All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Pre 1800 item #1450377
Rare Chinese Antique Monohrome Clair de Lune Vase, diamond lozenge shape with incised pattern, phoenix and dragon in clouds design with centralized shou mark. Side handles with mythical animal on edges. White color interior of vase. Inset bottom with Chien Lung mark and old age sticker. Provenance Michael Smith, New York Designer. Good condition.

Age: Chien Lung Dynasty (1736-1795)

Size: 14 1/2"High x 8 3/4" Wide x 5 3/8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1800 item #1037431 (stock #1720)
An Early George III Elegant Irish Silver Bowl, Possibly Used for Sugar. Marks are rubbed, but probably Dublin, John West, circa 1767; Dimensions; 5" diameter X 3: high; weight 5.5 Troy ounces. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1427501 (stock #TBD00357)
A silver form porcelain teapot with the vented knop on the lid and the pattern number, “N 195” in red enamel on the base. This pattern is known as the “knitting wool” pattern. 5 ¾ (14.6 cm) inches tall, 9 3/8 inches (23.8 cm) across the handle and spout.

Condition: excellent. A tiny rough spot on the lip of the spout might be a tiny glaze chip or it could be a very small firing loss.

I think this form is one of the most pleasing for late 18th century teapots.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #397400 (stock #p992)
This charming tea bowl is decorated with a Chinoiserie scene with three figures, one of them holding a bird. It dates from around 1775, and exemplifies the motifs that were so popular in that period. The interior has an iron-red border and sprig at the bottom of the bowl.

The bowl is 3 1/8" in diameter and 1 3/4" high. Condition is excellent, with no chips, cracks, restorations, etc...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Pre 1800 item #1198684 (stock #g1328)
An important Newcastle light baluster (NLB) antique wine glass of John Paul Jones American Revolutionary War interest. Round funnel bowl with the stem having a rare configuration of a teared and cushioned inverted baluster knop above a multi-teared inverted baluster knop, and a basal knop. The glass is from 1760, but the engraving was done about 20 years later, to commemorate the important events described below. The foot is conical with a rough snapped pontil...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1188404 (stock #p1087)
The Chelsea porcelain toy offered here is a magnificent 3 3/4 inch tall scent bottle in the form of a flower vendor dressed in a white apron, a blue bodice enhanced with a red ribbon, a yellow lined purple flowered jacket, and a turquoise skirt. She is holding an elongated basket of greenery in her right hand, and a large basket of flowers cradled in her left arm. Her hat is adorned with various types of fruit, as is the stopper of the bottle...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1035675 (stock #zp933)
A spectacular Chelsea porcelain covered porringer. This wonderful piece is profusely decorated, even on the inside of the bowl, with butterflies, moths, other insects, and flowers. A veritable rainbow of colors was used in the enameling. The finial on the lid is a naturalistically molded rose with hues of reds and pinks, and the handles are painted with a distinct bluish green...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #611237 (stock #p1045)
A Dr. Wall period Worcester rice spoon with the Maltese Cross pattern. Applied flower to handle. Crescent mark. Excellent condition except for a minuscule nick on the rim, as shown in the fourth picture. 5 1/4 inches in length.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1800 item #1425423 (stock #1005)
18C Chinese Export Famille Rose Cockerel Rooster Plate Qianlong Period Plate is decorated with a rooster standing on rockwork amidst large peony blooms, with another rooster below the rockwork. Size: 22 cm diam., 4.1 cm deep. Condition: Some pigment loss, two tiny chips on the back of the rim.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1188717 (stock #zp714)
This is a charming example of a Champion's Bristol coffee cup, of fluted form, decorated with swags of flowers and leaves. Marked on the bottom with a blue "X" and "17" painter's number. Certainly the marks add to the value of this as opposed to it being just an attributed example.

Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or restoration. Bright colors with no losses...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : French : Pre 1800 item #533007 (stock #ag221)
An impressive and charming green-tinged very large champagne flute with a conical bowl above a bladed knop, all surmounting a hollow baluster knop. Soda glass with scattered bubbles, as expected.

7 3/4 " tall.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1800 item #1260836 (stock #TBD00155)
A underglaze blue hand painted blue and white export plate depicting three sprigs of flowers enclosed in a lobed border with fleur- de-lis and on the outer border a loosely painted fence. The outer edge is painted brown. Given the vague Western references in the decoration the plate is probably after 1750. 8 7/8th inches (22.5 cm) diameter.

Condition: No chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Very minor stacking wear...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1800 item #810533 (stock #p1096)
This is a superb, early, and rare Chinese libation cup. The paste itself appears to date from around 1735, while the decoration is most likely from around 1775.

The outside has applied polychrome lotus roots and flowers. Surrounding these are delightful vignettes of houses and boats with fishermen, the whole being further decorated with insects and birds. The interior has two large butterflies, or moths, and flowers...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1249543 (stock #zp908)
A wonderful Bow porcelain factory tea bowl painted in the "Jumping Boy" pattern. Although this pattern is occasionally found on Chaffers porcelain, and is not common, it appears to occur even much less frequently on Bow porcelain pieces. The potting is extremely thin and light. The painting, done in shades of dark and lighter blues, is extremely well done, and features a seated Oriental woman holding a sprig of flowers...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1800 item #1449897 (stock #TBD00420)
A pair of large Chinese made and decorated porcelain serving plates for the Western market circa 1790. Good flowers painted in a complex design covering most of the surface. The square edge appears to be gilded with something more like bronzing powder than fire gilding. 11 1/8 inches (28.5 cm) diameter.

Condition: one with minor rim chips, minor stacking wear and some black firing spots. The other with a fairly significant rim chip and associated hairline.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : German : Pre 1800 item #748407 (stock #jg130)
A superb and beautifully engraved German glass wine goblet of friendship or marriage significance and extremely large size. The capacious pointed round funnel bowl is elaborately decorated with crowned hearts below clasped hands...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : German : Pre 1800 item #1198784 (stock #jg158)
An elaborate large German wine goblet, the round funnel bowl cut and etched with two winged figures clasping hands over an orb. The inscription on the reverse of the glass reads, in Old German: "unser freundschaft sol bestehn bis wir mit der welt vergehn", which translates to "our friendship shall remain until we leave this world". The beautifully cut stem is of the teared inverted baluster type...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : German : Pre 1800 item #1261850 (stock #g1351)
A large Saxon (German) hunting glass with a thistle bowl, beautifully engraved with a castle, a mounted horseman, 4 dogs, and two geese and with a facet cut lower section. The stem is facet cut with a large facet cut stepped angular knop. Folded foot.

Despite what it might seem in the poor photos, the glass is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, clouding, or restoration. The height is 8 1/4", with a bowl diameter of 3 1/8" and a foot diameter of 3 5/8".