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Item Ships From: Europe
Period: Mid-19th Century
Ridgway Set of 4 Plates, Daisy Moulded, Green with Fruit Paintings, ca 1835
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful set of 4 plates made by Ridgway in about 1835. The plates have the characteristic "daisy" moulding, green and gilt patterned rims and beautiful hand painted fruit...
Category
English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sèvres Set of 6 Porcelain Plates from the Royal Hunting Service, 1847
Located in London, GB
On offer is a spectacular set of 6 plates made by Sèvres in 1847. These plates form part of the "Royal Hunting Service", a massive service commissioned by King Louis Philippe at the ...
Category
French Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Seated Female Porcelain Wiggling Pagoda, By Kaendler, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a seated, smiling female Buddha figure from a series of folk figures. Voluminous female body with her hair tied back tightly and a tight-fitt...
Category
German Other Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
An exquisite and rare early 19t C Spode cabinet cup and saucer circa 1830
Located in Central England, GB
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...
Category
English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tunbridge Ware Stationery Box Eridge Castle
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box
Date : c1850
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central mosic of Eridge Castle within a naturalistic border. Front ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Wood
Large Mythological Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Venus', by J.J. Kaendler, c. 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Depiction of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty (Greek: Aphrodite), as a young woman with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck,...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
King Charles Cavalier porcelain box, sitting on the books, England 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
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...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Solitaire Tea Set, Beige, Pale Yellow and Flowers, ca 1833
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Large French Sevres Porcelain Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous, larger than usual, antique French Sevres porcelain ormolu mounted casket, Circa 1860 in date.
The shaped hinged cover decorated with a hand painted courting cou...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain - Porcelaine de Paris - Coffeeservice
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful antique Old Paris porcelain (Porcelaine de Paris) coffee service. Handpainted with bouquet of flowers and finished with gold decorations. T...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Potpourri Vase, Green, Double Cover, Landscape, Flowers, ca 1835
Located in London, GB
A potpourri vase with double cover, pale yellow/beige ground with apple green details, Rococo shape with fruit finial and scroll handles and foot; a flower reserve on one side and a ...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Two Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain (Porcelaine de Paris) Cornet Vases
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Two particularly beautiful antique French Old Paris porcelain vases. Richly decorated with gold and blue decorations and beautiful hand-painted flower bouquets in the center of each ...
Category
French Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Meissen Splendid Lidded Vases 'Potpourri With Cupids', Kaendler, Ca 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Baluster-shaped vase body on a stepped, round base with a pierced lid, lavishly decorated with sculpted and colourfully painted flowers, leaves, fruit and rocailles, as well as two c...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Basket, Alma Border, Pink, Black, with Bird, ca 1855
Located in London, GB
A large basket with a Persian-inspired moulded Alma border in black on a bright pink ground, a moulded swan-head handle in white, gilt and pale green, pierced ends and a beautiful pa...
Category
English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Jacob Petit Porcelain Pair of Scent-Bottles circa 1835
By Jacob Petit
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Jacob Petit Green Ground and Gilt Porcelain Pair of Scent-Bottles and Stoppers
Both painted with polychromed bouquets within gilt cartouches, the scent-bottle of square form with mushroom finial, the top edged with a pierced gilt gallery, the sides painted with flowers, the angles as swans atop scroll feet,
Circa 1835
A lush flower motif and rich color distinguish this rare perfume bottle...
Category
French Restauration Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Vieux Paris Porcelain Set of 6 Plates, Mauve, Gilt and Sublime Fruits, ca 1865
By Old Paris
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning set of 6 plates made in Paris in about 1865. The plate have a soft mauve/purple rim with fine giltwork, and sublimely painted fruits in the centre.
There were man...
Category
English Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Cream Jug Pitcher, Pale Green with Flowers and Landscape, ca 1840
Located in London, GB
A cream or water jug / pitcher with knobbed twig handle and moulded foliage under the beak, decorated in a pale green ground with a finely painted landscape on one side and rich flow...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Snake Handle Vase With Soft Flower Painting, by Leuteritz, c 1865 H:48cm
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large double snake-handled vase in baluster form on a mounted funnel-shaped base, the handles raised at the sides in the form of coiled pairs of snakes, white ground, the front ...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Pair Of Gardener Figurines, By Kaendler & Schoenheit, Ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Gardener couple consisting of two individual figures.
