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Item Ships From: Melbourne
Persian Market Porcelain Platter Portrait Nasr al din Shah Qajar 20th C
By Gardner Porcelain Factory
Located in Melbourne, AU
A large platter, bearing commemorative portraits of Naser al din Shah Qajar, painted in cobalt and parcel gilt.
This beautiful portrait platter was purc...
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1950s Japanese Late Victorian Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
French Chinoiserie Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Edo Imari Potpourri Vase and Cover
Located in Melbourne, AU
This large pot-pourri or covered vase stands over 20 inches tall and about 15 inches wide across the handles - very substantial.
It closely resembles an original early Edo pot-pour...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Empire Neoclassical Sterling Silver and Steel Cutlery Set 1830s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An impressive set of twelve early nineteenth century Neoclassical knives and forks with Austrian Empire sterling silver handles and original early 19th century steel blades. Original...
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1830s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Georgian Toby Jug - Wood C1785
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine early toby jug, from the Wood family of potters. Traditional form, seated and holding a foaming jug of beer, dressed in clothing of the day.
Toby jugs originated in the mid 18th century in Staffordshire. The name perhaps comes from Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth night; although I think both the jug and Sir Toby got their names from the song "The Brown Jug...
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Late 18th Century British George III Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
Earl's Coronet, in Silver-Gilt with Ermine and Velvet, Hunt & Roskell, 1911
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An Earl’s Coronet, in silver-gilt, by Hunt & Roskell: the firm formerly known as Storr & Mortimer, a direct line to Paul Storr. Made in 1911, no doubt for...
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Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Sterling Silver
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
Portland Vase, Northwood, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the finest copies of The Portland Vase that Wedgwood produced, in many ways rivalling the First Edition itself.
Decorated by Thomas Lovatt, then cut, polished and shaded by John Northwood in his glass engraving studio. Although 30 copies were intended, the work was so exacting and arduous that in the end only thirteen were finished.
The mirrored stand, which is included, is later and I think dates from the late 20th century. Of all the stands designed for the Portland Vase, this is the best I've seen.
The original Portland vase, dating from around 200AD and made of cameo glass, is considered one of the most important examples of classical design and is noted for its intricate relief sculptures, which depict classical figures and scenes from Greek mythology - exactly what, though, we're not sure.
The original Wedgwood Portland Vase...
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1880s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
Pale Blue Jasperware Bowl, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In solid slate blue jasper, with inlaid foot; decorated with numerous reliefs typical of the period. Engine turned decoration and lapidary polished interior.
Exhibited: Wedgwood, Ma...
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1790s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Trophy Plate, Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Trophy plates were a particularly Victorian development at Wedgwood, taking the use of classical ornament to its absolute limit. Over 2,000 individual sprigs were made, applied, and ...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Tankard with Famille Rose Decoration, Bow C5145
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Baluster-shaped tankard, decorated with a pattern taken form the Chinese, in the famille rose-verte palette. It is amusing to note how the house on a hill in the original has been me...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Figure Faun with Flute, Wedgwood, circa 1870
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
After the antique “Piping Faun” now in the Louvre Museum; the result of it being bought by Napoleon from the Borghese collection.
The "Piping Faun" is...
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1870s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Oversized wine glass with airtwist stem, for the Coronation of Edward VIII 1937
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Lead crystal wine glass, with airtwist & coloured thread stem. Made for the coronation of Edward VIII; a coronation that did not happen.
Ed...
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Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Revival Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Blown Glass
Pair of Bocage Candlesticks, Putti and Goats. Bow 1766
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare, possibly unique, pair of candlesticks in the form of putti, representing The Four Seasons. This is the pair pictured in Stonor’s book (#94); we’ve b...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Portland Vase. Barnard Edition (Bert Bentley). Wedgwood C1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In the early 1920s, Wedgwood decided to produce an exceptional edition of the Portland Vase, and Harry Barnard embarked on 3-4 years of experiments, which resulted in this superb and...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
Teapot in Blanc De Chine, Worcester, circa 1760
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A blanc de chine teapot, with moulded decoration of a fishing scene – considerably rarer than the more common flowers.
Barrel shaped “blanc de chine' teapot with ridged loop handl...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Small Teapot in Caneware with Spaniel Finial. Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unglazed caneware teapot of depressed oval shape, with arabesque decoration and a spaniel finial.
Wedgwood caneware is a type of pottery that w...
