All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1837 VR item #1227097 (stock #TBD00126)
A molded roughly round stoneware small tureen with attached under tray, elaborate lid with finial and simple ladle. All transfer printed with blue floral sprays enhanced with overglaze enamels. The spoon with an additional transfer of water and a plant in the bowl. The lid and tureen with gilt highlights especially on the rams head cornucopia finial...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1374118 (stock #TBD00234)
A porcelain plate with a gilt edge, embossed border, the molded edge of the well decorated with elaborate gilding centering on a hand painted botanical specimen of a Feverfew; a member of the daisy family. The plant name is written in script in red enamel and the number “857” in gilt are written on the back. The combination of the embossed border, the botanical sample and the heavy porcelain all indicate that the plate was made and decorated at Spode...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1411645 (stock #zp506)
A nice Chamberlain Worcester porcelain dish of gadrooned and gilded edge form, the ground color in a deep apple green, and the center featuring a bouquet of various flowers. Marked on the reverse with "Chamberlain Worcester" in red.

The overall length is 13 1/2" with a width of 9 1/2". Condition is excellent, with no chips, cracks, or restoration. As is not uncommon in this period, there is overall faint craquelure.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1156843 (stock #zp707)
A rare and striking large porcelain bowl made by the William Reid manufactory. The scene, handpainted in an underglaze soft grayish-blue, depicts oriental buildings and foliage. The interior has a border of alternating flower heads and dots, and the bottom has a workman's mark. Both the large size of the bowl, and the scene itself, contribute to the rarity of this piece.

The bowl is 6 5/8" on diameter, and is 2 5/8" in height...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1421237 (stock #zp548)
A fine and rare Chelsea porcelain figure of winter. The subject is an older man, obviously in distress, wearing only a wrap, and standing beside a brazier. This is a classical representation of "Winter", part of the Seasons group.

Beautifully modelled, painted, and glazed, the condition is excellent, with only a small invisible professional restoration to the thumb area. The height is 4 1/2".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1181694 (stock #zp655)
A beautiful example of a "Warren Hastings" type Chelsea porcelain plate, molded with a rococo style border reserved with three scroll-edged panels painted with landscapes including a lake, distant towers, woods and figures. There are mixed flower sprays, smaller sprigs and a butterfly in the center, with the rim picked out with a brownish red line. Red anchor mark and stilt marks on the reverse. Painted in a lovely soft palette.

The plate is 9 1/2" in diameter...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Pottery : Pre 1800 item #1460651 (stock #8161)
An English Delft Pancake Plate. Decorated to the centre with a stylised floral spray within a loop and dash border. London C1730. Diameter; 21.5 cm. Condition; light wear
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #620243 (stock #zp911)
A scalloped top coffee cup made by the Richard Chaffers factory in Liverpool. It has a version of the Scarlet Japan pattern with panels of prunus and chrysanthemums separated by orange bands with gilding and reserved with mons. The interior also has three mons in red. The handle is of simple loop form. The cup is 2 1/2 inches tall, and 2 1/8 inches in diameter. The condition is about as close to mint as you can get, with no chips, cracks, scratches, or restoration...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #930204 (stock #p1101)
A rare and elegant first period Dr. Wall Worcester cream boat. This thinly potted superb example is of vertical faceted form with a double C-scroll handle with a raised thumb rest, and is painted in blue in the Prunus Root pattern. The gnarled root depicted has flowering branches trailing around the rim and small insects, the bottom with workman mark "IH".

Pristine condition with no issues at all. Clear, non-blurred painting...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1178584 (stock #TC196)
Worcester Blue and White Printed Cabbage Leaf Mask Jug. The moulded body printed with bouquets of flowers. W script mark to base. C1770/5. Height 8.0" Condition: excellent, no frits, chips, cracks or restoration.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #643523 (stock #p1015)
A beautiful and rare Chelsea Red Anchor plate distinguished by both its raised strawberry and leaf decorations around the gently undulating border, and the central bird. Plates with such a border are known, but not common. However, almost without exception, these plates have a floral center, rather than the bird surrounded by the wonderfully colored and rendered insects that this one has. The plate is 8 inches in diameter, and has no chips, cracks, or repairs...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #796986 (stock #p1089)
The group of small porcelain items known as "toys" is composed of scent bottles, bonbonnieres, etuis, and seals. These were produced from the early years of Chelsea through to the Chelsea-Derby period. (The most comprehensive work on these items is The Chelsea Porcelain Toys, by G.E. Bryant, published in 1925.)

Seals were carried by members of the upper class and used to imprint a uniquely identifiable mark in the wax used to sign or secure documents or letters...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1128858 (stock #p922)
A stunning Chelsea-Derby tea bowl and saucer, finely painted in puce monochrome with scattered floral sprays and sprigs, reserved on a ground of closely packed gilded spirals. The interior of the bowl is painted with a puce rose and leaves. Both pieces are marked with a gold anchor.

Condition is excellent, with no chips, cracks, or restoration. Minor gilding wear to the extreme rim edges. The height of the bowl is is 1 7/8", and the diameter is 3 1/8", while the saucer diameter is 5".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1420531 (stock #7105)
An Early Bow Prunus Teabowl applied with sprigged prunus sprays. Bow C1750/2. Diameter: 7.4 cm. Condition: very good. Ex Bernard Watney Collection
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1383129 (stock #zp547)
A beautiful lobed Chelsea porcelain plate, fulsomely decorated with a variety of flowers in a panoply of colors. The reverse with an anchor mark and three stilt marks.

Excellent condition with bright colors, no chips, cracks, or restoration. 8 1/4" diameter.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1129802 (stock #zp697)
A very unusual James Pennington bowl with a shaped rim. The painted scene depicts oriental buildings, with the reverse showing rockwork and a variety of odd trees. The interior rim of the bowl has a blue border with stylized flowers or fruit.

The bowl is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, paint loss, or restoration. The enamels are a deep, rich blue. The diameter is 4 3/8" and the height is 2 1/8".

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1452087 (stock #zp947)
A rare Worcester coffee cup with a slightly flaring rim, a grooved loop handle, and incurving toward the base. Painted in the famille verte palette and displaying chrysanthemums growing from a large triangular rock in a landscape which also features other flowers. This wonderful piece has a panelled green diaper border and a red flower sprig on the inside base.

An identical cup sold as lot 586, Watney II, Bonham's 5/10/2000 for 4500 pounds ($6893) including premium...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1209141 (stock #zp664)
A fine Chelsea porcelain finger bowl stand,with the red anchor mark and stilt marks on the reverse. Beautifully and softly painted with flowers and insects in the Meissen style. 6" in diameter and in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or restoration.