The female gardener wears rural rococo clothing: a dress with elaborate floral decoration and pinned-up apron, corset and border...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Set of 4 Plates, Pastel Colours, Birds and Flowers, ca 1857
Located in London, GB
A set of four pierced dessert plates, 3 in the “Staffordshire” shape, in harlequin pastel colours with gilt, three with named birds and one with a flower
Patterns 3/9414, 3/9772 and...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Tearcup Trio, Maroon, Yellow, Gilt and Fine Landscapes, ca 1845
Located in London, GB
A true trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, “rustic bean” shape, in deep maroon and pale yellow ground, with gilt and finely painted landscape reserves
Pattern 95...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
English Pair of Porcelain Potpourri Vases, Cobalt Blue with Landscapes, ca 1830
Located in London, GB
On offer is a stunning pair of potpourri vases with covers, made by one of the great English (and probably Staffordshire) factories in about 1830. The vases are in excellent condition with some light restoration and have stunning gilding and hand painted landscapes.
Potpourri vases were meant to hold a mix of scented dried flowers and leaves to freshen the air in the often stuffy Georgian or Victorian homes in a time before vacuum cleaners. The lids therefore are perforated to let the scent out.
These vases are very much like the vases made by Spode, Rockingham or Minton, however after doing much research we have not been able to establish who made them - leading us to think that it might be Samuel Alcock, who made fabulous ornamental wares in the style of aforementioned factories. As there is hardly any documentation about the Alcock factory it is hard to identify their wares.
Whichever factory made these, they are of the highest quality and with the boldness that any of these great factories were known for. They are stunningly decorated in deep underglaze cobalt blue and a rich gilt pattern. On the front they have eserves with brilliantly painted landscapes on the front.
The items are unmarked.
CONDITION REPORT The vases are in very good condition with some minor flaws and some light crazing throughout. One vase has a round crack in the inside bottom of the body body around the screw, a few tiny chips off landscape painting, and a rim chip was professionally restored. The other vase has a tiny hairline in the square foot, a repaired crack down the body that can be felt from the outside but hardly seen, some gilt touch up on the rim and one handle has been broken and invisibly restored. One cover has had the finial broken off, which has been glued invisibly with a screw inside to strengthen it. None of these flaws distract from the beauty of the vases and all are hardly visible with the naked eye from the outside.
Antique British porcelain...
Category
English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Matched Solitaire Porcelain Tea Set, Pink with Flowers, ca 1836
Located in London, GB
A matched solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover, a sucrier with cover, a milk jug and a matched trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer. With pink ground...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Low Oval Comport Dish, Sage Green with Landscape, ca 1850
Located in London, GB
An oval low-footed comport with two handles and an octagonally scrolled shape, a moulded surface with pale yellow and white scrolling foliage on a sage green ground, and a stunning l...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Cream Jug, Pitcher, Eau de Nil with Jay and Landscape, 1854
Located in London, GB
A cream or water jug / pitcher with elegant scrolled moulding, an eau de nil ground colour with yellow and gilt leafy scrolls, with a jay on one face and a landscape on the other
Pattern unknown
Year: 1854
Size: 143m (5.1”) from handle to mouth, 14cm (5.75”) tall
Condition: a crack in the top of the handle with associated line in the body, some crazing but the jug is stable and good for use
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 is that much of it has been mis-identified over the years and attributed to Coalport, Ridgway, Rockingham or others; Alcock did not mark any of his porcelain save a few rare pieces, and the numbering system is difficult to understand. However, the wares are still wide spread and many are of great quality.
