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Period: 18th Century
George III Sterling Silver Creamer by Peter & Ann Bateman
By Peter and Ann Bateman
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A George III period, sterling silver creamer with a monogrammed crest and beaded rim by Peter & Ann Bateman of the famed Bateman silversmithing family. This rather lovely creamer sit...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy. 18th century architectural view engraving
By Ferdinando Ruggieri
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Facciata del Palazzo Reale de Pitti' (Florence)
Etching with engraving by Ferdinando Ruggieri (1691 - 1741).
From 'Scelta di architetture antiche e moderne della città di Firenze'...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving, Etching
John Gould - Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch from 'The Birds of Asia' C. 1850
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Cinnamon-bellied Nuthatch - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 37 cm
excellent Condition
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with hand-finished colour is from the esteemed John Gould’s Birds...
Category
Late 18th Century Australia
Materials
Lithograph
John Gould - Alca Torda - Razorbill from 'Birds Europe' C. 1832
By John Gould
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alca Torda (Razorbill) - John Gould lithograph with hand-coloured
size 54 cm X 36 cm
Good Condition
This remarkable ornithology lithograph with...
Category
Early 18th Century Australia
Materials
Lithograph
Antique 18th Century French Oak Bedside Table
Located in EDENSOR PARK, NSW
One door cabinet with carved front door detail, wood top, one shelve inside, very rustic looking.
Circa: 18th century
Material: Oak
Countr...
Category
18th Century Antique Australia
Materials
Oak
French Grande Sonnerie Pendule D'officier Alarm Clock, Le Roi, 18th Century
By Le Roi
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine French ormolu grande sonnerie pendule d'officier with alarm, Le Roi & Fils, late 18th century.
The ormolu case profusely decorated with flora...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Australia
Materials
Ormolu
Apuleius, Ancient Roman, C18th Grand Tour Classical antique engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Apuleio' (Apuleius)
Copper-line engraving by N Billy after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. Plate number top right corner of image.
Giovanni...
Category
Mid-18th Century Renaissance Australia
Materials
Engraving
George III Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Likely by Charles Wright
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A George III sterling silver coffee pot with a wooden handle likely by Charles Wright of London. The pot features what could be described as Rococo period repousse swags and floral s...
Category
18th Century British George III Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
George III Sterling Silver Chamber Stick
By Henry Chawner
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A wonderful George III period chamber stick in sterling silver by Henry Chawner of London. An elegant scrolled handle is mounted to an octagonal base underneath a column with reeded ...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Australia
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
George II Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Likely by William Skeen
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A fine George II sterling silver coffee pot with a wooden handle, floral repousse details and a crest with rubbed maker's mark likely for William Skeen. The coffee pot is very much i...
Category
18th Century British George II Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
XVIIIc Antique Venetian Silver Candle Sticks c1770's, by Domenego Bertoli "D.B."
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
Finds such as these Venetian Silver Candlesticks are incredibly rare, that truly deserve a museum display.
It’s a fascinating piece of the XVIII century history,
originating f...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Australia
Materials
Silver
George III Sterling Silver Creamer by Robert Hennell I
By Robert Hennell
Located in Brisbane, QLD
A small, George III period, sterling silver creamer by London silversmith Robert Hennel I, with period monogram. The creamer features an intricate monogram under the lip which is lik...
Category
18th Century British George III Antique Australia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Study of a Hound Dog. Circa 1782. Louis Auguste Brun (Swiss 1758-1815)
Located in Sydney, NSW
Louis Auguste Brun (Swiss 1758-1815), Study of a Hound Dog. Circa 1782.
A skilled draughtsman and an outstanding painter of portraits, animals and landscapes, the Swiss artist Louis-...
Category
18th Century Academic Australia
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
French School (18th Century) Dancing Putti.
Located in Sydney, NSW
French School (18th Century), Dancing Putti.
This gouache on vellum scene of the dancing putti is derived from a drawing by Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis (Italian 1484 -1539) known a...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Australia
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
Siberian eared Owl and Acadian Owl, 18th century bird engraving by John Latham
By John Latham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Copper-line engraving. 1781. From John Latham's 'General Synopsis of Birds' 1781-1785, and its Supplements. Plate number top left. Laid paper with watermark.
John Latham was the lea...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Two wall vases, Corucopia shape. England C1765
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Two wall vases from the same mold, but with slightly different colouring. They make a good pair. Modelled in the form of a cornucopia, they symbolise plenty.
Attributed in a general...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Australia
Materials
Creamware
Covered Sugar Box in Blue Jasperware. Adams C1790.
By William Adams (Potter)
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine sugar box in 'Adams Blue' jasperware.
William Adams was apprenticed to Josiah Wedgwood, and helped with the development of jasperware. He later founded his own, very success...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Japanese Kano School Painting by Yosenin Korenobu
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Six-panel Kano School tiger screen by Yosenin Korenobu (1753-1808). Sumi-e ink on paper, late 18th century.