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1820s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Imari Pattern double-handled boat, Lady in a Pavillion pattern. Chelsea C1750
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Double-handled boat in soft-paste porcelain, decorated with the Lady in a Pavillion pattern, the design and palette both after the Japanese examples of the period. Figure decoration ...
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Mid-18th Century English Japonisme Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Teapot, Creamer, Sugar Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Nantgarw Pottery, Moses Webster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An exceptionally rare teapot, sugar and creamer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painti...
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1810s Welsh Regency Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$10,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Black Glass Sphinxes, Molineaux & Webb, circa 1875
By Molineaux & Webb
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of sphinxes in black glass. Little is known of this Manchester glassworks, but they had a very successful line in neoclassical pieces of which these are a fine example.
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1870s English Neoclassical Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Glass
Fairyland Lustre Bowl, Argus Pheasant, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Fairyland lustre footed bowl, in bone china. An attractive shape; decorated with the striking Argus pheasant pattern.
Teh pattern features decorative depictions of the Argus pheasan...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Huge cider mug, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An oversized cider mug, in black basalt, with a Sheffield Plate rim. Probably not intended for use, but as an advertising gimmick; being intended to be put in the window of a tavern....
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Clear Bubble Glass Decanter Signed Julio Santos 1970s Hand Blown Brutalist
Located in Melbourne, AU
Australian-Portuguese glass artist Julio Santos was an expert in his craft. This decanter is a lovely example of his work. Signed 'J. Santos' to the base ...
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1980s Australian Brutalist Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Art Glass
Huge Kaneaki Fujimori Collection Art Glass Platter Kato Kogei Japan, 1985
By Kato Kogei, Fujimori
Located in Melbourne, AU
Just wow! A huge, gorgeously colourful Kaneaki Fujimori platter.
This will display equally well standing, hanging or flat (we prefer it flat because this emphasises the generous size).
We love the shocking white of the background which makes the colours pop. We love the smooth gloss of the glass. We love the slightly off-kilter and ovoid shape. It’s a total winner!
Kaneaki Fujimori for Kato Kogei 1980s - a classic piece of Japanese postmodern Art Glass. Signature etched to base and original sticker also attached.
Red, Green, Yellow and Black are swirled through clear glass, over a milky-white background.
Delicious and punchy. Not for the faint-hearted decorator. This piece is loud and assertive. Delightful and fun, with extravagant size and a glossy smooth finish to reflect light and attract the eye.
There are some natural flaws which we’ve tried to illustrate in images. These include numerous small bubbles, mots and blemishes. The images are an example, with match-head for scale.
Comes with a lucite stand to raise the plate a little higher off surfaces if desired.
Kaneaki Fujimori is one of Japan’s preeminent artists and designers of the 20th century.
Fujimori was born in Japan in 1935, graduating college in 1956. He majored in oil painting. He travelled to the US and worked in Chicago, Illinois, as a designer for a major ceramics firm.
He returned to Japan in 1963, and became a freelance designer for various companies in Nagoya.
At age 19, he had won the national art award (for painting) in Japan. Many other awards followed through the 1980s.
At the time of the production of this work, he was the director of Kato Kogai, a ceramics and glassware company which was a major supplier to the international market during the 1980s.
Reference to his work can be found in the book ‘1950s Then and Now’ by Richard Horn, a publication from the 1980s which compares original 1950s design with new 1980s design done in the 1950s style. He is most well known outside Japan for his lively 1980s ceramics...
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1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Art Glass
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 ...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Potpourri in Cobalt Jasperware, Wedgwood, circa 1820
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A broad, flat potpourri in cobalt jasper dip, with a tall pierced cover.
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Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
$910 Sale Price
35% Off
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Nantgarw Pottery, Moses Webster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb f...
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1810s Welsh Regency Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$1,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower ...
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1810s Welsh Regency Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$1,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large vase in black basalt, with restrained neoclassical decoration taken from examples in The Hamilton Collection, now in The British Museum...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Coffee Can with Famille Rose decoration, Bow Porcelain, circa 1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A coffee can, decorated with chinoiserie painting of typical motifs in the famille rose palette.
Bow was the first of the English porcelain manufacturers, and produced some excellen...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Wheel-Cut water jug, Stourbridge, C1870
By Stourbridge England
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lovely water jug with spherical body, suitably etched and engraved with water lillies and other aquatic plants.
Stourbridge glass refers to glassware produced in the town of Stourbridge, located in the West Midlands...
