Painted Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this white seabed rim oval platter has corals lying on a bright bottom surrounded by mysterious multicolored gems floating amid brushe...

Mid-Century Modern multicolor glazed ceramic flower centerpiece bowl. Manufactured by Vallauris, France, 1950-1960. Eye-catching and colorful flowe...

French Art Deco Butcher's Block Featuring a beech cutting block top, this French Art Deco Butcher's Block / Kitchen Island exemplifies a great design with wonderfully aged marks tha...

Antique Viennese painted enamel plate by Ludwig Politzer Viennese, Late 19th Century Height 3cm, width 30cm, depth 20.5cm This exceptional Viennese enamel tray was crafted by Ludwig...

A Wonderful Royal Crown Derby Traditional Imari Urn / Centerpiece With Lid And Having Handles

A playful combination of the functional and the decorative: Female figure in a floor-length, loose dress with a headscarf, a simple face with pierced eyes set wide apart – a long nos...

Decorate a entry wall or hallway with this elegant antique ceramic fountain. Crafted in Rouen, France, circa 1890, the decorative three-piece set is complete with basin, reservoir wi...

Pair 19th century Delft hand-painted blue & white vases are a splendid collectible that was created for the lucrative European market during the latter 1800s, where the clay was trea...

Delft faience bouquetière / tulip vase or pique fleurs from the late 18th century. It is a lovely piece to actually use; you can arrange flowers in the small holes. Good condition;...

Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine: Dancer balancing on her toes, turning her head to the right and bringing her right hand indecisively to her chin, while with her left hand she perf...

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,...

This 19th-century service is signed by world-well-known CFH-GDM Charles Field Haviland. His very high-quality porcelain with polychrome and hand-painted decoration "flowers and encha...

Pair of rose Mandarin Chinese porcelain plates. Vibrantly hued and gilt painted Chinese Export luncheon plates in pinks and blues and greens. China...

Four-leaf clover shaped frame for oval photo in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent lilac fired enamel on guilloche, modern contemporary style. External cm. 8.5 x 8...

We are pleased to offer this Antique blue and white Delft charger with a well-painted landscape showing a house and trees. The decoration is crisp. The scene is framed by an attracti...

Delft Porceleyne Fles small wall plates, The Hague and Delft, 1894 and 1912 3 Dutch Delft Porceleyne Fles rectangular small wall plates with floral b...

This vintage Asian porcelain hand painted floral ashtray was handmade in China. This gorgeous gilded ashtray is intricately hand painted with Asian floral lotus decoration in gilt and geometric design on white background in blue, pink, red, green and gold jeweled colors. There are three cigarette indentations. Hand Painted Asian Famille rose...

Italian ceramic decorative jug by Bruno Gambone (circa 1970s). The vessel has a purity of form, muted colour and demonstrated effortless beauty that is only created by Bruno Gambone....

A fine matched pair vintage German porcelain figures holding flowers made by world renowned makers Meissen and believed to date from the early 20th century. This finely made pair of ...

Jewel box Baroque style, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated. Jewel Box has fine hand engravings around fired enameled spaces with lapis lazuli type painting. Jewel Box Baroqu...

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...

These gorgeous hand-painted Japanese tea cups and snack plates date back to the 1940's. Beautifully kept throughout the years by a collector, the con...

Stunning and vibrant bowl with sgrafitto and hand-painted colored glossy pattern of stylised women. On the base is painted Italy 7892. Fratelli Fanciullacci Pottery: during the fi...

A fine antique Aesthetic Period gilt and reticulated porcelain bowl. By the Royal Worcester Porcelain Manufactory. Attributed to Georg...

An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...

This is a lovely set of four large bowls or deep plates by Mason's Ironstone, England in the Chinese Dragon pattern, dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900. The plates or bow...

Meissen Blue Onion pattern. Three plates. Hand-painted with blue floral motifs. Early 1900s. Perfect condition. Marked. Large plate in first factory quality. The two smaller plates i...

Beautiful handmade ceramic flower vase, perfect for displaying your favorite blooms. With its simple lines and contemporary aesthetics, this unique ceramic vase crosses the line betw...

