Porcelain beaker decorated in transfer and polychrome enamels with scenes of Louisville, Kentucky. The scenes include "Thomas Jefferson Statue & Court House", "Entrance to Cave Hill Cemetary", and "Post Office & Custom House". These glasses were made in Austria, Bohemia and Germany from the 1890's until World War I. We are also offering similar glasses featuring Boston, Cincinnati, and St. Louis. The bottom is marked "Victoria Austria". Origin: Austria, 1891-1918...

Terrific American majolica dish in the form of a fish. The painting on this example is especially nice, with very lifelike colors. The modeling is very crisp and clean. The back has a decorator's mark, but no maker's mark. It is possibly a product of Griffin, Smith & Hill. Perfect condition. Circa 1880. 7-1/2" x 10".

Wonderful pottery candlestick decorated in an underglaze blue floral transfer and clobbered with overglaze iron red, yellow, and purple pigments. The effect is much like chintz china, but with stronger coloring. The bottom is marked with the registration number indicating the piece was designed in 1913 and bears the mark used by Cauldon Potteries from 1905 to 1920. It is also marked "Grip", probably referring to the very uncommon form...

Fantastic pottery double-handled urn decorated in an underglaze blue floral transfer and clobbered with overglaze iron red, yellow and purple pigments. The effect is much like chintz china, but with stronger coloring. The bottom bears the mark used by Cauldon Potteries from 1905 to 1920. The form and size of this vase, combined with its rich coloring, makes for a truly stunning piece of Staffordshire pottery.

Origin: Staffordshire, England, circa 1913. Condition: mint...

Extremely rare dessert plate featuring transfer decoration commemorating Napoleon’s great victory in the Battle of Friedland. The center decoration is printed in color and the rim is hand colored over a black transfer of crowned “N”s encircled by laurel wreaths and military decorations, alternating with escutcheons with the Emperor’s signature hat and sword. The back of the plate is stamped with the maker’s mark for Boch Freres of La Louviere, Belgium...

Extremely rare set of six transferware dessert plates depicting Napoleon’s great victories. The rims are printed with crowned “N”s encircled by laurel wreaths and military decorations, alternating with escutcheons with the Emperor’s signature hat and sword...

Terrific figural porcelain creamer in the form of a lobster. This example has very nice painted details--note how the paint fades from red to pink to white at the edges of the claws. The bottom is stamped with the blue mark.

Origin: Germany, circa 1919. Condition: excellent, only a few tiny paint scrapes; no chips or cracks. Size: 4" high, 5" across.

A Wedgwood Historical Plate of Mount Vernon, the Home of Washington. Imported by Jones, McDuffee and Stratton of Boston. 9", 1894. Please see the other plates we have to offer.

Wedgwood Historical Plate of The Capital, Washington, DC. Imported by Jones, McDuffee and Stratton of Boston. 9", 1899.. Please see the other plates we have to offer.

Wedgwood Historical Plate of Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh, NY. Imported by Jones, McDuffee and Stratton of Boston. 9", 1889. Please see the other plates we have to offer.

Wedgwood Historical Plate of Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Imported by Jones, McDuffee and Stratton of Boston. 9", 1895. Please see the other plates we have to offer.

Wedgwood Historical Plate of the Capitol Building, Albany NY. Imported by Jones, McDuffee and Stratton of Boston. 9", 1900. Please see the other plates we have to offer.

A Thistle Pattern Tray with a Gilt Border; Limoges, 19th century. dimensions 12" long x 5" wide.

A Pair of German Compote or Bon Bon Dishes in an octagon shape, with Hand Painted Florals on Interior and with Relief Florals on the Exterior. With Pierced Sides and a Gilt rim, c. 1895. Dimensions 7" x 2.5". Excellent condition.

A Pair of Empire Ivoryware Bon Bon Dishes featuring a center classical scene and a floral gilt border, from England; c. 1895. Dimensions 6" across x 2.5" high.

A 10.5" Game Bird Plaque with the mark of P.M. Mavaleix, Limoges, France. It is from the period 1908-1914 and is signed by the artist, L. Coudert.

Unusual Rookwood matt-glazes tazza, with impressed mark and date - 1906 (?).

Height: 2.35”
Diameter: 4.5”

Chintz plate; Royal Coronaware, "Rosetta" pattern, by S. Hancock & Sons, England, with plate hangar. Dimension 8" diameter, late 19th century.

Chintz plate; Wessex Whieldonware by F. Winkle & Co, Ltd. Bird pattern and octagon shape. Dimension, 8" diameter; late 19th century; with plate hangar.

A high quality signed Austrian Vienna Biedermeier Urn. Imperial Beehive mark. Very nice condition. H : 7,5 inc.

Very good Staffordshire pottery inkwell in the form of a country cottage beside a tree populated by a mother bird and her nest of young. A Dalmatian watches the birds from the ground. The cushion base is accented with a gilt line.

Origin: England, circa 1860. Condition: very good, normal glaze crazing; some ink discoloration to base, no chips or cracks. Size: 4-7/8" x 2-1/16" x 4-3/4" tall.

