All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #893788 (stock #g1232)
A beautiful and extremely rare cider, or cyder, glass, featuring an elongated funnel bowl with very fine engraving of the word "cyder" and a fruiting bough with apples and leaves. The stem is surmounted with a double collar and contains a single series air twist (SSAT) with a 5 ply band...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #511132 (stock #ag218)
It is highly uncommon for dram size glasses to have a domed foot, and this is a superb example. The ogee bowl is above a double series opaque twist (DSOT) stem consisting of spiral bands outside of central spiral tapes. Rough snapped pontil.

4 1/4" tall, 1 7/8" diameter bowl, 2 5/8" diameter foot.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #611234 (stock #p969)
A rare Bow chocolate cup of slightly flared form with the painted Koto Player pattern. Interior painted with Oriental motifs. Excellent condition, with one tiny footrim chip, no cracks, or restoration. There is an in-the-making glaze disturbance on one side. Painter's number 2 on the bottom. 4 inches tall, 2 3/4 inches in diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1427502 (stock #TBD00358)
A porcelain (hard paste) baluster form coffee pot decorated with a small bouquet of flowers and a few sprigs on one side and a few sprigs on the other with reddish purple ribbon with flowers around the top of the pot and the outside of the lid. Also on the pot a double band with entwined roses. The lid with a vented knop, which is a feature of silver form New Hall teapots. No marks. 10 ¼ inches tall (26 cm) and 8 ¼ inches (21 cm) across the handle and spout...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1046112 (stock #Tc132)
Fine Chelsea Red Anchor period dish moulded with vines and grapes and decorated with floral sprays. Unmarked base with three spur marks. C1755. L.9 3/4", (24.7cm). Condition; a little wear to moulded grapes and leaf. A 0.3 cm frit and a 0.9cm fine hairline crack to rim (see image)
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #1400461 (stock #vg105)
A rare and beautiful sweetmeat with a double ogee bowl with an everted rim. The bowl is atop a set of 3 merises, below which is an opalescent stem with a double series opaque twist (dsot) composed of a 17 ply spiral band around a lace twist. At the bottom of the stem is a nicely domed and folded foot.

The glass is in overall excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or restoration. There is a tiny 1/16" inclusion in the side of the bowl, not at all uncommon and truly of no importance...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #1185948 (stock #g1341)
A very fine English wine glass with an elongated waisted bucket bowl. The stem features an uncommon single series air twist (SSAT) comprised of a pair of multi-strand spiral cables. Conical foot with snapped pontil. Good tooling marks, color, and striations.

The impression and proportions of this glass are beautiful, with it standing tall at 6 3/4", with a bowl diameter of 2 1/4" and a foot diameter of 2 1/2"...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1189359 (stock #zp715)
A beautifully painted William Reid coffee cup with a large floral group and several smaller ones. Loop handle. The paste and glaze combination gives this cup a very distinct greenish gray appearance, not seen in other factories. It is difficult to capture the color properly in photos, but the first one shown in this listing comes closest to the actual color.

This piece is in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks, or restoration. It is 2 3/8" tall, with a diameter of 2 1/16" at the top...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #536142 (stock #ag223)
A double series opaque twist goblet (DSOT) with a large bucket bowl; the stem contains a multi-ply spiral band surrounding a lace twist; conical foot with a rough snapped pontil

7 1/2" tall, 2 7/8" diameter bowl, 3 1/4" diameter

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 : Metals : Pewter : Pre 1800 item #1487098
A very beautiful and quite large French pewter jug for wine, dated 1768.

The jug with fine and clear French pewter marks.

Size: 26,5 cm. tall and 12 cm. wide.

Condition: Good Very fine for this early type! Choice glossy dark patina.

Ex. Dutch Private Collection
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #536166 (stock #ag224)
An uncommon multiple-spiral air twist glass distinguished by the vermicular, or "ruffled," collar around the stem; a two piece glass with a flared bell bowl with a solid base; conical foot with rough, snapped pontil.

