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Item Ships From: Melbourne
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 ...
Category
1810s Welsh Regency Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Butter Boat, Two Peony Rockbird Pattern, Worcester, circa 1755
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly successful dish, formed in the shape of a leaf, and decorated with underglaze blue painting after the Chinese.
The Two Peony Rockbird pattern is a traditional Chine...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
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.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Pottery
Soup Tureen, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Oval tureen and cover, decorated after the Kakiemon in the two quail pattern; the crabstock handles and masks are interesting features. The tureen has had a rather unhappy life, appa...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Japonisme Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Dessert Plate, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1756
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Plate, circa 1755-1760: Octagonal plate, the decoration after an oriental original (possibly from the region now modern Bhutan), with four robed ladies walking through a stylized lan...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Oenocho, Wedgwood, C1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A splendid miniature oenochoe in creamware, decorated to simulate porphyry. Much of the original gilding still remains; all too often gilding from this period has worn off, or has be...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Creamware
Tragic Couple Antony and Cleopatra, Creamware, Ralph & Enoch Wood, circa 1780
By Ralph Wood Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Cleopatra and Mark Antony, in enamelled creamware. After a model by Ralph and Enoch Wood, and quite likely made by this important partnership.
The figur...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Creamware
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Ribbon Landscape", Bow Porcelain, circa 1753
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted in under-glaze blue with a Chinese landscape.
Prov: Taylor Collection; Roderick Jellicoe.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
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.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Cross-Legged Man", Bow Porcelain, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted under the glaze with the cross-legged man pattern. An early and unusual shape for this scarce pattern.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Robyn Robb.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Cabbage Dish, "The Magician" Pattern, Worcester, circa 1758
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early dish in the form of two cabbage leaves, with the polychrome decoration known as ‘The Magician’. A cheerful, colourful pattern, well drawn and with an amusing name.
The bord...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Engraved Decanter in the Form of a Bottle TG Hawkes & Co., circa 1930
By T. G. Hawkes & Co.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A decanter in the form of a bottle, with sterling silver top and entensive engraved decoration. The lock is a convincing sham, which looks secure but opens easily without a key.
The top is stamped Sterling, and the base has an etched mark for Hawkes.
T.G. Hawkes & Co. was a prominent American glass manufacturer that operated from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. The company was founded by Thomas G. Hawkes in 1880 in Corning, New York, which was already a center of glass manufacturing.
T.G. Hawkes & Co. specialized in the production of high-quality cut glass, also known as crystal glass, which was a popular luxury item during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company quickly established a reputation for producing some of the finest cut glass in the world, and its products were highly sought after by wealthy Americans and Europeans.
Hawkes' cut glass was known for its intricate designs, precise cuts, and brilliant shine. The company's designs ranged from simple geometric patterns to more intricate floral and scroll designs, and many pieces were also engraved with intricate scenes and motifs.
T.G. Hawkes & Co. was a major supplier of glassware to luxury retailers, such as Tiffany & Co. and Cartier, and its products were used in many prestigious events, such as White House state dinners...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Blown Glass
Famille Rose Tea Bowl & Saucer, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A delicate tea-bowl and saucer, decorated after the Chinese in the Famille Rose palette. This style of painting, known as 'wet enamelling', is very attractive but quite scarce in Bow...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Large Dish, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large platter, probably once associated with tureen. Beautiful flower painting, possible done outside the factory at the Giles studio in London, or perhaps at the Chelsea studio by a painter who had previously worked there. The tulip, heartease, and others look very Giles.
One of the most distinctive features of Chelsea porcelain is its intricate floral painting, which often featured detailed, lifelike renditions of flowers and other botanical subjects. The factory employed skilled artists who were trained in the art of flower...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Cup and Saucer Laughing Buddha, or Pu Tai. Worcester, circa 1762
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Bell-shaped coffee cup with wish-bone handle, and saucer, decorated with the Put Tai or Laughing Buddha pattern.
This class of decoration on Worcester is like to have been perform...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Encaustic Painted Ecuelle, Wedgwood, circa 1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In black basalt, decorated with encaustic painting.
An écuelle is a French word that refers to a shallow dish or bowl, typically made of metal or ceramic, and used for serving food. Écuelle is also the French word for a small, shallow saucer used for serving soup. In English, an écuelle might be referred to as a soup plate or a soup saucer...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Coffee Can, Polychrome "Strutting Bird", Bow Porcelain, circa 1752
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can from the bow porcelain factory, naively painted with the ‘Strutting Bird’ pattern.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Teapot, with Naive Shepherdess, Wedgwood C1770
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A text-book example of Rhodes Studio decoration on a Wedgwood creamware blank. The shepherdess leans slightly, as though tipsy; typical of this studio.
Prov: Kantar Collection.
Exh...