This jug forms part of the Murray Pollinger Collection of Samuel Alcock Porcelain. Most of the collection is not publicly available yet, but if you would like to get access to the first 100 lots, please sign up for our mailing list...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of 2-Storey Meissen Porcelain Centerpieces With Gardener Children, Ca. 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of delicate porcelain centrepieces on a high, round base with curved boss decoration, the shaft divided by bead-like extensions, above two tiers in the form of two differently s...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Copeland & Garrett Group of Spaniels, circa 1840
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Copeland and Garrett porcelain group, circa 1840. Charmingly observed, as a Spaniel seated, whilst one of her puppies suckles upon her, and her other puppy lies between her front leg...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Footed Porcelain Sauce Tureen, Maroon with Flower Sprays, ca 1842
Located in London, GB
A footed two-handled sauce tureen with cover, maroon and pale yellow ground with beautiful hand painted flower sprays on lower part of body; twisted handles and a petticoat stem
Pat...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Centerpiece with Dancing Gardener Children Kaendler circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Four gardener children, two girls and two boys, dancing hand in hand in a circle around a palm-like plant, on the crown of which rests a breakthrough bowl, the figures are wearing el...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Teapot, Blue, Gilt and Flowers, Rococo Revival ca 1837
Located in London, GB
A teapot with cover in the “rustic bean” shape, cobalt blue ground with gilt acanthus motif and finely painted flower posies on the belly of the teapot
Pattern 5782
Year: ca 1837
Si...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Teacup, Japanese Green Border, Flowers and Ladybird, ca 1843
Located in London, GB
A teacup and saucer with ring handle, with green and pale yellow ground in Japanese style, and beautiful flower studies in the centre of each item and a little ladybird on the saucer...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Porcelain Twin Handled Urn Vases c1830
By Bloor Derby
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Pair of Bloor Derby named view twin handled urn vases
Date : c1825 -40
Period : George IV
Marks : Red Crown Bloor Derby mark - named views "View in Wales" and "View in Der...
Category
British George IV Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Large Figurine Group 'Zephyr & Flora' By C.G. Juechtzer C.1860
By Christian Gottfried Juechtzer, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
The winged Zephyr, the gentle wind god, and Flora, goddess of vegetation and blossom, loosely wrapped in cloths...
Category
German Classical Greek Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Earth' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of the goddess Kybele, the great Phrygian mother of the gods 'Magna Mater', seated with a mural crown on a reclining lion, holding a cornucopia on her lap, symbol of wealth and abundance, behind her standing on a rock a female cupid presenting a key, surrounded by further three cupids with flowers, crops and rake, symbolising agriculture and the cultivation of the earth.
The group is based on an irregular earth and rock base with a gold rim.
Kybele usually wears a crown in the shape of a city wall on her head as an attribute and is depicted in castles, monasteries and baroque gardens, especially in the 18th century. In cycles showing the four elements, she embodies the earth. That is why she is often presented with the sun and moon to her right and left. In the other hand she may carry a staff of office, a sceptre, as a symbol of rulership complementing the mural crown. In the other hand she carries a small kettledrum, which may symbolise the noise of her madness or the festivities held in her honour. Often Kybele rides on a lion or a pair of lions, or she rides on a chariot drawn by two lions. Spikes of corn, poppies, flowers or fruit in bowls may also be shown. wikipwdia.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Basket, Rococo Revival, Maroon, Flower Reserves, ca 1835
Located in London, GB
A maroon ground basket in Rococo Revival style with pierced pale yellow ends, a twig handle and five flower reserves with single flowers.
Pattern 2/5610
Year: ca 1835
Size: 22.5cm (8.75”) long, 13cm (5”) tall
Condition: handle has been repaired, see last picture; some rubbing
This basket forms part of the Murray Pollinger Collection of Samuel Alcock Porcelain...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Basket, French Blue, Landscape, Rococo Revival ca 1830
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Teacup Trio, Yellow with Fine Romantic Landscapes, ca 1845
Located in London, GB
A true trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, “rustic bean” shape, in beautiful yellow pattern with acanthus leaves and very finely painted romantic landscapes with ...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Dessert Service, Crested Alma Border with Birds, 1855
Located in London, GB
A spectacular large complete dessert service consisting of a high footed centre piece, two square dishes, two diamond shape dishes, one oval dish, and twelve plates. With Persian ins...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Writing Desk Set Coalbrookdale Porcelain Encrusted Flowers, ca1830
Located in London, GB
A complete writing desk set in the Coalbrookdale style with lavishly encrusted flowers, consisting of a tray, an inkwell with inner liner and double cover, a pen holder, and a blot h...