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Mid-19th Century British Neoclassical Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Blown Glass
Whieldonware Teapot, England, C1765
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming, tiny, one-cup teapot in creamware with crabstock handle and spout, and ‘Whieldonware’ decoration. Teapots of this size date from the time each person was given his own po...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Earthenware
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, large vase in black basalt, decorated with an encaustic painted figure of a youth, taken from The Hamilton vase in the British Museum.
The shape is taken from the Greek Hydria...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of Flaxman Ewers in Black Basalt. Wedgwood C1830.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the iconic early wedgwood pieces, the pair of ewers Sacred to Neptune & Sacred to Bacchus was designed by Flaxman in the 1780s for Josiah Wedgwood. They have remained popular ...
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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Large Bust of the Pieta, Ralph Wood Jr, circa 1790
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large and impressive bust, taken from Michelangelo’s Pietà. Creamware, modelled and made by Ralph Wood, with enamelling.
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Earthenware
Trophy Plate, Wedgwood, circa 1900
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Trophy plates were a particularly Victorian development at Wedgwood, taking the use of classical ornament to its absolute limit. Over 2,000 individual sprigs were made, applied, and undercut to produce this plate. Only the best decorators made these, beginning with Thomas Lovatt in the late 19th century - this is an example of his work.
The central relief depicts Bellerophon with Pegasus. Bellerophon was a noble hero of Corinth, known for his strength and bravery. He was the son of Glaucus and the grandson of Sisyphus, though some myths suggest he was actually the son of Poseidon. Bellerophon was a skilled warrior and sought to accomplish great deeds.
Pegasus was a magnificent, winged horse born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa...
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Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Fairyland Plate - Roc Centre. Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A full-sized plate in bone china, with typical elaborate painted decoration known as Fairyland Lustre.
The Fairyland Lustre line was developed during a time when there was a strong...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Fairyland Lustre Bowl, Geisha Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Daisy Makeig-Jones, Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An octagonal fairyland lustre bowl, decorated with Geisha pattern, one of the best loved of Daisy Makeig-Jones’ designs.
Probably the best of Wedgwood's female designers, Daisy wa...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Swagged Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1775
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly successful vase in black basalt, with simple, classical deocration or swags and berries & leaves. This vase comes from the Wedgwood & Bentley period, during which the ...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Hot Milk Jug, Engine-Turned Jasperware. Wedgwood, C1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Superb and exceptionally rare small jug in tricolour engine-turned diceware.
This is very early jasperware, made when "cherokee clay" was still being used. This clay, sourced from America, contained kaolin, the ingredient that makes porcelain translucent.
Exhibited: Wedgwood, Master Potter to the Universe, Roche Foundation, 2023.
Engine turning, also known as guilloche, is a decorative technique that was commonly used on eighteenth-century pottery. The process involved cutting intricate, repetitive patterns into a metal or ceramic surface using a machine known as a rose engine...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Encaustic Painted Basalt Vase, Wedgwood, circa 1785
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Polished basalt, decorated with Victoria, Goddess of Victory, in her chariot; possibly after a Roman model such as the wall paintings at Herculaneum. T...
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1780s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
A set of port glasses, etched and engraved, Lobmeyr C1880
By J. & L. Lobmeyr Company
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A set of six port or sherry glasses, brilliantly engraved with Birds & Branches pattern, after 18th century examples.
In the late 18th century, Lobmeyr played a significant role in ...
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Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Blown Glass
Plate Disheveled Birds, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1767
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Of silver shape with lobed and gilt dentil edge; the well with a landscape of exotic birds enameled in a brilliant palette all on a festoon of dense green-black foliage, the rim with insects and exotic butterflies.
The bird painter...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower ...
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1810s Welsh Regency Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$1,360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Campana Vase in White & Gilt Victoriaware, Wedgwood circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
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.
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Coffee Pot, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1767
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Coffee pot, circa 1765-69: Coffee pot and cover of silver form with domed cover; the body of the pot and dome of the cover pineapple moulded between rims painted in blue with cell an...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Mantle Clock in Black Jasper Dip, by Bert Bentley, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine mantle clock in black jasper dip, decorated by Bert Bentley with Sacrifice to the front. To one side, Polymnia; to the other, an unidentified female ...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Saltglaze plate, from a service for King George III, English, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A mosaic pattern plate in saltglaze earthenware, with a an early transfer-print of the Royal Arms used during this period. This coat of arms was used by both George II and George III...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Fairyland Lustre Plaque 'Picnic' by River, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Wedgwood, Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Daisy Makeig Jones’ description relates this to Völuspá, a poem from the Poetic Edda, which is a collection of Old Norse poems. In Völuspá, it is said that the dwarves were created by the god Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and that they were condemned to live underground. The Light Elves are also mentioned in the poem as being allowed to live in the realm of Alfheim, which is a place of beauty and light.
