Victorian Pottery

A stunning antique Minton Majolica pottery figure of a boy holding a basket, probably for salt, and dating from around 1879. The figure stands raised on a rounded rockwork base with a tree stump with the boy leaning on the stump and dressed in period costume with a jacket and knee length shorts and wearing a rounded hat with ribbon. He holds a basket in front of him and is hand painted in naturalistic Majolica colors in typical yellows, greens, blues, browns and natural skin tones. The base has stamped Minton marks to the rim along with date marks with the inner base decorated in typical Minton turquoise...

George Jones Majolica 'Apple Blossom' Teapot, the pear-shaped teapot and lid molded with blooming apple tree limbs, with a mossy branch handle and spout, with basketweave banding, th...

French Majolica (Barbotine) plate, leaf and fern, with blue ribbon and Greek key border on a yellow ground by Choisy-le-Roi, ca. 1880. For thirty years, we have been among the world...

Large 19th century Doulton and Watts, Lambeth pottery, London antique stoneware keg barrel cask Irish whiskey bar liquor dispenser. Bottom has Doulton Lambeth stamped on it with the number two, spigot has Doulton Watts Lambeth pottery...

A good antique Victorian Copeland Cadogan pottery teapot decorated in treacle glazes and dating from around 1870. The teapot stands raised on a narrow o...

Antique English terracotta recumbent pug dog, realistically modeled and subtly polychromed. Rare form.

A very stylish antique Continental, possibly Portuguese, art pottery wine flagon decorated in mottled glazes dating from the 19th century. The flagon is li...

Wedgwood Majolica compote which features vine leaves and grapes on a basket weave ground. Colouration: green, brown, blue, are predominant. The piece ...

This massive and rare pitcher is fully decorated with the imagery and symbols of the Masons and Odd Fellows (see images). Odd Fellows promote philanthropy, the ethic of reciprocity, and charity. At the front of the pitcher, we see a panel with the words, "We are odd Fellows When we act and Do the thing which is Right." Around this panel are the words "How grand in Age How fair in Youth is Holly Friendship, Love and Truth." Above the panel is an open palm with a heart symbolic of charity given from the heart. On both sides of the pitcher is the motto, "Amicitia Amor et Veritas," which translates to Friendship, Love, and Truth.  The motto is accompanied by an image of Lady Justice and an angel holding a budding branch. Lady Justice personifies morality in judicial systems. The budding branch symbolizes the idea that truth can "draw freshness and verdure" from the "most barren facts and common things in life" and give them life and interest. Above all of this is a shining sun. As the sun shines on us all, it symbolizes impartiality in the benevolence of the Odd Fellows.  Dimensions: 9.75" tall x 8.25" diameter Condition: Very Good, with a little scratching, particularly to the lustered leaves, flowers, and the lustered top edge. Price: $1200 Masonry refers to fraternal organizations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Many Freemasons trace the roots of the craft further back in history, accepting the Knights Templar as the conduit between the ancient mysteries and the beginnings of operative and speculative Freemasonry. Odd Fellows is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. The first known lodge was Loyal Aristarcus Lodge No. 9, suggesting earlier ones in the 18th century. Notwithstanding, convivial meetings were held "in much revelry and, often as not, the calling of the Watch to restore order. Names of several British pubs...

A fine pair of 19th century English Spongeware pottery plates. Both plates with green & blue painted decoration that appears to have been dabbed or spread with a sponge, hence the name spongeware. One of the plates has some overpaint and is more brightly decorated than its mate. Simply a great pair of 19th century Staffordshire spongeware plates...

19th century English spirit barrel made of stoneware with alkaline glaze. Features relief designs on both sides of lions and knights on horses.      

Stunning quality antique Victorian Staffordshire figure, having a quality Staffordshire figure of a man and woman seated in traditional clothing surrounded by foliage, hand painted i...

Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures having a pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures hand painted in lovely orange, green, red and white colours, raised on circul...

Staffordshire Pottery porcellaneous stirrup cup which features a fox head, stood directly on the ground, no base. Dull gilt base line. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front ...

Minton Majolica flower holder which features a cherub carrying wheatsheaf. Coloration: ochre, green, cream, are predominant. The piece bears mak...

Large 19th century antique stoneware pottery keg barrel cask whiskey and rum bar liquor dispensers with brass spigots. Brass spouts are 2 inches long,...

With a flared lip. Inscribed in bold, hollow lettering in blue. On one side ' Poor Man's Friend price 1/1/2 ' The other ' Prepared only by Beach & Barnicott successors to the late Dr...

Minton Majolica pin tray which features wicker basket resting on a bed of cattails/bullrushes. Coloration: green, brown, ochre, are predominant. Marks include a factory specific date...

Royal Worcester Majolica posy holder which features a dolphin supporting a shell on it's tail. Colouration: green, cream, red, are predominant. The piece b...

A marvellous combination of Wedgwood's traditional neoclassical style, in the form of a campana vase; which has been decorated in High Victorian style with gilt and bronzing.

This very stylish Doulton Burslem pottery ewer is of a very rare and unusual design which is heavily influenced by a Middle Eastern Persian style. The body is almost pear shaped and ...

Pair of Provençale 19th century agateware ewers by Pichon, Uzes, France C.1880 Agateware is pottery decorated with a combination of colored clays to cr...