Extremely rare relief-molded jug by the Sandford Pottery in Wareham, Dorset. This jug was designed to honor the contributions of volunteers during the Crimean War (1853-56). The sides of the jug are decorated with a procession of a soldier, a sailor, a marine and a Scots Highlander. Under the lip is a representation of a young Queen Victoria. Above the foot is impressed "Our Army & Navy & Brave Volunteers". The coloring is very rich and the majolica glaze very deep and glossy...

A Royal Rudolstadt Porcelain Pitcher; Hand Painted Florals with a Gilt Handle. Dimensions 6" high x 3" across. Condition excellent.

A Khyber Hawthorn ironstone drainer circa 1875 by Wedgwood & Co. This scarce serving platter sized pierced drainer is in the English ironstone transferware pattern Khyber Hawthorn, issued c1875-80 by Podmore & Walker / Wedgwood & Co. This 13" x 9-3/8" drainer features a great blue/black transfer of flowers, and it has the retailer's mark (James Green & Nephew, London)...

This is a fine Georgian period English tea cup and saucer dish, one of a pair, unmarked, but probably Hilditch ca. 1825. The pedestal cup, with London bone china style handle, is decorated with a simple scrolling border and stylized leaves in shades of aqua and puce; the matching saucer is deeply dished, which is typical of the period. Condition: Cup: excellent, with several tiny glaze chips below handle; saucer: some age appropriate crackling to glaze...

A Majolica pitcher with a basket weave and floral pattern design. Mauve Interior. Dimensions 6"high x 5" wide, to handle. Circa 1880. Excellent condition.

This is an ANTIQUE LIMOGES EWER Hand Painted and Signed by the Artist: GERTRUDE LEWIS. This Decorative PORCELAIN is 15" tall and 6" in Diameter at the center. From the late Victorian Era with Beautifully Painted Florals, the handle designed with Stylised Vines. Gilded at the Top and at the Base. There is a small chip on the base (reapairable and not visible as the piece sits). Outstanding ANTIQUE HAND PAINTED LIMOGES

Superb early hinged porcelain box with gilt brass trim. The top of the box is painted with a colorful scene of a pheasant in a pastoral setting with foliage, pink flowers and a lake. The bottom half of the box is painted in a coordinating pattern. Boxes such as this were used to hold small candies called “bonbons”. The best of the boxes were made in France, both in Limoges and in the area around Paris, from the middle of the 18th century.

Origin: France, ca 1840...

Pretty late Victorian porcelain child's cup. One side has a polychrome transfer image of a playful dog, while the other shows another dog with a blue ribbon around his neck. The rim and handle are decorated with gilt bands. Porcelain cups such as these were prized by Victorian children. The bottom is marked "Germany".

Origin: Germany, ca 1900. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks, light wear to gilding at rim. Size: 2-3/16" tall.

This is a Victorian Staffordshire-style spill vase, of biscuit porcelain shaded to pale green, spill vases were placed on a fireplace mantle to hold spills---the small wood or paper splinters used to obtain light from a fire; modeled as 3 knarled trees joined by leafy branches; surface cracks; 6" high.

Pretty French faience plate exuberantly decorated with vases of carnations, sprays of bluebells and colorful insects. The plate has a deep rim and the edges are finished in a nice curved pattern. The back of the plate is marked "Jardin" in underglaze blue.

Origin: France, early 19th century. Condition: no body cracks or chips; glaze wear along rim; normal glaze crackling. Size: 10-1/4" diameter.

Exceptional "Gres Flamme" by Roger Guerin, dating from the 1920s, in perfect condition. This vase measures approximately 11" in height and 12" across at its widest. Signed "Guerin". cf: "Sel et Feu" by Fauconnier and Migeot for similar exemples and background. Also check our other offerings by Guerin, Aubry, Ponsart, Frere, etc.

A Minton's Indian Tree platter, transfer printed in a sparkling famille rose palette, year mark for 1843, pattern number 1482. This classical pattern was first introduced by Minton’s, around 1840. Width: 14 1/4" / 36,5 cm. Condition: hairlines to one side and some wear to the decorated surface.

Six English New Hall coffee cups and saucers with painted decoration of single roses. Wishbone or London handles, c 1820. Numbers painted to base: 925 and 923 (all cups are of the same pattern). Height of cups: 3" / 7,5 cm, diam. of saucers: 5 1/2" / 14 cm. Condition: fine.An extra cup and saucer to go with the others (optional), secured hairline to the saucer

Blue and white handleless cup with early transfer printed decoration of butterfly and flowers, the Three flowers pattern. Crescent mark for Worcester, c 1780. Height: 1 3/4" / 4,5 cm. Condition: fine.

An English blue and white tea bowl and saucer, transfer printed with Chinoiserie scenes in four compartments, a variation of the Willow pattern, c 1800. Height of cup: 2" / 5 cm, diam. of saucer: 5 1/4" / 13 cm. Condition: fine.