Harrod Objets D'Art Carnation Pill Box A great little treasure "Objets D'Art Carnation Pill Box measuring 2" diameter and 2.25" tall in excellant condition. Produced  More »

Harrod Objets D'Art Carnation Pill Box A great little treasure "Objets D'Art Carnation Pill Box measuring 2" diameter and 2.25" tall in excellant condition. Produced exclusively for Harrods Department Store in London.   « Less

Rosenthal “Bjørn Wiinblad Blue Rose” Dish Philip Rosenthal, Jr. recognized that through the centuries the things people value the most and that hold their  More »

Rosenthal “Bjørn Wiinblad Blue Rose” Dish Philip Rosenthal, Jr. recognized that through the centuries the things people value the most and that hold their value always express “The spirit of their time.” Rosenthal neither wants to imitate what other people have done nor follow a trend that is already on the way. The goal is to create a truly original line that would reflect the many aesthetic currents of the time. Rosenthal has turned this concept into a winning combination of remarkable craftmanship and design leadership, resulting in products with timeless value. The company was founded by Philip Rosenthal Sr. in 1879 in Selb, Germany. Over the decades, it emerged to one of the world’s finest porcelain and crystal manufacturers in the world. The founders motto since 1900 was that “only through better form and decor can a manufacturer win the lead over its competition.” The original focus on classic traditional designs (marketed under “Classic Rose”) turned into a whole new movement in 1961. This was when Philip Rosenthal, Jr. launched the Rosenthal Studio-Line: a tabletop line that employed the talents of more than 100 famous artists and designers to give day-to-day product that certain sparkle of lifestyle and an appreciation for master quality. Here we have one of two Rosenthal “Bjørn Wiinblad Blue Rose” Dishes From the Rosenthal Studio Line. Each measuring 3.75 inches diameter, and in mint condition. Each signed shown.   « Less

Vintage Colonial Williamburg Multi Color Delft Jardiniere Vintage Colonial Williamburg Multi Color Delft Jardiniere manufactured by Oud DELFT, HOLLAND. This lovely work is  More »

Vintage Colonial Williamburg Multi Color Delft Jardiniere Vintage Colonial Williamburg Multi Color Delft Jardiniere manufactured by Oud DELFT, HOLLAND. This lovely work is based on the Chinese Pattern first introduced in Europe in 1750 from Holland. This is produced by the approval of the Colonial Williamsburg restoration and measures 4.25 inches tall and 5 by 5 inches square at the top. This is a vintage work issued in the 1970 and in excellent condition with NO glazing or signs of damage at all. Delftware, or Delft pottery, denotes blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands and the tin-glazed pottery made in the Netherlands from the 16th century. Delftware in the latter sense is a type of pottery in which a white glaze is applied, usually decorated with metal oxides. Delftware includes pottery objects of all descriptions such as plates, ornaments and tiles. The earliest tin-glazed pottery in the Netherlands was made in Antwerp by Guido da Savino in 1512. The manufacture of painted pottery may have spread from the south to the northern Netherlands in the 1560s. It was made in Middelburg and Haarlem in the 1570s and in Amsterdam in the 1580s. Much of the finer work was produced in Delft, but simple everyday tin-glazed pottery was made in places such as Gouda, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Dordrecht. The main period of tin-glaze pottery in the Netherlands was 1640—1740. From about 1640 Delft potters began using personal monograms and distinctive factory marks. The Guild of St Luke, to which painters in all media had to belong, admitted ten master potters in the thirty years between 1610 and 1640 and twenty in the nine years 1651 to 1660. In 1654 a gunpowder explosion in Delft destroyed many breweries and as the brewing industry was in decline they became available to pottery makers looking for larger premises; some retained the old brewery names, making them famous throughout northern Europe, e.g. The Double Tankard, The Young Moors’ Head and The Three Bells. The use of marl, a type of clay rich in calcium compounds, allowed the Dutch potters to refine their technique and to make finer items. The usual clay body of Delftware was a blend of three clays, one local, one from Tournai and one from the Rhineland. From about 1615, the potters began to coat their pots completely in white tin glaze instead of covering only the painting surface and coating the rest with clear ceramic glaze. They then began to cover the tin-glaze with clear glaze, which gave depth to the fired surface and smoothness to cobalt blues, ultimately creating a good resemblance to porcelain. During the Dutch Golden Age, the Dutch East India Company had a lively trade with the East and imported millions of pieces of Chinese porcelain in the early 17th century.[ The Chinese workmanship and attention to detail impressed many. Only the richest could afford the early imports. Although Dutch potters did not immediately imitate Chinese porcelain, they began to after the death of the Wanli Emperor in 1620, when the supply to Europe was interrupted. Delftware inspired by Chinese originals persisted from about 1630 to the mid-18th century alongside European patterns. By about 1700 several factories were using enamel colours and gilding over tin-glaze, requiring a third kiln firing at a lower temperature. Delftware ranged from simple household items - plain white earthenware with little or no decoration - to fancy artwork. Most of the Delft factories made sets of jars, the kast-stel set. Pictorial plates were made in abundance, illustrated with religious motifs, native Dutch scenes with windmills and fishing boats, hunting scenes, landscapes and seascapes. Sets of plates were made with the words and music of songs; dessert was served on them and when the plates were clear the company started singing. The Delft potters also made tiles in vast numbers (estimated at eight hundred million) over a period of two hundred years; many Dutch houses still have tiles that were fixed in the 17th and 18th centuries. Delftware became popular and was widely exported in Europe and even reached China and Japan. Chinese and Japanese potters made porcelain versions of Delftware for export to Europe. Some regard Delftware from about 1750 onwards as artistically inferior. Caiger-Smith says that most of the later wares “were painted with clever, ephemeral decoration. Little trace of feeling or originality remained to be lamented when at the end of the eighteenth century the Delftware potteries began to go out of business.” By this time Delftware potters had lost their market to British porcelain and the new white earthenware. One or two remain: the Tichelaar factory in Makkum, Friesland, founded in 1594 and De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles (“The Royal Porcelain Bottle”) founded in 1653. Today, Delfts Blauw (Delft Blue) is the brand name hand painted on the bottom of ceramic pieces identifying them as authentic and collectible. Although most Delft Blue borrows from the tin-glaze tradition, it is nearly all decorated in underglaze blue on a white clay body and very little uses tin glaze, a more expensive product. The Koninklijke Tichelaar Makkum factory in Makkum, Friesland continue the production tin-glazed earthenware.   « Less

