Chinoiserie Pottery
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
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Style: Chinoiserie
Masons Ironstone Large Dinner Plate in Bandana Foo Dogs Pattern, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, large dinner plate by Mason's ironstone, England in the Bandana pattern, dating to circa 1900.
The Plate is circular in shape...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Spode Stone China Dish in Tobacco Leaf Pattern No. 2061, Circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good stone China (Ironstone pottery) Small Dish or Bowl / Saucer, hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Spode factory in the early 19th century...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Very early Turners Patent Ironstone Plate in Water Lily and Willow Ptn, Ca 1803
By John Turner
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a finely hand painted Stone China ( Ironstone) Plate or Dish made by John Turner of Lane End, Staffordshire very early in the 19th Century, Circa 1800 to 1806.
The piece is ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Mason's Ashworth's Ironstone Teapot in Old Japan Vase Pattern, circa 1875
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful Teapot made by Mason's Ironstone during the mid-19th century, when Mason's was owned by Ashworth Brothers, circa 1870.
It has ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Early Coffee Cup Blue and White Boy on a Buffalo Ptn probably Spode, circa 1790
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good, very early, rare blue and white coffee cup in the "Boy on a Buffalo" pattern, probably from the factory of Josiah Spode, stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, made...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Georgian Masons Ironstone Desert Plate Vase Flowers & Rock Ptn, circa 1815
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Ironstone pottery Desert Plate made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully decorated in the Small Vase, flower & Rock Pattern, fully stamped and dating to the earliest period of Mason's Ironstone production, circa 1815.
This design is one of Mason's very decorative chinoiserie patterns called the Small Vase, Flowers and Rock pattern, with a bamboo stem border and rich hand gilding. This Imari inspired pattern is illustrated on Page 110 of a Guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone Patterns, circa 1813-1848, produced by The Mason's Collectors Club.
This plate has probably the earliest impressed mark stating " Patent Ironstone China" in a circle, dating it to the early 19th century, Georgian period, circa 1815.
Overall a very early Masons Plate...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian SPODE Stone China Saucer Dish in hand painted Tobacco Leaf Ptn No.2061
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good stone China (Ironstone) Deep Desert Plate or Saucer Dish, hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Spode factory in the early 19th centu...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
SIX Georgian Masons Ironstone Side Plates Oriental Pheasant Pattern, circa 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Georgian set of six matching Mason's ironstone plates, all in the Oriental Pheasant pattern and dating to the earliest period between 1813-1820.
Sets of early plates in this pattern are rare.
The plates are decorated in the chinoiserie "Oriental Pheasant" pattern, which is a very distinctive pattern with very colourful border decoration. The pattern is very richly hand painted, over-glaze in brilliant enamels of black, cobalt blue, burnt orange, green, yellow and puce in varying shades, over a blue transfer printed...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Spode Stone China Coffee Can & Saucer Duo in Tobacco Leaf Pattern 2061, Ca 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good coffee can and saucer/dish DUO made from stone China ( ironstone) by SPODE in the English Georgian period, circa 1820.
Both pieces are beautifully hand decorat...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Masons Ironstone Jug or Pitcher in Blue Chinese Dragon Pattern, 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good small Hydra jug or pitcher, made by Mason's Ironstone, England in the Chinese Dragon Pattern and dating to the 19th century, circa 1880.
The jug is octagonal in ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Antique Masons Ironstone Platter in Red Peony and Scrolls Pattern, Circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This Ironstone pottery Platter was made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and is decorated in the Red Peony & Scrolls pattern, dating to the 19th century, ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Masons Ironstone large Dinner Plate in Vase & Rock gilded Ptn, Ca 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative ironstone pottery Large Dinner Plate produced by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, circa 1818.
The plate is circular with a wavy indented edge & moulded floral detail to the inner rim edge .
This Plate is beautifully and elaborately decorated in one of Mason's chinoiserie patterns, called Vase and Rock which is sometimes called Peking Vase and tends to be a rarer pattern. The pattern is very richly hand-painted, over-glaze in brilliant enamels of cobalt blue, burnt orange, green, yellow and puce all in varying shades, over a blue transfer printed...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Mason's Ironstone Coffee Can in Basket Japan Pattern, circa 1890
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an ironstone coffee can or cup in a rare shape, hand enameled in the Basket Japan pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone of Lane Delph, Staffordshire,...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Rare PAIR Masons Ironstone small Vases Fence Rock & Gold Flower Pattern, Ca 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine and rare pair of small or miniature Mason's ironstone Vases or Urns, hand painted in in the beautiful "Fence, Rock and Gold Flower" patter...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Spode Stone China Coffee Can (A)Tobacco Leaf Pattern 2061, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good stone China (Ironstone) coffee can hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Spode factory in the early 19th century, English Georgian period, circa 1820.
This coffee can or cup made from Ironstone China is beautifully decorated with hand painted enamels in the very distinctive tobacco leaf pattern, pattern number 2061. The decoration also has very good hand gilded detailing. The upper rim has a dark ochre brown hand painted finish in the manner of 18th C...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Pair Antique Spode Shell-Shaped Dishes Orange and Blue Pattern England Circa 182
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
Spode made this pair of fine quality shell-shaped dishes in England in the early 19th century, circa 1820.
The dishes were printed in shades of orange and blue
Orange and blue is t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Stephen Folch Plate in Bamboo & Basket Pattern with Royal Arms mark, circa 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare early 19th century ironstone plate made by Stephen Folch of Church street, Stoke, Staffordshire Potteries, England between 1819 and 1829.