Category
English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Rococo Genre Group 'The Happy Parents', by M V Acier, Circa 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Young mother in elaborate Rococo house dress: Ruched wide long skirt, bodice, fitted frilled coat with hood, the upswept hair covered by a high voluminous bonnet with ruched hem and bows, sitting on a splendid Louis XVI style bench and placing her right foot on a stool, beside her the happy spouse in frock coat, waistcoat over frilled shirt and knee breeches with white stockings, both embracing each other at the back and looking down at the baby wrapped in cloth and lying half naked on a cushion on both their laps, the father guiding his right hand to the mother's chin in an affectionate gesture. Behind them a little boy in a playsuit and hat, holding a bowl and blowing soap bubbles with a tube.
The group is based on an oval natural base with sculpted flowers and foliage and gold heightened lateral frieze decoration.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799) Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kändler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Edward Challinor Pearlware Plate, Blue and White "Death of a Bear", circa 1850
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dinner plate made in about 1850 by Edward Challinor. The plate is made of pearlware and decorated with a blue and white transfer print that is a close copy of Spode' famous "Indian...
Category
English Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Pearlware
19th Century Louis Philippe Porcelain Pair of Vases Germany 1840
Located in Roma, RM
Pair of porcelain vases - Germany, 19th century
Polychrome four-part decoration depicting gallant scenes. Marks under base.
Height x diameter: 54 x 27 cm.
Item condition grading: *...
Category
German Louis Philippe Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Apollo Over Python' for Catherine II of Russia, c 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kaendler created the group Apollo and Python as a triangular composition in March and May of1774. Apollo stands in the highest place as the radiant victor over the dragon Python and over the personification of envy, both of whom lie slain at his feet. To the left, Minerva sits as the goddess of prudent war, turning her gaze to the hero. Dressed in helmet and armor, she carries a spear in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, while the owl next to her right foot indicates her identity as Pallas Athena. Just like Apollo, the tsarina protected by Minerva is supposed to leave the envious behind and always triumph over evil.
The group is based on stepped, irregular, yet symmetrical, partially curved base with gold raised frieze decoration and was made in two parts, which were then joined and screwed together.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Shephard and Shephardess
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Shephard and Shepherdess collecting fruit next to large ewer First modelled by Meyer in 1760.
Circa 1860
Model number is 1776 and 1774.
Underglaze Blue crossed swords
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Group Four Gardener Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo dress on a high, stepped round pedestal, decorated with a leaf wreath and bow festo...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early 19th C Copeland porcelain hand painted fruit and flower cabinet plate
Located in Central England, GB
This superb early 19th century porcelain cabinet plate is very finely hand painted with a rich central display of exotic fruit and foliage over a white ground boardered with a delica...
Category
English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Adam and Eve Group around Tree of Knowlege
Located in Altrincham, GB
Modelled with Adam and Eve standing beneath the Tree of Knowledge and about to partake of the Forbidden Fruit, the serpent coils around the branches above them while different animal...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Genre Love Group With Drum Beater, by F.E. Meyer, Germany Circa 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group:
On rock pedestal fixed with large rocailles in the foreground sitting musician with tricorn, frock coat over wide sh...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Allegory Of The Volga' for Catherine II of Russia, Kaendler, 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kändler created this group in 1772, right at the beginning of the work on the large order, as a personification of one of the two great main
rivers of the vast Russian Empire, the natural waterways Volga and Dnieper, important for economy and traffic, which promised prosperity and wealth to the Empire:
The Volga in the form of a river god, seated sideways on heavily relieved fully sculptured rock covered with shells and coins as well as fern and reed plants, fully bearded and crowned with laurel, wrapped in floral patterned purple loincloth. He looks pensively to the side and rests his right arm on an overturned baluster vase, from which water flows together with shells and fish, on the wall of the vase the crowned, rocaille-framed Polish-Lithuanian royal coat of arms with the coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony. At the same time he touches with his hand an oar with gold ornamentation and crossed red swords, in his left he holds a cornucopia with plastic flowers, ears of grain and coins, symbols of fertility and wealth.
The group is based on the front curved plinth with relief gold heightened meander and ribbon border.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Fire' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of the merely cloth-covered, bearded and crowned god Hephaestus (Roman: Vulcanus) seated centrally on a rock, holding a long-handled hammer beside him and looking off to the side, surrounded by winged putti representing activities from his trade: Patronizing the entire artistic spectrum of metalworking, including the production of jewelry, weapons, sacred-ritual and profane utilitarian objects, the one helping putto to his right is busy firing a cannon made of metal, to his left another putto is forging on an anvil with the help of a hammer and tongs, in front of him, at his feet are presented ornately crafted war ornaments such as a helmet and shield, at the back a putto holds small torches in both hands.