Dimensions: H 169cm x W 382cm.
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Australia
Materials
Wood, Paper
Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770), Study of a Child.
This charming work is probably a study for a painting, it shows a child with a swathe of billowing fabric over her ...
Category
18th Century Rococo Australia
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Trio in "Marriage" pattern. Worcester C1770.
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine trio in soft-paste porcelain, decorated with the Marriage pattern.
The pattern is so-called as it carriers a bow and arrow hidden in the flowers, symbolic of love. A variatio...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
Large Dish or tureen stand, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine tureen stand, typically painted with flowers and insects in the style of Meissen. A large and impressive piece.
Stilt marks and ground footrim.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
English Delft Campana Vase, C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare, large vase in a classical shape, decorated with figures in a landscape. Large pieces of delftware are not often found.
See CIRC 43-1963 in the V&A for a similar example.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Scent, or Perfume, Bottle, in Pale Blue Jasperware, Wedgwood C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A scent bottle in pale blue jasperware, with original silver lid.
Decorated with Venus and Cupid, as allegories of Night - the one shedding poppies, the other drawing the veil of s...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Delft plate with a woman passing a monument. England C1745.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tin-glazed earthenware, decorated with a woman in a landscape. Known as a monument plate, after the monument surmounted by a vase.
Prov: Troy Chappell c...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Delft plate - Ship in sail off the coast. Glasgow C1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style, with a ship coming to land; bunches of grapes around the edge.
See Michael Archer, Delftwarem m233 no B258 for a similar example, which h...
Category
Mid-18th Century Scottish Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
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 Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Delft charger, with Chinoiserie Decoration. England C1760.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine and large charger, with typical polychrome decoration.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic production of the period, and ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Delft plate witha couple leaving a church. Wincanton/London England C1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A dinner-plate, painted in the delft style with a couple leacing a church, or perhaps a house. Wincanton pottery, or perhaps London.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Tall coffee pot in pearlware, House & Fence decoration. C1790
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine and large - enormous - coffee or chocolate pot in pearlware, with “House & Fence” decoration, in imitation of a Chinese original.
It is thought that these oversixed pots wer...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an en grisaille painted illustration of Orpheus playing his lyre, with a stag sitting quietly by, listening to his playing - and perhaps singing, although his mouth is shown closed.
Orpheus's talent on the lyre is one of the most celebrated aspects of his mythological character. In Greek mythology, Orpheus is renowned as a musician without equal, possessing a skillful mastery of the lyre, a stringed instrument similar to a small harp...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Plaque: Bacchanalian Triumph in Black Basalt, Wedgwood C1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the major tablets produced by Wedgwood, this is "Sacrifice", from the pair "Bacchanalian Triumph", after the original by Clodion. These large early tablets are scarce, as they...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Liverpool porcelain bowl
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This Liverpool porcelain bowl is decorated on both sides and to the centre with a hand painted Chinoiserie style blue and white landscape. Probably a small punch bowl, it measures 18...
Category
1750s English Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
The Porculine Opossum (Bandicoot), Australia, engraving, 1795
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Porculine Opossum' (Bandicoot)
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. Circa 1795, by Richard Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
155mm by 125mm (platemark)
225mm by...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Rare 'Hope Service' Plate 18th Century Flight Worcester
By Flight Worcester
Located in Brisbane, QLD
The Hope Service was designed and created by the Royal Flight Worcester Company, commissioned by the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (later King William I...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century, American 'Coin Silver' Coffee Pot Attributed to Nathaniel Helme
Located in Brisbane, QLD
This rather elegant coffee pot was likely made in the United States during the second half of the 18th Century. Prior to restoration work in 2022 the underside of the pot had remnants of a hallmark 'NH', allowing us to attribute the piece to early American silversmith Nathaniel Helme who was working in South Kingston, Rhode Island between 1761 and 1789. The piece stands on a square footing and has a timber handle...
Category
18th Century American Antique Australia
Materials
Silver
Engraved Warmbrunn wine glass with gilt rim. Silesia C1720.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A gorgeous conical wine glass with elaborate engraving encompassing a monogram below a crown, and a gilt rim.
Warmbrunn glass, also known as Warmbrunner glass, refers to a type of ...
Category
Early 18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Blown Glass
A Nun, perhaps a theatrical figure. England, probably Plymouth, circa 1750
By Plymouth Porcelain Factory 1
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An interesting soft-paste porcelain figure of a Dominican Nun, perhaps the theatrical figure Heloise.
Although the Nun appears in various versions in European and English porcelain,...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
The Monitory Lizard, Australia, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1790
By Frederick Polydore Nodder
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Monitory Lizard'
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1790, by Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
120mm by 195mm (platemnark).
Early engraving of an ...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Autumn, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From a series of figures representing The Four Seasons, Autumn is shown as a young man squeezing grapes into a cup, symbolic of harvest time, and recalling classical representations ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
First Edition Portland Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1793
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
NOTE: We do not keep this in the showroom. Please let us know if you're visiting and would like to see it.
