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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Royal Copenhagen. "Turkish coffee cup" in porcelain. Museum quality, late 18th C
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen. "Turkish coffee cup" in hand-painted porcelain.
Museum quality.
Late 18th century.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
First factory ...
Category
Danish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spoon Tray, Decorated by James Hammett O'neale, Bow, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From a Bow service with decoration attributed to the painter Jeffryes Hammett O'Neale, probably in the London workshop of James Giles. The tray with shallow rim and shaped outline wi...
Category
English Romantic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Teapot, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1775
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A gadrooned, canon-ball shape teapot, decorated with typical sprays of natural flowers. The shape and decoration are both in imitation of Meissen.
The Derby Porcelain Works, now known as the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company, is a British manufacturer of fine bone china. The company has a long and rich history dating back to the late 18th century.
The company was founded in 1750 as the Derby China Works. It was originally located in the city of Derby and produced a wide range of ceramic wares, including tea sets, vases, and figurines. In 1756, the company was granted the status of "Supplier to the King," which allowed it to use the "Royal" designation in its name.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the company experienced significant growth and expanded its product line to include more elaborate and ornate pieces. The company was particularly known for its "Derby Posies...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Porcelain Trio - Dragons in Compartments Pattern c1770
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Fluted Worcester porcelain trio
Date : 1765-80
Period : George III
Marks : Square seal mark to all
Origin : Worcester, England
Colour : Polychrome
Pattern : Dragons in comp...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Lion, passant gardant, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lion, seated on its haunches, one paw up. Perhaps a heraldic reference; although the stump does not appear in heraldry, it is required in order to keep the paw in position during f...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early Bow Porcelain Pickle Dish, circa 1748
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In the early ‘mushroom grey’ body, probably made by hand; decorated with some very good flower painting.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Simon Spero 2007.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
''Ho Ho boy'' Chinese Porcelaine Period Kang-Hsi Second Half of the 17th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Ho Ho boy" Chinese porcelain. Period Kang-Hsi
Second half of the 17th century.
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Hand Painted Porcelain in Gilt-Mount 'Ormolu', Centrepiece
Located in Lantau, HK
Transitional period, late 18th century (circa 1770-1780)
This vase embodies a neoclassical shape and a Rococo depiction of flowers, the blue flowers around the neck of the vase first...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
A Nun, perhaps a theatrical figure. England, probably Plymouth, circa 1750
By Plymouth Porcelain Factory 1
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An interesting soft-paste porcelain figure of a Dominican Nun, perhaps the theatrical figure Heloise.
Although the Nun appears in various versions in European and English porcelain,...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tankard with Printed Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1758
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Pint mug, in baluster form, decorated with early transfer prints of pheasants and two sheep. Transfer printing on bow porcelain is very rare.
Prov: Taylor Coll; Winifred Williams,...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sugar Sifter, Mennecy, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pierced ladle, probably intended as a sifter as part of a dessert service. The flower painting is particularly fine.
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sauce Boat, Fringed Tree Pattern, Worcester, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unusual shape with an uncommon painted pattern: Fringed Tree. The combination is scarce.
Workman’s mark.
In the 18th century, sauce boats were a common serving vessel used ...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure: Female Pedlar, Possibly Peg Woffington, Bow Porcelain, circa 1758
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
On a mound base decorated with painted floral sprigs. She wears a pale pink-mauve washed shift with iron-red sleeves and cloak, pale mauve and pink stomacher and a sprigged white shi...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Double-Handled Sauce Boat, Chantilly, circa 1770
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A double-handled sauce boat, with simple cobalt decoration.
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Bowl and Saucer, Kakiemon Decoration Chelsea, circa 1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large octagonal tea-bowl, decorated in the Japanese style.
“The decoration is effective and pleasing, but does not seem to have been very frequently employed” – McKenna.
Pro...
Category
English Anglo-Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Lions. Bow Porcelain C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive pair of lions, in the white; possibly based on a Chinese original.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Fluted Dessert Plates, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Each of shallow circular form with scalloped rim and painted in the Kakiemon two Quail pattern with a pair of partridges standing between a flowering prunus and a kikyo bush amidst f...
Category
English Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Porcelain Twig Handle Blue Scale Leaf Dish c1775
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Worcester porcelain blue scale leaf dish
Date : c1775
Period : George III
Marks : Pseudo fret square
Origin : Worcester, England
Colour : Polychrome
Pattern : Blue scale m...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Canister, Hop Trellis Pattern, Worcester, C1780
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In soft paste porcelain, French shape, decorated with a variation of the scarce and popular Hops and Trellis pattern.
Prov. Lady Humphries collection....
