English Pottery

English Porcelain large Double-handled Toasting mug with playing cards, Coalport Factory, Circa 1825 The double-handled loving cup has a wide gilt band to the top inner and oute...

Made circa 1825, this pair of eye-catching dishes features a lovely orange lotus blossom at the center and six pink and orange lotus blossoms decorating the border. Each blossom sit...

Spode pottery blue Greek pattern double egg cups late 19th century The double Spode egg cups have a Greek key design to top and bottom. To one side i...

WHY WE LOVE IT: A Great Pattern! And a Great Color Combination of Green and Gold! We are pleased to offer this fabulous set of 10 "Green Chrysanthemum Swirl" pattern dishes made by S...

This is a beautiful meat platter made by Spode between 1811 and 1833. The platter is made of pearlware and in immaculate condition. It is decorated with a superbly executed blue and ...

This is a beautiful drainer made by Spode between 1811 and 1833. The item is made of pearlware and in immaculate condition. It is decorated with a superbly executed blue and white "T...

This is a superb coffee pot made by Rathbone around 1815 with the beautiful Pagoda pattern in blue and white transfer. I have also listed this coffee...

English pearlware figures of Sailor's Farewell and Return. circa 1820   The pair of English pearlware pottery figures are titled "Return" and "Depart" referring to an image pop...

This is a very charming drabware shell dish made by Ridgway in circa 1808. The dish has a beautiful beige ground and is painted with a bird in iron red. Ridgway was one of the pioneers of English china production alongside other great potters such as Spode, Davenport, Minton, Coalport and others and they created very high quality tea and dinnerware. Ridgway had a tradition of a very wide-ranging offer of china products, anything from the most sublime dinnerware to humble toilet pots. It is notoriously difficult to identify their wares and this is one reason their beautiful tea and dinner wares are often underestimated. This dish was potted in drabware, which is a drab-colored earthenware. On the beige/ochre ground is a beautiful painting of a bird (a pied fly catcher...

This is a very charming and rare pearlware shell dish made by Wedgwood in circa 1820. The dish has a beautiful beige ground and is painted with a bird in iron red. Wedgwood is one...

This is a beautiful Spode plate made between 1812 and 1833, which was the Regency era. The plate is made of stone china and is decorated in the chinoiserie style with the very famous and now rare "Ship" pattern. I have a series of these chinoiserie plates available; please have a look in the Spode section of this shop. I am happy to offer them together with a discount. Blue on white decorations were done in East Asia for many centuries, and were made popular in the West by the Dutch Delftware potters in the 17th century. In circa 1800, the famous Spode factory in Staffordshire created a transfer printing process that could mass produce beautifully decorated blue and white wares, making this a very common and desired choice of tableware for the two centuries to come. Potters all-over Britain quickly started to make use of this new technology and copied the famous Spode patterns. Once the blue on white transfers had caught on, Spode started to print in color; mostly printing in one color (in this case: brown) and then filling in the other colors by hand. This way, they could offer wonderfully colorful dinner services at a much lower cost, as they needed only a skilled engraver for the plate that provided the outline of the image, and the transferring and coloring could be done by less skilled people. These were often women and apprenticed teenage children. The image on this plate is a very famous one, and one of the most desired, which is reflected in the price. It is of a mother and child with a European tall ship in the background, they look like they have waved good bye to the ship and are in conversation. Also in the background is a typical European trading post, this plate clearly celebrates the lively trade between East and West at the time. The pattern is a copy of an 18th century Chinese pattern and it could be depicting Dutch, Portuguese or British trade. It is of beautiful flowers against a backdrop of little waves, referring to the sea. This plate is made of stone china, which was Spode's recipe for very strong pottery with a high percentage of Cornish rock, which gives it the beautiful greyish hue. The plate carries the printed Spode stone China...

This is a fabulous Spode tazza made in New Fayence china in 1829, which was the Regency era. It has a beautiful green ground with a transfer printed Chinoi...