Wedgwood Queen's Ware Soup Tureen, Underplate & Laddle, Lloyd J Bleir Collection

An assembled pair of Wedgwood cress or strawberry dishes, Two Piece; Footed Pierced Dish with Stand. Late 18th c. This would have been used to serve watercress or strawberries after ...

The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread. This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.' Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork. However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...

Collection of 13 miniature heads made up of various materials including carved wood, porcelain, bronze, pottery and agate. Age varies from 20th century and earlier. Perfect for a cof...

A collection of 18 framed prints from engravings of musical instruments from the book by Gabinetto Armonico, which was published in 1722. The book had a total of 150 instruments. The...

This handsome gouache painting is of the Baroque Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Havana Cuba. In front of the cathedral are Cuban figures and a 1928 Ford...

Pair of rock crystal, lead crystal and brass candelabra, late 19th century. This pair of candelabras have a series of large rock crystal beads supporting their stems topped by a pine...

A dynamite Luneville open soup tureen and underplate of the mid-19th century, faience. VP mark. Superb condition.

The flavor of the soup may become secondary to this marvelous covered tureen cover and liner, perfect for guests or simply soup for two. A soup tureen so compelling you could lose yourself in the mountains, trees and other designs of the bowl as you dine. This is just one of an elaborate collection of blue and white porcelain...

A whimsical hand painted Italian ceramic tureen with lobster. The lobster lid with shell design on bowl with original ladel and underplate. Marked on bottom "Italy".

English creamware covered soup tureen and stand, Wedgwood, circa 1790. Impressed Wedgwood.

Very colorful Meissen soup tureen with flora decoration to the lid and tureen. There is small crack which is more noticeable from the inside.

A large Italian hand painted ceramic soup tureen. The lid, ladle, tureen and charger are white and delicately decorated with hand painted green vine leaves and scallop shells. Marked...