Rarely does a first edition Portland vase...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Pottery
The Lobated Musk Duck, Australia, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1795
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Lobated Musk Duck'
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1796, by Richard Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
155mm by 125mm (platemark).
Early engraving of an ...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
The Rostrated Ray, Australia, engraving with original hand-colouring, 1794
By Frederick Polydore Nodder
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Rostrated Ray' (Eastern Shovelnose Ray)
Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1794, by Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl.1770 – 1800).
110mm by 195mm (platemark)
125...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Charlton House in Wiltshire, 18th century English country house engraving, 1782
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Charlton House in Wiltshire, the Seat of the Earl of Suffolk'
Engraved by William Watts (1752-1851) after Thomas Hearne.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a C...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Heveningham Hall in Suffolk, 18th century English country house engraving, 1782
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Heveningham Hall in Suffolk, the Seat of Sir Gerard Wm. Vanneck Bart.'
Engraved by William Watts (1752-1851) after Thomas Hearne.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentr...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Edward Bourne, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Portrait Medallion of Edward Bourne, bricklayer at the Wedgwood factory. A bricklayer was kept on staff in order to maintain the kilns.
This was modelled by Hackwood as an excercise...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Osterley Park, Middlesex, 18th century English country house engraving, 1784
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Osterley Park in Middlesex, the Seat of Mrs Child'
Drawn and engraved by William Watts (1752-1851).
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the most...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Hill Hall in Essex, 18th century English country house engraving, 1780
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hill Hall in Essex, the Seat of Wm. Smyth Bart'
Engraved by William Watts (1752-1851) after Thomas Sandby.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of t...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth and an older man, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum. It is unusual to find ...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Wrotham Park in Middlesex, 18th century English country house engraving, 1781
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Wrotham Park in Middlesex, the Seat of George Byng Esq'
Drawn and engraved by William Watts (1752-1851).
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Cadland Park in Hampshire, 18th century English country house engraving, 1780
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Cadland Park in Hampshire, the Seat of Rob.t Drummond Esq'
Engraved by William Watts (1752-1851) after George Barrett.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Col...
Category
18th Century English School Australia
Materials
Engraving
Copped Hall in Essex, 18th century English country house engraving, 1781
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Copped Hall in Essex, the Seat of John Conyers Esq'
Drawn and engraved by William Watts (1752-1851).
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the mos...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Englefield Green, Surrey, 18th century English country house engraving, 1784
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Seat of Sir John Elvill Bar.t at Englefield Green in Surry'
Engraving William Watts (1752-1851) after Thomas Malton.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a C...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Claremont, in Surrey, 18th century English country house engraving, 1782
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Claremont in Surry, the Seat of Lord Clive'
Engraved by William Watts (1752-1851) after George Barrett.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the ...
Category
18th Century English School Australia
Materials
Engraving
Basalt Portrait Medallion, Tiberius Augustus, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine large self-framing portrait medallion of the Emperor Tiberius Augustus, second emperor of Rome.
Unmarked, as were many of these medallions.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Australia
Materials
Stoneware
Liverpool porcelain hand painted tea bowl and saucer
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This Liverpool porcelain tea bowl and saucer is decorated with the hand painted "Cannonball" pattern and is attributed to James Pennington. The bowl measures 77 mm (3 inches) in diam...
Category
1770s English Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
High Cliff in Hampshire, 18th century English country house engraving, 1784
By William Watts
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'High Cliff in Hampshire, the Seat of the Earl of Bute'
Engraved by William Watts (1752-1851) after Collander.
From Watts's 'The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection o...
Category
18th Century Naturalistic Australia
Materials
Engraving
Thamas Kouli-Kan, Roy de Perse, 1742 (Nader Shah), portrait engraving, 1742
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French 18th century engraving, published in Paris, of the Emperor of Persia, Tahmasp Quli Khan (c.1688-1747), also known as Nader Shah.
150mm by 100mm (platemark)
170mm by 120mm (sh...
Category
Mid-18th Century French School Australia
Materials
Engraving
Blue and white tureen att. to Turner's of Lane End
By Turner & Co.
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This good sized blue and white tureen is attributed to Turner's of Lane End, in Staffordshire. It is decorated with the printed pattern later known as Tur...
Category
1790s English Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Earthenware
Chaffers bowl Casual Fisherman pattern
By Richard Chaffers
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This porcelain bowl is by Richard Chaffers of Liverpool and is decorated with the hand painted blue and white "Casual Fisherman" pattern. The pattern is shown in plates 5.135 and 5.1...
Category
1750s English Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
First period Worcester coffee cup Prunus Root pattern
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This First period Worcester porcelain coffee cup is decorated with the hand painted blue and white "Prunus Root" pattern. This was a popular pattern that ran from 1752 through to aro...
Category
1750s English Chinoiserie Antique Australia
Materials
Porcelain