Category
Late 18th Century English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Creamware
Tea Cup & Saucer, Saint Cloud, circa 1730
By Saint Cloud
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Both cup and saucer with moulded reeding and decorated in underglaze blue with scrolled lambrequin borders.
Saint Cloud porcelain is a type of soft-paste porcelain produced in the French town of Saint Cloud from the late 17th century to the mid-18th century. It was one of the earliest European attempts to produce porcelain and is known for its delicate, pale blue-gray glaze and simple, elegant designs.
The history of Saint Cloud porcelain can be traced back to the late 17th century when a group of Flemish potters settled in the town of Saint Cloud, which was then a royal estate...
Category
Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Oval Dish, Chantilly, circa 1770
By Chantilly
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Underplate from a tureen or similar; decorated with simple cobalt decoration.
The history of Chantilly porcelain can be traced back to around 17...
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Dated Crowther Plate, Bow Porcelain Factory, 1770
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The so-called ‘Crowther Plate’ dated January 1770:
Octagonal, painted in blue underglaze with the monogram ‘RC’ in a floral cartouche and with elaborate scroll, pendant and cell a...
Category
1770s English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Sparrow-Beaked Jug, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1763
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A small pear-shaped milk jug, with a transfer-printed outline, filled with wet enamels, in the Chinese Mating Chickens pattern; the rear with symbols of pomegranate, leaves and censer.
Prov: Taylor Collection; John Wilson Antiques 2008.
Catalogue Entry:
Of small pear shape on a high footrim; sparrow...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Cup and Saucer, Kakiemon Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1753
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Low tea cup with clip handle with matching saucer, decorated after the Kakiemon with the two quail pattern. An unusual form with scarce decoration.
Prov...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Japonisme Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Shell Sweetmeat Stand, Bow Porcelain, circa 1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Three-tiered stand for sweetmeats, in the form of shells and coral, and enameled with flowers; it is rare to find these in such good condition. Probably from a large dessert service.
These stands were popular in the Georgian period and were made by most of the porcelain factories. Many were modelled by a man named Tebo, who went from factory to factory creating these stands. He appears to have used real shells...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Black Basalt Tea Canister with Applied Decoration, Mayer, C1790
By Elijah Mayer Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Cyclicrical tea canister in engine-turned black basalt, with raised decoration. Unmarked, but the quality and finial clinch the attribution.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Garniture of Three Spill Vases, Painted by Lark Pratt, Minton, circa 1860
By Minton
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Set of three spill vases, or Match Pots, decorated in the Gothic Revival manner, with reserves showing finely detailed landscapes. The painting by Lark Pratt, who was working for Min...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Gothic Revival Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Polychrome Mug Tea Ceremony, Worcester, circa 1754
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Scratch cross type mug, decorated with the tea ceremony pattern.
Incised line to base near handle.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Dessert Plate, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Circular plate, the well outlined and transfer printed in black/brown outline and filled-in with 'wet' enamels all with Chinese figures in a garden and a child playing with an excite...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Baluster-Form Saltglaze Teapot, Decorated with Faulous Beasts, England, C1745
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In salt-glazed stoneware, crisply moulded with fabulous beasts and birds.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
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 ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Egg Cup, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1752
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Modelled after a small Chinese blanc-de-Chine wine cup of Dehua, Fujian Province; the bowl with three single prunus sprigs. Thick glaze with some crazing around base. Green translucency. Base glazed but partially wiped.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Parkside Antiques Melbourne...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Residence", Bow Porcelain, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted in under-glaze blue with a large residence in a Chinese landscape.
Prov: Taylor Collection; Watney Collection.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Bamboo and Pagoda", Bow Porcelain, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted under the glaze with Bamboo and a pagoda. Underglaze B mark.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Sutherland; Aubrey Toppin; Charles Dyson.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Navette, with Ladle, Wedgwood, C1790
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An extraordinary navette, or cream boat, in black basalt with encaustic decoration. Complete with matching ladle: a rare find indeed.
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Scholar's Rock" Bow Porcelain, circa 1751
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted under the glaze with a Scholar’s Rock and associated items.
Prov. Taylor Collection; Stockspring Antiques.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Flowers and Insects", Bow Porcelain, circa 1755
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted in under-glaze blue with flowers and insects. Painter’s mark 16 and a distinctive way of painting insects.
Prov: Taylor Collection; Christie’s.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Banana Trees", Bow Porcelain, circa 1753
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted in under-glaze blue with banana trees in a landscape.
Prov: Taylor Collection; Parkside Antiques.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can, Blue and White "Man at the Window" Bow Porcelain, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Painted in under-glaze blue with a pattern possibly depicting a reluctant bride.
Provenance Taylor Collection; Mercury Antiques.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Cauldron Salt Cellar, in the White, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1752
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A cauldron-shaped salt: a direct copy of a contemporary (Georgian) silver shape in soft-paste porcelain.