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figures of a Jewish Porcelain Peddler and his Wife, Derby, England, Circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
Figures of a Jewish Peddler and his Wife, Derby, England, Circa 1770
This pair of Derby ware figures, dating from around 1760, represent an increasingly...
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early Cream Boat, Worcester, circa 1753
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A small, early boat of rare oval form, the more usual being the hexagonal.
Appealingly naïve polychrome decoration of the period, possibly done outside the factory at one of the enamelling works.
The early Worcester...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Itinerant Ballad Singer figures. Bow porcelain C1748
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Flemish man and wife, in the white. He wears an open coat, waistcoat, breeches and tricorn hat, and plays a hurdy-gurdy. She wears a sleeved dress, long apron and linen cap and carri...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Doctor, from the Commedia Dell'arte, Bow Porcelain, circa 1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Il Dottore from the Commedia dell’Arte, in the white.
He stands in an histrionic pose against a tree stump and wears a high brimmed hat (presumably a black academic bonnet), long-buttoned coat over frilled cuffs, falling jabeaux, breeches, boots and a cloak; his right hand on hip, his left arm and hand raised. Slightly grey-white porcelain; even, unctuous glaze. Straw translucency. Underside wiped; air hole at centre. Square hole at rear for mount. Measure: H 6.3 in (16 cm).
Provenance: Taylor Collection, from Stockspring Antiques, London, 1998. The Miss G...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain Reticulated Basket c1755
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Chelsea porcelain reticulated basket
Date : c1755
Period : George II
Origin : Chelsea
Pattern : Pale blue and yellow applied forget-me-nots. Painted central floral bouquet
...
Category
British George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Giles Decorated Worcester Lady Mary Wortley Deep Plate, c1770
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Giles Decorated Worcester Lady Mary Wortley Deep Plate, c1770
Additional information:
Date : 1768-1773
Period : George III
Marks : Underglaze blue square seal mark
Origin : Worces...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Bowl & Saucer, Chelsea, circa 1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal tea bowl and matching saucer, decorated with Chelsea's usual beautiful flower painting.
One of the most distinctive features of Chelsea porcelain is its intricate floral painting, which often featured detailed, lifelike renditions of flowers and other botanical subjects. The factory employed skilled artists who were trained in the art of flower painting, and the results have always been highly prized by collectors.
Chelsea porcelain is highly collectible and has a reputation for being of exceptional quality. It is often considered to be among the finest examples of English porcelain...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of figures: Jupiter and Juno, or Zeus and Hera. Bow Porcelain C1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
She stands barefoot, wearing a long-sleeved robe in white, deep pink and washed pale yellow and partly edged with gold; a red and gilt-topped sceptre in her right hand, an outsize pe...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure of The Vintner's Companion, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1748
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Moulded in a dense body in typical muses modeller style and with slightly drab glaze. She stands by a fruiting vinestock and carries an open basket of grapes in her right hand, her e...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Worcester Blue Scale Leaf Dish, c1775
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Worcester Blue Scale Leaf Dish, c1775
Additional information:
Date : c1775
Period : George III
Marks : Worcester pseudo fret square
Origin : Worcester,...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure, Sportsman Toper, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1751
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Probably an early prototype, the largely open base showing an apparently unique structure described by Watney as ‘a favourite primitive buttressed by a strong overall cone-shape and further strengthened by a cut-out additional layer inside the base in the manner of pastry making.’ (Freeman Collection, Forward, 1982).
Toper is an old English word for a drunk.
Annulet Mark.
Prov: Taylor Coll, Albert Amor...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Plate with Coiled Phoenix, Chelsea, C1754
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A very fine plate, damasked with Gotzkowsky erhaben Blumen. Decorated after the Japanese with peonies and a coiled phoenix to the centre, using the Kakiemo...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure: David Garrick and the Shoeshine Boy, Bow Porcelain, circa 1751
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fashionably dressed gentleman, almost certainly the actor David Garrick: he wears a white frockcoat, pink waistcoat and red breeches, all with embroide...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coat of Arms Plate in Chinese Porcelain, Qing Dysnaty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese export porcelain armorial plate, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795), possibly made to a custom order. Polychrome decoration with coat of arms, surrounded by delicate f...
Category
Chinese Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Longton Hall Figure of Milkman, circa 1755
By Longton Hall
Located in Basildon, GB
Longton Hall Figure of Milkman, circa 1755, with two pails, one on his head the other by his side, wearing a black tricorn hat, white shirt, yellow and puce spotted neckerchief, puce...
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can: Merian's Opossum, Nymphenburg, C1790
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A good example of the fine painting produced at this factory. This example with an African possum and a feline, after the engraving by George Buffons.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure of a Nun, Perhaps Heloise, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classic example of early bow porcelain.
