Very Fine Paris Porcelain Scent Bottle C.1840

A fine Minton porcelain bottle shaped vase c.1840. Finely decorated with a panel containing painted fruits by Thomas Steel with a border of richly tooled gilding by John Robins in typical Minton’s Sevres...

A fine Flight and Barr Worcester feather-painted teacup and saucer, circa 1800. Finely painted with a selection of colourful feathers scattered on th...

A fine Derby porcelain vase c.1810. Of elongated campana form with two gilded scrolled leaf mount handles and on a spreading circular foot with fo...

A rare and possibly unique Ridgway Royal Porcelain plate c.1850. The central reserve very finely decorated with a bouquet of flowers, the border decorated with a deep cobalt blue gro...

Five wonderful Spode Etruscan shape trios circa 1822. Each cup and saucer is finely decorated in Spode’s pattern 3614 with finely painted English Cabbage roses and embellished with r...

A superb early 19th century Derby twin handled porcelain basket circa 1815. This lovely example has a large central reserve hand painted with birds. The finely painted birds are almost certainly by Richard Dodson...

This is a very beautiful porcelain coffee can with a hand painted scene of Notre-Dame Cathedral, made by Paris, France, dating to the late 18th century, circa 1795. The coffee can is broadly cylindrical tapering slightly to the base, with a ring handle having an inner spur. This is a very finely hand painted coffee can with a view of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, all in many different coloured enamels. The view even shows various figures in the foreground, all set in a rectangular thick gilded border, against a lovely lemon yellow ground. with further hand painted gold gilded rims and outer handle. Overall a very distinctive, beautifully decorated coffee can. NOTES Notre-Dame de Paris, often simply referred to as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral and is the most famous of the Gothic cathedrals from the middle ages, situated on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Notre-Dame was built on the ruins of two earlier churches, which were themselves predated by a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to Jupiter. The cathedral was initiated by Maurice de Sully, bishop of Paris, who about 1160 conceived the idea of converting into a single building, on a larger scale, the ruins of the two earlier basilicas. The foundation stone was laid by Pope Alexander III in 1163, and the high altar...

This is a very beautiful porcelain saucer made by a French Paris maker, dating to the early 19th century, circa 1810. The saucer is very well painted "en grisaille" with a deer ru...

This is a very beautiful porcelain coffee can made by a French Paris maker, dating to the very early 19th century, circa 1800. The very fine Paris Porcelain coffee...

Pair of polychrome porcelain baluster flasks. The bottles are decorated on an azure blue background with rocailles elements in combed gold. A fine decoration of garlands of polychrom...

Herend porcelain is renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship and intricate designs. However, this piece stands out even among the remarkable creations of the brand. The vibrant col...

Colorful and finely painted porcelain parrot in greens, yellows and blues, perched on realistic branch with leaves and berries. Bottom with crowned ...