Mid 18th century Blue Delftware plate with bird entering a chinoiserie decoration of a flowers, a blossoming tree and stones amidst shrubbery. Qianlong style. Unmarked Good condit...

Meissen, Germany. A set of six pairs of "Pink Indian" porcelain coffee cups. Hand-painted with purple floral motifs, gold rim. Mid-20th century. Marked. Third factory quality. Perfec...

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

Early Arista y cuenca tile made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance style with interlacing lines ending in four stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575.

A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover on a stand and a trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, in “half orange” shape with deep cobalt blue and yellow...

Antique Dish In Polychrome Majolica of Italian origin, dating from about 1750 with white background and mixtilinear rim centered by coat of arms heraldic, a cardinal's coat of arms ...

Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870, SUPREME A Meissen porcelain figure from the Love Series: Cupid Mailing...

Dagobert Peche (1887-1923) - LOETZ - Antique Jugendstil clear cased red glass vase - rare form with hand painted black enamel floral sprigs alternating in two rows over the body - bl...

Meissen Porcelain plate/tray with hand painted floral motives and rich gold decor.

A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus. Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses: Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry. Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history. Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music. Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy. Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry. Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology, Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry. Terpsichore, standing, representing dance. Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base. Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside. German, Circa 1880. Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260). Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance. Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax. The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden: 'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204). Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133. Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200. Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956. Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90. Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966. Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300. "Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87. Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52. MEISSEN The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...

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...

Porcelaine de Paris. "Aurore Tropicale". Six deep porcelain plates decorated with flowers and bamboo. 1980s. Measures: 17 x 3 cm. In excellent condition. Stamped.

Early Arista y cuenca tile made in Toledo. Tile decorated in renaissance with stylized flowers was probably made between 1550 and 1575.

A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles tile "Oude delft ", 1906 A delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 21 cm high, 15 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents the "Oude delft " and was paint...

This is a spectacular and rare dessert service made by Chamberlains Worcester in about 1822. The service consists of a high comport, 2 square dishes, 1 kidney shaped dish, 3 shell di...

Royal Crown Derby Old Imari 1128 footed Elizabeth tea cup and saucer. A timeless example of English bone china craftsmanship. Featuring the brand’s iconic Old Imari 1128 pattern, th...

Originating from a private collection a vintage limited edition Royal Doulton Dancers of the World series porcelain figurine titled Polish Dancer ...

This is a bowl by Clarice Cliff in the "Hydrangea" pattern, circa 1933. The Hydrangea pattern is a "Bizarre" pattern, produced in 1933. It is hand, in the green colour-way, with flo...

A stunning and rare Bay Keramik little vase finished with renowned designer Bodo Mans. BODO MANS was born in 1935. From 1949 to 1951 he apprenticed as a window dresser and a decorati...

Delicate Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of 1930s: Gracefully posing dancer in blue costume standing next to an octagonal pedestal: dotted bustier and short front skirt with l...

Pair of colorful and beautifully modeled American Kestrels,( Falco Sperverius) also known as a Sparrow Hawk. Limited edition by Boehm porcelain stamped, signed and letter numbered. H...

This is a cup & saucer duo in the hand painted "Ravel" Pattern by the renowned Art Deco designer Clarice Cliff. This piece dates to the Art Deco period Circa 1936. The Ravel pattern was first introduced in 1929 and was one of Clarice's most popular designs. The pattern shows "Cubist" flowers and leaves in jade green and orange. The pieces are potted in the "Athens" shape Both pieces have the the Clarice Cliff, Wilkinson's England Lithograph marks in black, dating them to circa 1936, all fully documented in the book ; Clarice Cliff The Bizarre Affair, written by Leonard Griffin and Louis K. and Susan Pear Meisel...

A very fine French 19th Century Napoleon III Sévres Style Porcelain and Ormolu Mounted Covered Urn, the 360 degree painted urn centered with an 18th century scene of a young Princess...

This is a mid-19th century Mason’s patent ironstone Dinner Plate produced at the time when Mason's was owned and controlled by George L Ashworth after the bankruptcy of C J Mason in ...

A large footed oval hand painted tole tray with pierced gallery and dual handles. The tray beautifully hand painted with chrysanthemums and possibly parrot tulips on a burnt orange a...

