All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1448920
This is an original 18th century Gouyn period porcelain Chelsea fob seal. These seals were given as love tokens by the wealthy and known as "toys". These seals were given as love tokens by the wealthy and known as "toys". This particular seal features Cupid holding a spy-glass to his right eye, his left hand on a globe a quiver slung behind him, concave bottom...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1344461 (stock #SR4525)
Fantastic Georgian 18K gold cuff bracelet with an elaborate woven band and ornate central motif. Beautiful to wear on the most elegant of occasions. Be prepared for an avalanche of compliments. The bracelet measures 7 1/2" long and 2" at its widest.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1430653
Dainty Georgian pansy pin set with amethysts and citrines in 18K gold. Pansy pins were often given as a gift from a loved as the sound of the word pansy was similar to the French "pense", meaning "think, remember me". Time to continue the tradition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1344687 (stock #SR4539)
Georgian agate bracelet of various colors and patterns makes a wonderful and wearable piece of jewelry. Turn it around and have a different view to suit your attire. The agates are set in gold and the bracelet measures 6 1/4" long. Each agate measures 1" wide by 1 1/2" high.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1251716 (stock #TBD00151)
A pair of molded edge porcelain dessert serving bowls, Spode circa 1814 with bat transferred fruit in the center. Pattern number 1686. Neither is marked, but the distinctive border of twined dolphins alternating with a large plant (?) is a Spode design. The pattern of fruits is currently made by Spode and called “Chatham.” The border is set off with a band of gilding at the rim and the inside edge. The bat transfer is an unusual color, almost brown at some angles and gold at others...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1432187
Bold pave set chrysoberyl ring in 18K gold. The stones came from Portuguese mines in Brazil. Fabulous jewelry was made from the various gemstones exported from these mines until the French invasion of Portugal in 1809. The ring is size 7 1/4 and can be sized up or down.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1180253 (stock #SR8125)

Mason's popular pattern in a hard to find soup plate, 9 1/4" diameter. Condition: excellent

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1837 VR item #1465308 (stock #BX039)
Federal Classical coin silver flagon. Made by Nicholas James Bogert in New York, ca 1820. Upward tapering cylinder on spread and stepped base. S-scroll handle with ribbed thumb rest and heart terminal. Hinged and domed cover with bud finial. Curved spout with ogee opening. Bold and spare by a historic regional maker. Maker’s stamp. Very good condition with nice patina. A few areas of firescale.

Dimensions: H 13 x W 9 1/4 x D 6 1/4 in. Weight: 33 troy ounces. #BX039

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1370715
Global Ceramics
$190.00
A large copper lustre jug / pitcher, both sides transfer printed with Charity as a mother with children, having pity on yet another child. Sunderland, England c 1830, unmarked. Height "5 ½ / 13.5 cm. Condition: a firing crack visible at the base and a glaze bubble to the Charity image to one side (cf. pics). A smaller Sunderland jug with Hope is presented in another GC offer (cf. last pic).
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1458306
Global Ceramics
$1,000.00
Ten creamware dinner plates, transfer printed in puce with a cottage, a farmboy and cattle within a lace border, the outer rim with hand painted vine leaves, also in puce (one vine wreath partly in orange). From Herculaneum in Liverpool c 1810, all with the impressed mark of the pottery as a straight line, in the style of Wedgwood, the name of the pottery also competing with Wedgwood’s Etruria. Diameter "10 / 25.5 cm. Condition: all fine except for a hairline to one of the plates.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1349046 (stock #SR4616)
Fabulous Georgian Pinchbeck muff chain with a hand clasp set with colored paste stones. Christopher Pinchbeck developed an alloy of copper and zinc in 1720 that had the look of real gold and did not tarnish. The jewelry made with this alloy survives today giving us the enjoyment of its beauty. A muff chain is a long chain worn around the neck fastened to ladies muffs. This chain measures 49" long by 1/4" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1289198 (stock #p1129)
An exceptionally wonderful example of this well-known and highly collected historical Staffordshire scene, with the added bonus of being in the very rare form of a shaped tray. This piece is 10" in length and 5 3/4" in width,with the impressed Clews mark on the reverse. The condition is superb, with deep rich color, high clarity, sparkling glaze, and no chips, cracks, scratches, or restoration. It is as fine an example as one could hope for.

The full title of the scene is "Landing of Gen...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1180338 (stock #SR8090)

c. 1820, 6 1/4" H. Condition: excellent

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1180345 (stock #SR8084)

C. 1820, 2 1/2"W x 6 1/2"L x 1 1/2"H. Condition: excellent

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #533544 (stock #p1028)
The standard reference book for this type figure is "Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era" by P.D. Gordon Hugh. The figure offered here is so rare that the book does not even show an example, although it does have information about the history underlying it...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1431988 (stock #TBD00379)
A blue transfer printed “Stone China” or ironstone dinner plate by John and William Ridgway, marked on the back with the pattern and ‘J. W. R.” 10 ¼ inches (26 cm) diameter. Gadroon edge and good clear printing in dark blue. Circa 1820.

Condition: No cracks or hairlines. Two chips to the foot ring and a minute flake to the glaze on the rim and one at the edge of the well. Very minor knife scratches.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1837 VR item #319820
Outstanding pair of early American coin silver sugar tongs. The arms are cut in a modified fiddle shape and are decorated with superb applied fruit baskets. The claws are shaped as scallop shells. The end has a period monogram “BC”. These are undoubtedly the finest coin silver sugar tongs we’ve seen. The inside is marked with an unidentified pseudo-hallmark.

Origin: America, probably New England, circa 1815. Condition: excellent, sharp detail. Size: 6-5/16” long...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1394333
Global Ceramics
$150.00
Pearlware cup and saucer decorated with a silver resist (platinum) border of vines within thin red lines. As a cheaper alternative to luxury silver services and to avoid tarnishing, platinum on porcelain was used in the early 19th century. Silver resist or silver lustre wares were produced mainly in Staffordshire, before silver-plated metals took over the market. This cup and saucer was made around 1820 and is unmarked. Diameter of saucer "5 ½ / 14 cm and of cup "3 ¼ / 8 cm...