Provenance: Taylor collection.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Campana Vase, Victoriaware Wedgwood, circa 1880
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A campana vase in white & gilt Victoriaware. Very French in style, the decoration being a copy of Sevres. It works surprisingly well on the neoclassical shape.
Category
Mid-19th Century 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...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Can: Blue and White "Stork & Banana Tree". Bow Porcelain C1753
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An early coffee can, painted under the glaze with the Stork & Banana Tree pattern.
Provenance Taylor Collection; Sutherland Collection.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Spoon Tray, Hancock's Ruins, Worcester, circa 1765
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Of elongated hexagonal form, decorated with classical ruins, after Hancock.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Cat holding a mouse, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An engaging cat, holding a mouse in its paw, while a second mouse escapes into a cheese.
These small 'toys' are scarce, being easily lost. They were largely hand made, and so were n...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Large Signed Alfredo Barbini Scavo Glass Bowl 1970s Blue White and Amethyst
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Melbourne, AU
Superb large example of Barbini 'Scavo' glass. Amethyst glass with cobalt blue highlights. Wonderful markings, colours and proportions.
Signature to base. One of the largest size...
Category
1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Art Glass
Gerald Benney Stainless Cutlery by Viners of Sheffield, British, 1970s
By Gerald Benney
Located in Melbourne, AU
Superb set of 'Fisheaters', i.e. Six knives and six forks designed by Gerald Benney, in original box. The influence of Danish design is very clear, yet these are quintessentially midcentury British in their trim, measured and practical style.
'Gerald Benney CBE (21 April 1930 – 26 June 2008) was a British silver and goldsmith who along with David Mellor...
Category
1970s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stainless Steel
Leaf-Shape Dish, Chelsea, circa 1760
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Baluster shaped vase in soft paste porcelain, with early gilt line decoration. Superb flower painting.
The shapes are very close, a serving dish, in the form of a leaf in a basket...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
La Nourrice - Porcelain figure of breast feeding, Liverpool, circa 1759
By Richard Chaffers
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An important soft-paste porcelain figure of a nurse feeding a swaddled infant. Probably by Richard Chaffers; and taken from the Chelsea version, which in turn was from the potter Ber...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Plates decorated by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of plates in ‘Warren Hastings’ shape, with fine rococo moulding, decorated by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with geese and other birds to the reserve...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Black Basalt Teapot, Turner, circa 1805
By Turner Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine teapot with D-shape handle and a peculiar finial in the form of a widow without her barrel & cruze.
The finial confirms the Turner attribution.
Category
Late 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...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Earthenware
Jasperware Buckle, Wedgwood, Matthew Boulton, Circa 1795
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A jasper medallion decorated with Aphrodite, set in cut steel as a buckle, probably by Matthew Boulton. Original box.
The Greek goddess Aphrodite is often depicted in ancient art with a dolphin. In mythology, dolphins were considered sacred to Aphrodite, and they were associated with love, beauty, and fertility. According to one legend, Aphrodite emerged from the sea on a shell-borne chariot drawn by dolphins, and the creatures were said to be her faithful servants. As a result, images of Aphrodite with dolphins became a popular motif in Greek art, appearing on vases, sculptures, and other decorative objects. The association between Aphrodite and dolphins has continued through the centuries, and the image of the goddess with a dolphin remains a popular symbol of love and beauty.
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) was an English manufacturer and entrepreneur who was best known for his contributions to the Industrial Revolution...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Cut Steel
Delft Charger, Coursing a Stag, English, circa 1710
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tin glazed earthenware (Delftware) dish, in an unusual shape; elaborately and skillfully painted with a man coursing a stag. Probably London; perhaps Bristol. Probably the salver for a large ewer.
English Delftware is considered to be one of the most important forms of English ceramic production of the period, and it had a major influence on the development of the British ceramics...
Category
Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Earthenware
Conical form Teapot, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unusual shape, which looks impractical and yet the lid is surprisingly stable when the pot is tilted. The usual superb flower painting for this period.
See McKenna, Red Anchor ...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
Big Framed Jasper Medallion, Clio by Bert Bentley, Wedgwood, circa 1925
By Wedgwood
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Unusually large and fine example of the work of the well-known decorator Bert Bentley. Clio, the muse of History, is reproduced with the exceptional quality that has made his work so desirable.
Clio is the Greek muse...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Revival Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Stoneware
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 Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Earthenware
Tea Bowl & Saucer with Insects. Worcester, Giles, circa 1760
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall, James Giles
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tea bowl and saucer, in remarkably fine porcelain; decorated in London at the Giles workshop, with typical butterflies, caterpillars and plants.
James Giles was a British ceramic pa...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass in Melbourne
Materials
Porcelain
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