Bay Area - Dinner Plates

19th century set of four English ironstone plates, signed Mason's over a crown and banner. The plates are transfer decorated in a pattern of florals ...

Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Michelangelo green dessert coupe plate is material and earthy, like the great Renaissance Master's ...

Victorian Majolica reticulated plate signed Wedgwood.

A luxurious tableware collection composed of 6 handmade glass charger made in Italy The gold rim is real gold and hand applied To be used both as a pla...

A fine English Neoclassical porcelain plate. By Coalport. Decorated throughout with alternating red and blue geometric patterns, gil...

19th-century Majolica oyster plate Wasmuel, the wells are divided by blues lines, and red stars. One minor chip on the back. Reference / Page 48 "Oysters plates" of J. Karnitz.

1970s textured glass Pertti Santalahti Humppila Kivi Plates, Set of 12 Offered for sale is a set of twelve (12) ice-like textured glass "Kivi" pattern dinner plates created by Fin...

19th century blue & white dessert plate flora signed Creil & Montereau.

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

Handblown Murano athletic rowing motif glass. Individually hand blown and designed sculling/rowing glass with a sculler on the lago di Montecenisio, called Mont Cenis in France; site...

Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Dafne Dessert Rim Plate has a narrow pink and blue dotted rim surrounding a broad, delicate golden decor of stylised flowers; su...

This is a stunning and extremely rare dessert service made by John Rose at Coalport probably around the year 1800, shortly after Rose bought up the Caughley factory. It consists of a large centre piece comport, one sauce tureen with cover, two oval dishes, two square dishes, two shell dishes, and eight plates. The service is beautifully decorated in the Neoclassical style. Coalport was one of the leading potters in 19th and 20th Century Staffordshire. They worked alongside other great potters such as Spode, Davenport and Minton, and came out with many innovative designs. When we say "Coalport" we usually think of the one Coalport factory that became famous, but in its beginning years there were two factories, one run by John Rose and the other by his brother Thomas Rose. Thomas Rose went into partnership with Robert Anstice and Robert Horton and they were located directly opposite John Rose, across the canal. John Rose had bought up the local Caughley factory in 1799. The brothers' factories had much in common with each other and they shared many different shapes and patterns. Ultimately, the John Rose factory proved more profitable and John Rose bought Thomas' factory in 1814, making it the one Coalport factory that became so famous. Many of the Coalport items, of either factory, are now collectors' items. This service is made of pearlware, which leads us to believe that it might have been made at the old Caughley premises, which had kilns for pearlware - the later Coalport items are not known to be made of pearlware but the shape of the dishes and the sauce comport are clearly a Coalport shape. All items have a beautiful deep orange ground - they were done in different firings as the colour is not entirely consistent, which makes the service very charming. The rims are set off with a beautiful vine pattern in silver, which makes the service even more rare as this was not done often. The items are unmarked, as is usual for that era, except the odd "B", which is probably the gilder's tally mark. CONDITION REPORT The service is in good usable condition with some minor flaws: there is some crazing and wear throughout, which is to be expected of pearlware of this era. The centre piece comport has a slight crack through the side, which is not very visible. One of the plates has a chip on the front of the rim as well as three lines coming off the rim; one has a chip on the underside of the rim; and one has a line coming off the rim. Neither of these stand out and the plates are entirely stable. Antique British china...