The group is based on irregular rock base with gold rim.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
German Baroque Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Small painted porcelain box, octagonal shape, France 1840.
Located in Milan, IT
Painted porcelain box, octagonal shape.
The base and the lid are hinged by two gilt brass edges which have an interlocking hinge on the back, in correspondence with the opening eleme...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Brass
KPM Berlin porcelain plaque, after F. A. von Kaulbach, c. 1860.
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine K.P.M. Berlin porcelain plaque, after Friedrich August von Kaulbach, c. 1860. Beautifully painted, in Renaissance style, with a young girl, in an Italianate river landscape. S...
Category
German Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Excellent Meissen Rococo Love Group 'The Test Of Love', by M.V. Acier, Ca 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Rococo love group in splendid clothes in front of ornate column monument: the gallant sitting on the pedestal of the pedestal at the feet of his beloved, on his lap a basket full of flowers and a flower garland, a sign of his exuberant love, handing the beloved a bouquet of flowers, the latter plucking off the petals of a flower one after the other to find out whether he really loves her or not - a time-honored game of lovers.
The group is characterized by particularly elaborate, detailed and loving design and staffage and is based on oval meadow base with gold heightened lateral frieze decoration and gold borders.
A successful representation of one of the bourgeois themes that had become popular in the course of the 18th century, for example, through the paintings of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805).
Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799)
Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kaendler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the
manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
Category
German Rococo Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coalport Porcelain Oval Dish, Beige with Apple by Joseph Birbeck, circa 1847
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning oval dessert dish made by Coalport in about 1847. The dish has a pierced rim, a beige and finely gilded ground and a beautifully hand painted apple painted by the ...
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English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
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Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Coffee Cup, Orange Imari Flowers, Rococo Revival ca 1830
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful coffee cup and saucer made by Samuel Alcock around 1830, which was the Rococo Revival era. The set is decorated with a bold Imari pattern and has a "ring-moulded" shape.
Samuel Alcock was one of the many potters in Staffordshire such as Spode, Coalport, H&R Daniel and many others during the 1830s and 1840s. He was perhaps not the most well-known of potters but produced very high quality wares and original designs, often standing out for their bright choice of colours and beautiful shapes. The Alcock factory is not well documented so although they had a huge output, items are often mis-identified and we don't know much about the production process of artists, even though the wares have a very high quality that equals that of the more well known factories.
The Rococo style was originally a style of the 18th Century. After the Baroque style, which was highly symmetrical and well-designed as it aimed to express the perfection of God, the Rococo style was a reaction that expressed the unpredictability and flow of nature. "Rococo" is derived from the French word "rocaille", which stands for a mass of pebbles that are self-organised in a completely unpredictable mess, for instance on the beach or in the mountains. Rococo moved away from the stranglehold that religion had on the arts: it was capricious, asymmetrical, charming and worldly. As Europe got mired in various wars between Germany, France and Britain, the general style got much more austere again and people embraced neo-classicism. But in the 1830s and 1840s, the seemingly unlimited fortunes of the Industrial Revolution sparked a revival of Rococo, once again creating natural shapes that are not always symmetrical and don't particularly make rational sense.
This coffee cup can...
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English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
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Porcelain
19th Century Biedermeier Period Topographical Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful setting of two china porcelain pieces, made in Germany, in the mid 19th Century. All items are in very good condition with no chips, cracks, or flea bites, only a view mi...
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German Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
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Porcelain
Kpm, Berlin, Chocolate Cup Hand Painted with Green Flowers and Gold Decoration
Located in Copenhagen, DK
KPM, Berlin.
Chocolate cup hand-painted with green flowers and gold decoration.
Marked.
Mid-19th century.
First factory quality.
In excellent conditi...
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German Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Portland Vase, circa 1860
Located in Arundel, GB
An English Pate-Sur-Pate Porcelain Portland Vase, possibly Grainger, Worcester.
With additional relief detail to base.
Burnt orange exterior glaze, with a white internal finish.
Engl...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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