The plate has a light grey...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Copeland Spode Stone China Desert Plate Tobacco Leaf Pattern No. 2061, Ca 1865
By Copeland
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good stone China (Ironstone) Desert Plate, hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Copeland (Spode) factory in the 19th century, English Victoria...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Mason's Ironstone Miniature Bowl all hand painted Pattern, circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare miniature Mason's ironstone Bowl, decorated in a beautiful hand painted floral gilded pattern, which we date to circa 1820.
Miniature or toy items of Masons ironstone...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Masons Ironstone Handled Desert Bowl in Fence Vase and Doves Pattern, Ca 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very attractive two handled shallow Desert Bowl or Dish made by Mason's Ironstone Pottery, in the early 19th century.
The bowl is decorated in the Fence Vase and Dove chin...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Spode Stone China Coffee Can (B)Tobacco Leaf Pattern 2061, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good stone China (Ironstone) coffee can hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Spode factory in the early 19th century, English Georgian period, circa 1820.
This coffee can or cup made from Ironstone China is beautifully decorated with hand painted enamels in the very distinctive tobacco leaf pattern, pattern number 2061. The decoration also has very good hand gilded detailing. The upper rim has a dark ochre brown hand painted finish in the manner of 18th C...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Spode Stone China Coffee Can (C)Tobacco Leaf Pattern 2061, circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good stone China (Ironstone) coffee can hand painted in the tobacco leaf pattern, number 2061, made by the Spode factory in the early 19th century, English Georgian pe...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Masons Ironstone Side Plate in Table and Flower Pot Pattern, Ca 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Mason's ironstone side plate, in the Table and Flower pot gilded pattern, from their earliest George 3rd period, circa 1818.
This plate is well painted in the Chinoiserie pattern called the Table and Flower Pot pattern...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian period Masons Ironstone Mug in Basket Japan Pattern, circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Ironstone pottery mug made by the English factory of Mason's Ironstone, fully marked and dating to the early 19th century, circa 1820.
Early Mason's mugs tend to be f...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Mason's Ironstone Jug or Pitcher in Table and Flower Pot Ptn, Ca 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand-painted Mason's ironstone jug or pitcher, in the Table and Flower Pot gilded pattern, from their earliest George 3rd period...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Early John Ridgway Soup Plate Aukland Chinoiserie Pattern, English, circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative, Imperial Stone China (ironstone), large deep plate or soup bowl by John Ridgway, dating to the William IV period of the...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Mason's Ironstone Miniature Cup in Basket Japan Pattern, circa 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a miniature Mason's ironstone cup in the Japan basket pattern which we date to circa 1825.
Miniature or toy items of Masons ironstone are rare a...
Category
1820s English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Masons Ironstone Desert Plate in Rock Leaves & Flowers Ptn, circa 1815
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Ironstone pottery Desert Plate made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully hand decorated in the Rock, Leaves and flowers Pattern...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Mason's Ironstone Coffee Can and Saucer in Bandana Pattern, circa 1890
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an ironstone duo of a coffee can or cup and saucer in a rare shape, hand enameled in the Bandana pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone of Lane Del...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Mason's Ironstone Tea Cup Hand Painted in Gilded Water Lily Pattern, circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful, early Tea Cup in the highly collected Water Lily pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone, England, circa 1835.
This cup has one of the highly decorative and sought...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Mason's Ironstone Lidded Dish or Bowl in Flying Bird Pattern, circa 1890
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare ironstone lidded dish or bowl in a rare shape, hand enameled in the Flying Bird pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone of Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England, during the la...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Mason's Ironstone Miniature Urn in Gold Rose Japan Pattern, circa 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare miniature Mason's ironstone Lidded Urn or Vase in the beautiful Gold Rose Japan pattern, which we date to circa 1820.
Miniature or toy items of Masons ironstone are...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Georgian Plate by Spode in Gilded Bow Pot Pattern Number 2954, circa 1820
By Josiah Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful plate in the Bow Pot pattern, produced by the Spode factory and made of a type of earthenware pottery called Pearl-ware, in the early 19th century, circa 1820.
...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
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Pearlware
Georgian Dish by Stephen Folch Bamboo & Basket Pattern Royal Arms Mark, Ca 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare early 19th century ironstone desert plate made by Stephen Folch of Church street, Stoke, Staffordshire Potteries, England between 1819 and 1829.
The plate or Dish/b...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
1874 Minton Chinese Blue and White Transferware Platter
By Minton
Located in Sheffield, MA
An antique 19th century Minton Chinese blue and white transferware platter. It has a lovely pastoral scene. The underside is marke...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Plate by Copeland Late Spode in Japanese Kakiemon Pattern No. 2117, circa 1850
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful plate in the Japanese inspired Kakiemon pattern number 2117, produced by the Copeland - Late Spode factory and made of earthenware potte...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinoiserie Delft plates. England C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of plates painted with a pagoda in a garden after a contemporary Chinese model.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic produ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Whieldonware Teapot, England, C1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming, tiny, one-cup teapot in creamware with crabstock handle and spout, and ‘Whieldonware’ decoration. Teapots of this size date from the time each person was given his own po...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Earthenware
Baluster-Form Saltglaze Teapot, Decorated with Faulous Beasts, England, C1745
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In salt-glazed stoneware, crisply moulded with fabulous beasts and birds.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Stoneware
Georgian Masons Ironstone Sauce Tureen & Base Plate Vase & Rock Ptn, circa 1818
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative ironstone pottery Sauce Tureen complete with cover lid and base plate, produced by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshi...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Pottery
Materials
Ironstone
Chinoiserie pottery for sale on 1stDibs.
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