Early Royal Crown “Floral Leaf Dish” Here we have a lovely Early Royal Crown “Floral Leaf Dish”. Great work in Floral painting and signed on the  More »

Early Royal Crown “Floral Leaf Dish” Here we have a lovely Early Royal Crown “Floral Leaf Dish”. Great work in Floral painting and signed on the bottom “ROYAL CROWN” in a silver crest and in good condition. This is 7.50 inches diameter and 2.5 inches deep.   « Less

Royal Doulton Pure Platinum Cup & Saucer Sets Here we have Eight Cups and Saucers. Each measuring 2.75 high by 3,25 inches diameter and matching saucer 5.75 inches, like  More »

Royal Doulton Pure Platinum Cup & Saucer Sets Here we have Eight Cups and Saucers. Each measuring 2.75 high by 3,25 inches diameter and matching saucer 5.75 inches, like new with no signs of damages or wear. Doulton’s fame and its products became truly international, and that fame was greatly increased in the early 20th century by the new art director, Charles C. Noke, and through the talents of a brilliant generation of artists including; Joseph Hancock, Harry Tittensor, Edward Birks, Percy Curnock and others: Doulton Antiques and Collectables for sale.   « Less

Limoges Porcelain Pair of “Meissen Coffee Tankards” Here we have a rare and Vintage reproduction of pair of “Meissen Coffee Tankards” (design circa  More »

Limoges Porcelain Pair of “Meissen Coffee Tankards” Here we have a rare and Vintage reproduction of pair of “Meissen Coffee Tankards” (design circa 1770). This is produced by Ch. Field Haviland, Limoges France for the Metropolitan museum of art after the same work in the Museum Collection, re-produced by the met in the 1970 and no longer made. Each measures 3 inches tall and 2.75 inches diameter. Both are in mint condition with no signed of damage or repair. Limoges Porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 1700s, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer. Limoges had been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenwares since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges. The ingredients were used for the production of hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. The materials were quarried commencing in 1768. The manufacture was placed under the patronage of the comte d’Artois, brother of Louis XVI and the manufactory was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, a venture that did not work out. Limoges had been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenwares since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges. The ingredients were used for the production of hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. The materials were quarried commencing in 1768. The manufacture was placed under the patronage of the comte d’Artois, brother of Louis XVI and the manufactory was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, a venture that did not work out. After the Revolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, the chief of which was, and remains, Haviland & Co., and remains, Haviland & Co.   « Less

Large Vintage “Chelsea Bird Limoges Hinged Box” Here is a great treasure, Large Limoges “Chelsea Bird Hinged Box” design based on the original one  More »

