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Item Ships From: Melbourne
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Teapot, Stag Hunt Pattern, China, circa 1740, Decorated in London by Giles
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chinese export porcelain teapot with underglaze blue decoration; decorated for the London market in the James Giles workshop with the S...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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.
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Japonisme Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Miniature libation cup, Dehua, Qing Dynasty, C1700
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Chinese porcelain libation cups of this period represent a fascinating aspect of Chinese ceramic art and cultural history. The Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) was renowned for its porcelain...
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Late 17th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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...
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Bowl and Saucer, Richard Chaffers of Liverpool, circa 1760
By Richard Chaffers
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A porcelain tea bowl and saucer from one of the Liverpool makers, painted with a chinoiserie scene. The use of the white porcelain to form the shin...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Cup and Saucer in the White, Chelsea, circa 1750
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lovely little cup and saucer, decorated with prunus blossom. Cups with this form of handle are rare, but documented.
Raised anchor mark to saucer.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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...
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1770s English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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.
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Waste Bowl, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unusual waste bowl (sometimes called a slop bowl) in soft-paste porcelain, decorated with typical Chelsea sprigs and bunches of flowers.
One of the most...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 ...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Seal in the Form of a Lion, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A porcelain seal in for the form of a seated lion. With original gold mount, loop, and semi-precious stone: which has not been engraved.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 ...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Bird Plates, Chelsea, circa 1755
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pair of scalloped dessert plates, painted with bunches and sprays of flowers, with attractive naturalistic birds arranged around the outside.
Red anchor mark.
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Teapot Stand, "Milkmaids" Pattern, Worcester, circa 1760
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Hexagonal teapot stand, with transfer print decoration of The Milkmaids.
From an engraving by Richard Hancock, one the best and most important of the en...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Commemorative Jug: George II. Worcester, circa 1759
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unusual print, sometimes seen on mugs; exceptionally rare to find it on a jug. King George II died in 1760, and so any Worcester commemoratives of him are scarce. The print commem...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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.
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Lion, passant gardant, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A lion, seated on its haunches, one paw up. Perhaps a heraldic reference; although the stump does not appear in heraldry, it is required in order to keep the paw in position during f...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Plates, Roses and Tulips, Nantgarw, circa 1815
By Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A fine pair of plates in the incomparable Nantgarw body; decorated in London with naturalistic sprays of flowers.
Category
Early 19th Century Welsh Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Armorial Tea Cup and Saucer from the Ludlow Service, Bristol, circa 1777
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A Rococo cup and saucer, elaborately decorated with the arms of Ludlow, for Daniel Ludlow of Campden.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Cup & Saucer decorated with bluebells. Nantgarw C1815.
By Nantgarw China Works
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A particularly pleasing and restrained form of decoration for this period, which allows the beauty of the porcelain to be clearly seen.
Nantgarw porcelain is particularly fine, and ...
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1810s Welsh Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Kitty Clive Figure
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of Bow's theatrical figures.
The actress Mrs Catherine (Kitty) Clive, 1711-1785, as Mrs Riot, the Fine Lady, introduced, with The Fine Gentleman, into David Garrick...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Spoon Tray, Decorated by James Hammett O'neale, Bow, circa 1760
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From a Bow service with decoration attributed to the painter Jeffryes Hammett O'Neale, probably in the London workshop of James Giles. The tray with shallow rim and shaped outline wi...
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Mid-18th Century English Romantic Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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 Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Early Bow Porcelain Pickle Dish, circa 1748
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
In the early ‘mushroom grey’ body, probably made by hand; decorated with some very good flower painting.
Provenance: Taylor Collection; Simon Spero 2007.
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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,...
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tankard with Printed Decoration, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1758
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Pint mug, in baluster form, decorated with early transfer prints of pheasants and two sheep. Transfer printing on bow porcelain is very rare.
Prov: Taylor Coll; Winifred Williams,...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sugar Sifter, Mennecy, circa 1760
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A pierced ladle, probably intended as a sifter as part of a dessert service. The flower painting is particularly fine.
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Sauce Boat, Fringed Tree Pattern, Worcester, circa 1755
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An unusual shape with an uncommon painted pattern: Fringed Tree. The combination is scarce.
Workman’s mark.
In the 18th century, sauce boats were a common serving vessel used ...
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Mid-18th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Figure: Female Pedlar, Possibly Peg Woffington, Bow Porcelain, circa 1758
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
On a mound base decorated with painted floral sprigs. She wears a pale pink-mauve washed shift with iron-red sleeves and cloak, pale mauve and pink stomacher and a sprigged white shi...
Category
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Double-Handled Sauce Boat, Chantilly, circa 1770
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A double-handled sauce boat, with simple cobalt decoration.
Category
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Bowl and Saucer, Kakiemon Decoration Chelsea, circa 1752
By Chelsea Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A large octagonal tea-bowl, decorated in the Japanese style.
“The decoration is effective and pleasing, but does not seem to have been very frequently employed” – McKenna.
Pro...
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1750s English Anglo-Japanese Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Lions. Bow Porcelain C1750
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An attractive pair of lions, in the white; possibly based on a Chinese original.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Melbourne - Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
