Pair of Cobalt Blue Worcester Fruit Coolers, England, circa 1780

Pair of Georgian Porcelain Fruit Coolers with Cobalt Blue & Gilt Floral Decoration, England 19th Century

Pair of 19th century English Derby Fruit Coolers with Lids & Liners, ca. 1815.    

A fine pair of Paris porcelain vases on pedestal bases, featuring landscape scenes within acid-etched gilt borders. The body of each vase with a green ground, above and below with gi...

Pair of “Dr. Wall” Worcester Bengal Tiger / Dragon in Compartment Porcelain Plates, Late 18th Century England

Pair of 18th Century English Worcester porcelain serving dishes, “Dr. Wall”.

Set of Eight (8) Porcelain Plates in “Money Tree” Pattern, England circa 1820.

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...

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

Wonderful matching pair of hand-painted fruit coolers with original fitted inserts. Shell handles and subtle blue, green and gold hand-painted decoration ...

We are delighted to present this pair of Worcester plates with bright hand-painted flowers set against a dark purple ground in the center of each plate. Made circa 1810 they show fre...

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

Footed centerpiece. Pair of covered sauce tureens. Four rectangular dishes. Four oval dishes. Four shell shaped dishes. 20 plates.