6 1/2" tall, 2 9/16" bowl diameter, 2 13/16" foot diameter

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #790502 (stock #ag267)
A beautiful facet cut ale glass with gilded hops and barley, decorated by the famous and much desired craftsman, James Giles. The facet cutting extends from the base, through the stem and 1/3 up the bowl.

Standing 5 7/8 inches tall, with a bowl diameter of 2 3/8 inches, and a foot diameter of 2 1/2 inches, the glass is of 2 part construction and is in superb condition, with no chips, cracks, or restoration...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1420815 (stock #7521)
An Early Bow Bell Shaped Mug. Decorated in famille rose enamels with flowering plants issuing from rockwork. Bow C1752/5. Height: 3 1/2" (8.8 cm). Condition: some staining and wear
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 #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 : Metals : Pewter : Pre 1800 item #1372638 (stock #TBD00229)
A pewter tankard marked with the partial touch of John Townsend on the bottom of the inside of the bowl. There are no other marks except the engraved initials “I or J Y” on the front of the tankard. It is 7 inches (17.7 cm) tall and about 6 ½ inches (15 cm) from the front to the back edge of the handle.

Condition: Excellent. The engraving is very crisp. There are a few small dings on the edge of the lid and along the bottom edge...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1344857 (stock #p1137)
A superb Dr. Wall First Period Worcester porcelain tea canister of oval and fluted "French" shape. This beautiful example is decorated below the neck with a border of deep blue edged with foliate gilding. the body divided into 3 sections by green columns enhanced with a dot design and edged with gilding. Each of the body sections having pendant floral sprays, with the bottom portion of the canister having a wide gilt-edged green border...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1250765 (stock #TBD00141)
A Sevres salad bowl with lobed and slightly ruffled edge in the “feuille de choux” pattern decorated with sprigs of flowers in the bowl and on the outside with the raised pattern outlined in blue and gilt. The interlaced “L”s enclose the letter “F” for the date 1758...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #816070 (stock #ag271)
A spectacular and huge English baluster goblet with a mushroom knop. The thistle-shaped bowl, with solid base, sits atop a short section over a wide (2 1/4 inches) mushroom knop with a tear extending into a basal ball knop above a folded foot.

This work of beautiful craftsmanship is distinguished by its rarity, mammoth size, and pristine condition. It stands 9 1/8" tall, has a bowl diameter of 4 1/4", a foot diameter of 4 3/8", and weighs an astonishing 1 pound 14 ounces. The metal is a wond...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #968837 (stock #ag280)
A beautiful green English balustroid wine glass with a hollow stem. The cup bowl is over a shoulder cylinder knop which sits atop an egg knop. The stem is finished off with a true baluster knop above a high domed foot.

The glass is of lead metal, is 6 1/16 inches tall, with a bowl diameter of 2 5/16 inches and a foot diameter of 2 13/16 inches. Perfect condition with no restorations.

Note: Glasses of this type were primarily sold as export to the continental market in the 1760 - 1770 period.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #666299 (stock #g1188)
A beautiful antique wine glass with a bell bowl above a double series opaque twist stem (DSOT) with collar, medial, and basal knops. Knops on opaque twists are much less common than straight stem opaque twists, and the more knops, the rarer. The opaque twist has a pair of 3-ply spiral bands outside of a central gauze.

6 1/8 inches tall, 2 3/8 inch diameter bowl, 2 5/8 inch diameter foot

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #505501 (stock #g1119)
A fine English drinking glass with a pointed round funnel bowl engraved with grapes and vines above a double merise (rare) and a short plain stem section, all above a multiple-spiral air twist (MSAT) stem with an inverted baluster shoulder knop and an angular medial knop. The plain section, although short, combined with the air twist might allow classifying this glass as a composite stem type. Conical foot with a rough snapped pontil.

