Edwardian Porcelain

This is a stunning pair of plates made by Royal Doulton in 1903. The plates have beautiful turquoise and raised gilt borders and very accomplished fruit paintings in the centre by the well known painter Charles Brayford Brough. The Royal Doulton factory was first founded in 1815 in Vauxhall in London, and in 1826 moved to Lambeth. In 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Staffordshire. The factory made a very wide range of stoneware and porcelain - from simple useful wares to very decorative items. Today the Royal Doulton brand is owned by a Finnish holding company that also owns the Wedgwood, Waterford and Minton brands, however it does not have its own independent factory anymore. These plates would have been part of a very expensive dessert service, and are decorated in the style of the famous Royal Worcester dessert...

This is a sweet demitasse coffee cup and saucer made by Royal Crown Derby in 1913. The set is printed with the Imari-inspired pattern no. 2712, one of the many famous Imari patterns ...

This superb pair of Hadley’s Royal Worcester vases are of a bulbous form with an unusual tall and slender neck which flares at the top and is finished with a delicate gilt rim. The vases are rich and luxurious in their palette of colours. The variated ground ranges from a pale creamy green to a rich moss green which is then hand painted with beautiful detail with stems of light to dark pink roses together with their delicate leaves and rose buds. Each vase is in perfect condition with no restoration and they are fine examples and a true pair with left- and right-handed decoration and each signed by the highly acclaimed Worcester factory flower artist, Harry Martin...

An exceptional quality and now quite scarce example of an unmarked hand decorated Coalport Vegetable Food Tureen of large proportions, complete with its original petal finial dome sh...

A Fine English Edwardian Hadley's Royal Worcester Porcelain Floral painted vase This small superbly painted Hadley's Royal Worcester porcelain vase is a delightful piece. It is of...

On offer is a beautiful small framed porcelain plaque made by Royal Worcester in 1905. The plaque is painted by the famous porcelain artist Er...

This is a stunning cabinet plate made by Coalport in the year 1910. The plate was painted by the famous landscape painter Ted Ball and has exceptional raised gilding around the rims....

This is a stunning vase made by Royal Worcester in 1917, painted with flowers and fruits and signed by the famous porcelain artist William Hawkins. ...

Harry Stinton (1883-1968) British, for Royal Worcester fine China hand painted two handled porcelain vase. Decorated with Highland cattle in a Scottish l...

This is a beautiful pair of tea plates made by Hammersley in the early 20th century. The plates are in the Victorian / Edwardian style, decorated in turquoise and gilt. The Hammersley factory operated in Staffordshire between 1885 and 1932 and produced many tea, dinner and dessert services...

This is a very fine pair of small vases made by Royal Worcester in 1907. The vases have a "blush ivory" ground with beautiful overlaid enamel flowers. The original Worcester factory was founded in the mid 18th century and belongs to the group of famous pioneering potteries in Britain. It went through various changes and take overs, and in the mid 19th Century it merged with Chamberlains and Grainger, both earlier split-offs, taking the new name "Royal Worcester". The factory distinguished itself with its extremely high quality of artwork, hiring the best artists and always coming up with very vivid designs full of flowers, birds and fruits. It was in operation until the early 21st century but eventually succumbed to the changing times. These vases are in the "blush ivory" style, which became popular in the late 19th century and ceased around 1914. The blush ivory style was based on the Art Nouveau movement in Europe and Aesthetic Movement in Britain, creating designs based on natural shapes rather than the familiar ornamental shapes from the Victorian times. The production process was complex; items received a glossy glaze on the inside, and a matt glaze on the outside. Colours were achieved by spraying an apricot-coloured glaze near the rims with the newly invented "aerograph machine" - this was one of the first examples of air brushing! Decorations were often designed by master artists and then printed in outline and sometimes painted by hand; the colours to be applied by hand in raised or overlaid enamels like you can see on these vases. There was heavy gilding involved. All of this took 5 firings, a lot of time, materials and 22Kt gold, so you can imagine that these items were expensive. These small vases are very elegant and have exuberant bouquets of typically British wildflowers, such as clovers, buttercup and forget-me-nots. The vases have the green Royal Worcester...

This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Royal Crown Derby in 1907. The plate has a deep cobalt or mazarine blue ground with rich gilt decorations, green garlands and some finely painted Billingsley roses...