In Norse mythology...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Teapot, Red Coat Pattern, China, circa 1740, Decorated in London by Giles
By James Giles
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A superb example of Chinese porcelain, redecorated for the English market in London, probably in the Giles studio. ‘Man in a red coat’ pattern with gilded rock strata.
Unusually, ...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$3,000 Sale Price
25% Off
Miniature Salt Glaze teapot, English, circa 1760
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine, one-cup teapot in undecorated salt-glazed earthenware. The size reflects the early custom of a pot to each tea drinker.
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Anniversary Vase, Wedgwood, 1930
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Some fifty of these vases were made in 1930 to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Josiah Wedgwood. The inscription reads: CC post natum conditorem anno viget ars Etruriae red...
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1930s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
Black basalt figure of Bacchus. Wedgwood C1780.
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Exceptionally rare early figure of Bacchus in black basalt. The mixed-case mark places this figure between 1780 and 1785.
He is portrayed in typical style, his head garlanded with grapes and with a wine cup to his lips.
Bacchus, also known as Dionysus in Greek mythology, is the enigmatic god of wine, fertility, and ritual madness. He symbolizes freedom, ecstasy, and the blurring of societal norms through his rituals and festivities. Bacchus is often depicted in myths as a deity who challenges the status quo, promoting an atmosphere where conventional rules do not apply, and his followers are liberated from their everyday constraints.
Born from Zeus and the mortal Semele, Bacchus is unique among gods, bridging the divide between the divine and the human. His followers included the wild and ecstatic maenads, female devotees who often reached states of divine frenzy, and the satyrs, mischievous half-man, half-goat beings. The worship of Bacchus was marked by theatrical processions, dances, and plays, reflecting his patronage of the theater and the dramatic arts.
Bacchus’s mythology...
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1780s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Tall Coffee Can with Prunus Decoration, Bow C1752
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A Blanc de Chine Coffee can with straight sides and simple loop handle, and with one finely detailed prunus spray and two smaller sprays.
An unusually ta...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Glass Loving Cup, for the Coronation of George V and Queen Mary 1911
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Lead crystal Loving cup, Coronation of George V and Queen Mary, June 22nd, 1911.
Made for the retailer Thomas Goode. A traditional threepenny bit is set in the hollow stem, a nice ...
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Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Revival Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Blown Glass
Rum Kettle, Wedgwood, circa 1780
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A n excellent rum kettle in black basalt, with engine-turned decoration and applied swags. The lion finial sits well under teh tri-arc handle.
Rum kettle were used to serve hot wate...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Chocolate Pot, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Of full-bellied pear-shape with large sparrow-beak lip set slightly below the top rim of the body in front of a triangle of circular pouring holes and at the right angle to the strap...
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Mid-18th Century English Japonisme Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Jasperware Perfume Bottle, William Adams, circa 1790
By William Adams
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In cobalt jasper, decorated with Androcles and the lion and Demeter, Goddess of the harvest; Aphrodite to the other side. Original bright cut silver ...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Teapot, Derby Porcelain Works, circa 1775
By Derby
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A gadrooned, canon-ball shape teapot, decorated with typical sprays of natural flowers. The shape and decoration are both in imitation of Meissen.
The Derby Porcelain Works, now known as the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company, is a British manufacturer of fine bone china. The company has a long and rich history dating back to the late 18th century.
The company was founded in 1750 as the Derby China Works. It was originally located in the city of Derby and produced a wide range of ceramic wares, including tea sets, vases, and figurines. In 1756, the company was granted the status of "Supplier to the King," which allowed it to use the "Royal" designation in its name.
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the company experienced significant growth and expanded its product line to include more elaborate and ornate pieces. The company was particularly known for its "Derby Posies...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Punch Pot in the Famille Rose Style, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1757
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large tea-pot, or perhaps a punch pot, of globular form with loop handle. Painted in a vibrant wet palette after the Chinese. A most attractive example, of...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Wheel-Cut ewer, Stourbridge, C1860
By Stourbridge England
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A classically-shaped ewer, with wheel-cut engraving showing a cocoa plant and a dragon fly.
Stourbridge glass refers to glassware produced in the town of Stourbridge, located in the...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Neoclassical Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Blown Glass
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