The figure is of a Dominican Nun, and is based on a continental model, probably Meissen.
Bow produced a number of apparently religious...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Seal, I Still Hope, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1760
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A delightul porcelain seal, depicting a young lady, seated on a mound. It is painted with the motto J'ESPRE ENCORE, or I Still Hope. No doubt this was intended as a gift, to be given...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Cup, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1749
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Of Chinese export form with loop handle; the body imaginatively painted in a bright ‘early blue’ underglaze with pine, rock and bamboo after the Chinese. Yellow tinged body; clear gl...
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Soup Plate with Hans Sloane Type Painting, Chelsea, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal soup-plate, decorated in the Hans Sloane style with morning glory, or convolvulus, to give its proper name.
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Baluster Mug, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1753
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Pint mug of baluster form with flared base and grooved strap-handle with heart-shaped termination. The face of the mug painted after the Kakiemon with the two Quail pattern. The reve...
Category
English Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea bowl and Saucer, Chelsea, circa 1752
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From early in the red anchor period, a fluted tea bowl and saucer, exquisitely painted with flowers and insects.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Near Pair of Baluster Shape Vases, Chelsea, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Baluster shaped vase in soft paste porcelain with early gilt line decoration. Superb flower painting.
The shapes are very close, and the gilding is slightly more elaborate on the se...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Botanical Plate, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine octagonal plate painted in the botanical style; possibly the yellow gloriosa climbing lily.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Robyn Robb 2003.
Filled edge chips.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Knife and Fork, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1749
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unsually early set of handles with original steel tines and blade. Pistol grip form moulded with acanthus scrolls, leaves and swags and painted with indianische Blumen in a Kakiem...
Category
English Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
First Period Worcester Porcelain Kempthorne Pattern Trio c1770
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : First Period Worceste rporcelain Kempthorne pattern trio
Date : c1770
Period : George III
Marks : Pseudo fret
Origin : Worcester, England
Colour : Polychrome - imari
Patte...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure of Pointing Boy by Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1751
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Presumably based on the work of the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), also known as Il Fiammingo.
A small series of Chelsea figures from the late 1740s was also ba...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Tankard, Worcester, circa 1770, Later Decorated
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large 18th century tankard, redecorated in the 19th century with a scene of hare coursing.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Dessert Dish, Worcester, circa 1770
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dessert dish, in the shape of a shell, and decorated in the Sevres manner.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
First Period Worcester Porcelain Kempthorne Pattern Trio c1770
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : First Period Worcester porcelain Kempthorne pattern trio
Date : c1770
Period : George III
Marks : Pseudo fret
Origin : Worcester, England
Colour : Polychrome - imari
Patte...
Category
British George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Bell-Shaped Mug, Transfer Printed with Masonic Emblems, Worcester, circa 1770
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lovely baluster-shaped mug, decorated with Masonic transfer prints. The shape delightful, the decoration full of interest.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Cherub Candlestick, in the White, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This example illustrated Tilley 1957, Pl. LXVII, #203 who, p.127, also draws attention to the similarity of the modelling of the figure and the Bow Mongolian busts, and their similar...
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Winter, from the Four Seasons, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A personification of Winter, from The Four Seasons.
Unusually fine condition for a figure of this period.
Category
English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Sauce Boats, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1753
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Pair of Sauceboats, circa 1752-1755:
Of flat hexagonal form with waved top and scroll handle, painted after the Chinese in blue with the ‘desirable residence pattern’ of a building...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Cup, Kakiemon Decoration, Plymouth, circa 1769
By Plymouth Porcelain Factory 1
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
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...
Category
English Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sauce Boat, Double-Handled, Worcester, circa 1756
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A double-handled sauce boat, moulded with leaves and shells, probably after a silver example. A delightful example of restrained rococo design.
Category
English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Worcester Porcelain Hancock L'Amour Print Coffee Cup and Saucer, c1760
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Worcester Porcelain Hancock L'Amour Print Coffee Cup and Saucer, c1760
Additional information:
Date : c1760
Period : George II - George III
Marks :None
Origin :Worcester England ...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Worcester Porcelain Hancock L'Amour and Whitton Anglers Print Mug, c1765
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Large Worcester Porcelain Hancock Whitton Anglers and L'Amour Print Bell Shaped Mug, c1765
Additional information:
Date : c1760-70
Period : George II / George III
Marks : None
Or...
Category
English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Ormulu Mounted Chinese Vases
Located in Montreal, Quebec
French, 18th century, Louis XV, ormolu mounted pair of Chinese teacups. In an age when France was enamored of all things oriental, fine Chinese porcelain...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Porcelain
Materials
Ormolu