Large Vintage “Chelsea Bird Limoges Hinged Box” Here is a great treasure, Large Limoges “Chelsea Bird Hinged Box” design based on the original one produced by "Chelsea Porcelain in 17th century, England. This great work is 2.50 inches tall and 3.5 inches wide at the widest and 4.5 inches long. This is in good condition. Limoges Porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 1700s, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer. Limoges had been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenwares since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges. The ingredients were used for the production of hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. The materials were quarried commencing in 1768. The manufacture was placed under the patronage of the comte d’Artois, brother of Louis XVI and the manufactory was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, a venture that did not work out. Limoges had been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenwares since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges. The ingredients were used for the production of hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. The materials were quarried commencing in 1768. The manufacture was placed under the patronage of the comte d’Artois, brother of Louis XVI and the manufactory was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, a venture that did not work out. After the Revolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, the chief of which was, and remains, Haviland & Co., and remains, Haviland & Co.   « Less

Royal Worcester “Floral Pattern” Cup and Saucer Royal Worcester “Floral Pattern” Cup and Saucer. The cup is 2.25 inches tall and 2.75 inches in  More »

Royal Worcester “Floral Pattern” Cup and Saucer Royal Worcester “Floral Pattern” Cup and Saucer. The cup is 2.25 inches tall and 2.75 inches in diameter. The saucer is 4.75 inches in diameter and 0.50 inches deep. Both pieces are in good condition Royal Worcester manufactures bone china and in particular porcelain. Founded in Worcester, England in 1751, the factory was established on the banks of the River Severn by a group of local businessmen, with the guidance of Dr John Wall, an eminent physician. Dr. Wall along with another of the group, apothecary William Davis, developed their method for producing porcelain. Dr. Wall secured the sum of £4500 from the partners to establish the factory in Worcester and those original partnership deeds are still housed in the Museum of Worcester Porcelain. The Worcester factory always prided itself on its quality Worcester Porcelain. It received a royal warrant in 1789, and is still currently by appointment to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. At its height, the firm employed nearly 1,000 people, but after the 2006 merger with Spode and heavy competition from overseas, the production was gradually switched to factories in Stoke and abroad. 100 staff were made redundant in 2003 and another 100 went in 2005. 15 porcelain painters left the Severn Street factory on Friday September 29, 2006, together with 100 other workers. The very few employees who remain with Royal Worcester will be retrained so the company can focus on the production of ornamental, giftware and prestige ranges.   « Less

Edward M Boehm “Hooded Mergansers” Limited Edition Plate This is a “Hooded Mergansers” Plate Issued in a limited edition of “The Edward  More »

Edward M Boehm “Hooded Mergansers” Limited Edition Plate This is a “Hooded Mergansers” Plate Issued in a limited edition of “The Edward Marshall Boehm Water Bird Plate Collection.” This is free of any visible damage and measures 10¾ inches diameter and 1 inch tall. Signed and inscribed on back of plate with the data here described. Edward Marshall Boehm (1913 — 1969) achieved recognition by heads of state and leading connoisseurs of fine hard-paste porcelain for artistic and technical excellence, not only in the United States but widely throughout the world.   « Less

Haviland Limoges “Agmph” Cabinet Plate A lovely Haviland Limoges “Agmph” Cabinet Plate, signed with the mark, of a floral Pattern. This lovely  More »

Haviland Limoges “Agmph” Cabinet Plate A lovely Haviland Limoges “Agmph” Cabinet Plate, signed with the mark, of a floral Pattern. This lovely plate is 7.5 inches diameter is in mint condition. Limoges porcelain designates hard-paste porcelain produced by factories near the city of Limoges, France beginning in the late 1700s, but does not refer to a particular manufacturer. Limoges had been the site of a minor industry producing plain faience earthenwares since the 1730s. The manufacturing of hard-paste porcelain at Limoges was established by Turgot in 1771 following the discovery of local supplies of kaolin and a material similar to petuntse in the economically distressed area at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, near Limoges. The ingredients were used for the production of hard-paste porcelain similar to Chinese porcelain. The materials were quarried commencing in 1768. The manufacture was placed under the patronage of the comte d’Artois, brother of Louis XVI and the manufactory was later purchased by the King in 1784, apparently with the idea of producing hard-paste bodies for decoration at Sèvres, a venture that did not work out. After the Revolution a number of private factories were established at Limoges, including Bernardaud and Haviland & Co. Limoges maintains the position it established in the nineteenth century as the premier manufacturing city of porcelain in France. Current manufacturers include Bernardaud and Haviland & Co.   « Less