A Pair of Chinese Export Lotus Leaf Large Saucer Dishes, Circa 1760-65. The dishes are of saucer dish form with large lotus leaf leaves in graduated colour to the wide  More »

A Pair of Chinese Export Lotus Leaf Large Saucer Dishes, Circa 1760-65. The dishes are of saucer dish form with large lotus leaf leaves in graduated colour to the wide rim and with gilt flowers to the centre each with repair. Diameter: 10 7/8 inches   « Less

A Pair of Liverpool Creamware Plates decorated with Ships, Circa 1800. Each plate with a print of a naval engagement, the rim with a black band. Diameter: 9.84inches  More »

A Pair of Liverpool Creamware Plates decorated with Ships, Circa 1800. Each plate with a print of a naval engagement, the rim with a black band. Diameter: 9.84inches ; ;(25cm)   « Less

A Pair of Large English Creamware Dishes, Circa 1785-95 The large moulded lobed dishes are of oval form with a wonderful rich yellow cream colour. Dimensions: 13 1/4  More »

A Pair of Large English Creamware Dishes, Circa 1785-95 The large moulded lobed dishes are of oval form with a wonderful rich yellow cream colour. Dimensions: 13 1/4 inches x 10 inches   « Less

A Large Graduated English Creamware Dish, Circa 1785-95 The plain creamware dish with a rich yellow colour. The borders with deep, shaped molded ribbed panels.  More »

A Large Graduated English Creamware Dish, Circa 1785-95 The plain creamware dish with a rich yellow colour. The borders with deep, shaped molded ribbed panels. Dimensions: 14 3/4 inches x 11 1/2 inches   « Less

A Chinese Export Armorial Soup Plate, ; Arms of Louthian or Lothian, Circa 1768 Of octagonal form, centering the arms of Louthian with the motto Non dormit Qvi  More »

A Chinese Export Armorial Soup Plate, ; Arms of Louthian or Lothian, Circa 1768 Of octagonal form, centering the arms of Louthian with the motto Non dormit Qvi Custodit continuing to a rim painted with floral sprays and birds. Diameter 8 5/8 inches (22 cm). Condition: ;very minor chip to front & back touched in. Reference: Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol. I, David Sanctuary Howard ;p. 561 where he writes "The arms, probably copied from a bookplate, are of Louthian, or Lothian." The arms are Argent on a mount in base proper a pine tree verte, a talbot tied thereto of the second and from a branch a bugle horn pendant of the second all within a border of the third. "The motto Non Dormit qui custodit (Who guards does not sleep) rest on a bridge with the view of a port-probably the Firth of forth-while on one side is an urn and on the other a tombstone with the date MDCCLXV111 (1768). ;The urn has a warrior finial holding a halbert. The Louthians are an Edinburgh family who lived at Overgogar, with a cadet branch at Kingsbarns."   « Less

An English Pottery Creamware Plate, Circa 1765-80 The shaped circular plate has a moulded body, the rim with alternating basket-weave and diaper designs within scrolls.  More »

An English Pottery Creamware Plate, Circa 1765-80 The shaped circular plate has a moulded body, the rim with alternating basket-weave and diaper designs within scrolls. ;The plate with a beautiful gray tortoise-shell colour with splashes of blue asnd green. Diameter: 9 1/4 inches   « Less

An English ;Pearlware Pottery Equestrian Group of William III, Enoch Wood/ Wood Family, Circa 1790-1800 The figure in Roman dress, the horse with front legs on a rocky  More »

An English ;Pearlware Pottery Equestrian Group of William III, Enoch Wood/ Wood Family, Circa 1790-1800 The figure in Roman dress, the horse with front legs on a rocky support, on acanthus leaf leaf molded architectural plinth. ;The figure wearing a laurel wreath crown has a green drape around his shoulder and he wears an orange and yellow tunic, blue pantaloons and black riding boots open at the toes. ;He sits astride a rearing horse sitting on a saddle cloth, his legs hanging free. ;In his right hand he holds a small rolled scroll, his left hand rests on his left thigh. The hose and rider and supporting tree stump stand on a rectangular faux marble base with chamfered corners and a wide base with a waisted centre. ;The top edge is decorated in relief moulding in the form of green laurel leaves with the corners in orange in the form of acanthus leaves. Dimensions: Height 15 3/4 inches, width 9 1/2 inches. Reference: English Ceramics: The Francis and Emory Cocke Collection, Donald C. Pierce p 44, #36 for a similar base. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;The Henry H. Weldon Collection of English Pottery, 1650-1800, Leslie B. Grigsby, ;page 424, # 263, for a lead-glazed earthenware example and a discussion of the model where she writes that, "Few examples of this monumental figure survive". ;She also discusses Harold Mackintosh views expressed in Early English Figure Pottery: A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery, London 1938, pages 81 & 82. where he argues that while traditionally this figure has been described as the Duke of Cumberland, it is more likely to be the far more popular William III. ;He also mentions that several similar equestrian statues of William III, as well as similarities to Williams''s image on the Great Seal.   « Less

Auy Pair of Large English Davenport Creamware Green feather-edged Dishes, Circa 1800 The large oval dishes are moulded with a feathered edge in green glaze.  More »

Auy Pair of Large English Davenport Creamware Green feather-edged Dishes, Circa 1800 The large oval dishes are moulded with a feathered edge in green glaze. Dimensions: 16 3/4 inches x 13 inches   « Less

A Pair of Chinese Export Leaf-shaped Dishes in Overglaze Blue, Circa 1800 The dishes are naturalistically modeled in the form of a leaf, copying the English porcelain  More »

A Pair of Chinese Export Leaf-shaped Dishes in Overglaze Blue, Circa 1800 The dishes are naturalistically modeled in the form of a leaf, copying the English porcelain and creamware forms made by Worcester and other makers. Dimensions: 6 3/4 inches 5 inches   « Less

A Welsh Pottery Plate decorated with a ship, Dillwyn, Circa 1811-17

A Welsh Pottery Plate decorated with a ship, Dillwyn, Circa 1811-17   « Less