A museum piece of French Art Nouveau glass art: Lamp with baluster-shaped foot on a stepped, flat, round stand raised in the centre, hemispherical shade, slightly heat-stretched and pressed upwards on four sides, made of multi-layered glass with coloured powder fusions, predominantly in yellow-orange, red, brown, green and blue-violet tones, with highly etched vine leaves and grapevine decoration, two fully sculpted snails on the foot as a special accent, Cameo signature ‘DAUM NANCY’ with Lorraine cross on the foot in the lower area, and on the shade, which rests on a patinated metal mount, which also carries the threads for the light sources, one at the top and one inside the foot. Technique: Handmade cameo glass Glass overlaid with several layers, with high-cut worked out motifs. Since the middle of the 19th century, the design has also been done by etching. Cameo glass vessels were already being made in antiquity; cameo glass vessels were already being made in ancient times, and at the end of the 19th century this glass art was further developed, especially in Nancy. Manufactory: Daum Frères / Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating: Circa 1905 Dimensions: Height: 53,5 cm / 21.06 in Diameter: 32,0 cm / 12.59 in Bibliography: Carolus Hartmann, Glasmarken-Lexikon / Encyclopedia of Glass Marks, Stuttgart / Germany 1997, Signature number 2984 on page 148, and page 561: Daum Frères & Cie, Verreries de Nancy Condition: Very good The electrification is functional, but should be renewed for safety reasons. About the design: The development of Art Nouveau glass art coincides with a revolution in lighting, the significance of which we can no longer fully appreciate today in the 21st century. Around 1880-1890, oil lamps and paraffin lamps were still almost unrivalled in every household. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the ‘electricity fairy’ emerged as a remarkable advance and gradually found its way into the daily lives of all social classes. The glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy were true pioneers and eagerly seized the opportunity to use electricity to illuminate the colours applied to the glass. Colour was one of the main concerns of the master glassmakers at the Ecole de Nancy. Emile and Antonin Daum returned to the colours that had made the stained glass of the Middle Ages so splendid and extended the palette of colours in the glass mass as they needed it for the floral motifs and exact representations of nature. But the modulation of the colours, their arrangement in juxtaposed patches, the technique that the Impressionist painters practised on their canvases at the same time, was difficult to achieve due to the nature of the glass melted in a large mass. To achieve this richness of expression, around 1900 Daum developed ‘the process of applying glass powder and enamel to the outside of the vases to create coloured backgrounds or decorative spots’, according to the report of the jury of the 1900 World Exhibition. The field of naturalistic, contrasting and shimmering colours was one in which Antonin Daum excelled. This new technical process made it possible to create the symphonies of colour that we find on the ‘Vignes et escargots’ lamp...

Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Apollo Bianco Platter leads us into a magic world. Shades of blue lapis lazuli evoke the magic of oriental novellas. A fairytale ...

A stunning and rare Bay Keramik vase finished with renowned designer Bodo Mans's 'Reims' décor (1958). BODO MANS was born in 1935. From 1949 to 1951 he apprenticed as a window dresse...

This exceptional 4-piece sterling silver tea and coffee service by the renowned Ewart & Perkins, Sheffield Company, London, showcases the fine artistry and craftsmanship of mid 20th-...

A Dutch delft Porceleyne Fles tile delft , Mill "De Roos" , after L. Senf, 1906 A delft Porceleyne Fles tile of 15 cm high, 21 cm wide in a wooden frame. Image represents the Mill "De Roos" and was painted by the delft porcelain painter J,W. Lispet, worked from 1887-1938, after Leon Senf and the tile dated 1906 Marked with the stamp of delft Porceleyne Fles and also with impressed stamp of Vennootschap onder Firma Joost Thooft & Labouchère delft 1903 - 1919, after 1919 it became N.V. Koninklijke Delftsch Aardewerkfabriek De Porceleyne Fles v/h Joost Thooft en Labouchere The measurements framed are 23 cm high, 29 cm wide and the depth is 3 cm The weight is 834 gram Leon Senf (1860-1940) Leon Senf took drawing lessons at the Polytechnic School in delft , where Jan Toorop was a fellow student. He also attended drawing evenings in Pulchri Studio where he met G.H. Breitner and Suze Robertson...