6 3/8: tall, 2 1/4" bowl diameter, 2 5/8" foot diameter.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Brass : Pre 1800 item #937872 (stock #1585)
A Pair of George II Brass Candlesticks. Trumpet Stems, Urn Nozzles and Notched Base. Dimension; 7" high. Circa 1750. Excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1800 item #1428049
Exquisite Georgian rock crystal riviere set in silver with a 15k gold mount and an open back. Rock Crystal is transparent quartz often seen in fine antique jewelry. It is extremely hard and was thought to transmit positive energy and to have healing properties. This rare necklace is wonderful for evening wear. With its mass of crystals gems mounted perfectly next to its neighbor, with little to no metal clasps visible in between, this necklace creates a lovely composition on one's neck. The neck...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #1384191 (stock #g1185)
An elegant and finely proportioned antique English toasting wine glass with a drawn flared trumpet bowl atop a plain stem and conical foot. Lead metal with a rough snapped pontil. A beautiful and graceful glass, and quite uncommon in lead.

7 1/4 inches tall, 2 3/4 inch bowl diameter, 2 7/8 inch foot diameter. No condition issues.

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Pewter : Pre 1800 item #1492540
Finely engraved and dated pewter stein or stob / Germany, made in 1708 (touchmark inside lid).

An early form of Stob without the pronounced stand-ring and with an interesting central engraving of a man hitting a fruit tree with a staff and a female beneath picking up the fruit that falls down into a basket; on either side a floral vase; above the German inscription, ''Wúnscht dein der freude an, seinen kindern erlebt''Later initialized and dated by new owners to 1806, so nearly a 10...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1372857 (stock #zp701)
A fine Dr. Wall (First Period) Worcester pickle leaf dish in the "Pickle Leaf Vine" pattern, showing flowers and vines within a feuil-de-choix border, and with a workman's mark on the reverse. Excellent condition with no cracks, chips, paint loss, or restoration. The white areas at places along the edge are light reflections. Length 3 1/4", and width 3 1/2".
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #1265321 (stock #g1353)
A fine and unusual antique English drinking glass of Jacobite significance. The round funnel bowl is beautifully engraved with a rose, a bud to the right, a butterfly, and foliage. The stem is of the double series air twist type, quite uncommon because of the configuration of a pair of mercury corkscrews outside of a central cable. Conical foot with a rough snapped pontil. Lead metal with good color, striations, and tooling marks.

The condition is excellent, with no chips, cracks, or restorat...

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #536584 (stock #ag232)
An unusual double series air twist (DSAT) short cordial glass; the ovoid bowl above the stem consisting of 3 spiral threads surrounding a vertical cable; conical foot with rough, snapped pontil

5 1/16" tall, 1 5/8" bowl diameter, 2 1/2" foot diameter

All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #388866 (stock #ag100)
A beautiful cordial glass with an ogee bowl engraved with stylized flowers and foliage; rare helmet (high dome) foot; DSOT stem; 6.7" tall
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1800 item #1449783
C 1760 Rare Chelsea seal of a harlequin boy in black face mask with a metal ring at the top. The colors are magnificent. The seal evokes the Commedia dell'Arte, an early form of popular comedic masked theater originating in Italy and popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. The harlequin alone is rare; a harlequin in blackface, rarer still. Blackface was a familiar theatrical device in Europe which made its way to the American colonies and blackface characters appeared on the stages ...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Brass : Pre 1800 item #1027467 (stock #1772)
A Pair of George II Brass Candlesticks with a Scalloped Base. Dimension; 8" high x 4.5" at base. Circa 1730-1750. Slight bend to the top of one and a slight tear (0.25" x 0.125"-see photo) on the base of the same one.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #502443 (stock #g1124)
A wonderful molded pedestal glass with an unusually large pointed round funnel bowl above a crisp 6 sided hollow Silesian stem; folded foot. 6 1/4" tall, 2 3/4" bowl diameter, 2.8" foot diameter

Although the glass is soda, the lead-like ring to it, combined with its extremely high overall quality strongly indicates a Tyneside (N. England) origin.

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 : Jewelry : Pre 1800 item #1180645 (stock #SR2044)

Unusual 15K gold memorial ring depicting an urn in hair paint, surrounded by alternating rose diamonds and amethysts. The enameled band reads "John Jenkins died 20 Feb 1780". The back of the ring is engraved "In loving one sincerely there is great merit".

Condition: excellent