and dark blue flo...

A beautiful white porcelain tray dish vide-poche by luxury marker Herend, circa 20th century, Hungary. This rectangular porcelain tray has a latticework open design, braided edge, an...

A beautiful Austrian Art Nouveau porcelain pink and gold oblong dish, circa early 20th century, Austria. Piece has hand painted design of flowers and leaves at center and on sides, f...

A beautiful Italian tôle footed compote tazza with scalloped edge and lion paw feet, in the Regency Style, circa early to mid-20th century, Italy. Piece is a rich yellow with black detail (scalloped edge, Regency scene...

Beautiful small decorative basket in fine hand-painted italian porcelain, circa 1990s. Beautiful decoration with flowers on top. The lid opens and the basket can be used to hold sweets.

A small porcelain basket in Rococo Revival style with scroll and shell moulded borders, pierced handles on both ends, a pale yellow twig handle, a French blue ground with pale yellow foliage and a fine landscape painting in the centre. This would make a perfect gift as a trinket dish - these baskets were often used to collect visting cards from guests. Pattern unknown Year: ca 1830 Size: 17.5cm (6.8”) long, 9cm (3.5”) tall Condition: excellent The Samuel Alcock factory was operative in Staffordshire between 1822 and 1856, after which it was bought by Sir James Duke and Nephews. The factory started as a partnership between the young Samuel Alcock and the older Ralph Stevenson, who provided the factory and capital. Alcock quickly took the factory to great heights, building one of the biggest factories of its time. Alcock jumped on the new Rococo Revival fashion and served a huge new middle class market. The reason we now don't hear much about Samuel Alcock porcelain...

Originally this pair of elegant oval-shaped Paris porcelain pierced baskets (corbeilles) were used in a table setting to hold fruit. Their timeless beauty will enhance any room. Th...

A pair of antique English hand painted and raised gilt porcelain compotes. Each one is painted a different Irish seaside landscape. The remarkable hand painted plates with raised gil...