Victorian, circa 1880 Lear Majolica oyster plate which features sunflower heads forming the 6 wells. White ground version. Colouration: yellow, white, pink, are predominant.  More »

Victorian, circa 1880 Lear Majolica oyster plate which features sunflower heads forming the 6 wells. White ground version. Colouration: yellow, white, pink, are predominant. English diamond registration mark for the date ??/??/????. Book reference not found. Good. Slight wear to the high points of the molding. Kiln effects: small firing pit to the central well. Filled chip to the rim 0.8ins high, 9.8ins wide, 9.6ins depth   « Less

Victorian, circa 1880 Minton Majolica oyster plate which features 6 shell shaped wells surrounding a circular centre well which is lined with cockles. Mottled ground version.  More »

Victorian, circa 1880 Minton Majolica oyster plate which features 6 shell shaped wells surrounding a circular centre well which is lined with cockles. Mottled ground version. The piece bears makers marks for the Minton pottery. Bears a pattern number, ''1323''. English diamond registration mark for the date 03/01/1868. Marks include a factory specific date cipher for the year 1876. No book reference found. Good. No restoration. Slight wear to the central well. 1ins high, 9.1ins wide, 9.1ins depth   « Less

Circa 1890 Large Majolica Palissy wall plate with a lizard attacking a snake from within its burrow. A smaller lizard is sat above the burrow''s entrance. Moth and two worms  More »

Circa 1890 Large Majolica Palissy wall plate with a lizard attacking a snake from within its burrow. A smaller lizard is sat above the burrow''s entrance. Moth and two worms molded to the edge on mottled brown ground. Mossy ground and leaves in the center. Mottled brown ground to reverse. Two hanging holes on the foot. Yellow glaze inside the foot along with three stilt marks and impressed maker''s mark ''M.MAFRA CALDAS PORTUGAL''. Fair. No hairlines. Three large, shallow chips to the foot. Many leaves missing from the front. Kiln effects: shrinkage crack inside the foot. Retouching to small lizard''s head. Retouching to chipped leaf edges. 15ins diameter   « Less

Victorian, date cipher for 1874 Minton Majolica jardiniere stand. Sprigs of bamboo relief molded around the edge. Light green ground. Turquoise glaze inside the foot rim  More »

Victorian, date cipher for 1874 Minton Majolica jardiniere stand. Sprigs of bamboo relief molded around the edge. Light green ground. Turquoise glaze inside the foot rim along with three stilt marks, impressed maker''s mark ''MINTON'' and date cipher for 1874. Generally good. No cracks. No hairlines. Abrasions around the rim. Wear to front and reverse. Kiln effect: slight staining to the crazing on reverse. Small restored rim chip. 11.75ins diameter   « Less

Victorian, date cipher for 1883 Wedgwood Majolica Argenta grape and strawberry plate. Brown, pink and ochre glazes on cream ground. Shaped, branch molded rim. Cream reverse  More »

Victorian, date cipher for 1883 Wedgwood Majolica Argenta grape and strawberry plate. Brown, pink and ochre glazes on cream ground. Shaped, branch molded rim. Cream reverse with three stilt marks. Impressed maker''s marks ''WEDGWOOD'' and date cipher ''HML'' for 1883 inside the foot. Generally good. No restoration. No cracks. Very tight hairline to rim. No flakes. Slight wear to the front. Kiln effect: over glazed manufacture chip to the rim. 8.75ins diameter   « Less

Found among the items of a collector and museum curator of English porcelain, this very rare set of 12 Pratt plates. These plates date from the late 1800's and are in overall  More »

Found among the items of a collector and museum curator of English porcelain, this very rare set of 12 Pratt plates. These plates date from the late 1800's and are in overall very good to excellent condition. There are 2 with famous English architectural structures and environs; 1. Church of the Holy Trinity and 2. the seat of the Duke of Wellington. There are 4 with classical ruins and 6 with pastoral themes. Each is marked as shown in the first and last picture. I find no crazing, hazing, chips or flakes, chips, cracks. There is some minor loss to one small area of the rim of one plate (that is color loss). And several of the plates have some minor loss to the banded color areas of the plates. One of the plates has a significant loss; please see photo number 8. Dimensions: the plates are 8 5/8" in diameter.   « Less

These are absolutely pristine and utterly elegant plates. On a white ground, the plates are edged with cobalt blue enamel and decorated with lots of gold trims. In the center  More »

These are absolutely pristine and utterly elegant plates. On a white ground, the plates are edged with cobalt blue enamel and decorated with lots of gold trims. In the center of each plate is a chevalier's, or knight's,armorial crest with the legend "Sans Criante". Sans Criante translates as 'without fear' or fearlessly. Each plate bears the mark of G. Boutigny & Cie., Palais Royal, Paris. Catering only to the elite, G. Boutigny & Cie operated on commission and decorated porcelain with armorials, crowns, crests, and coats of arms for society's elite. Here are 6 such plates. Measuring 9 5/8" diameter; I would consider these luncheon of salad size. Certainly they are as large as some dinner plates, of course. Condition is pristine. The bold pure design of these plates, with scalloped edges, makes them very distinctive. These plates are fabulous!   « Less

Beautiful, like new set of 8 dessert or luncheon plates hand painted and signed by E. Phillips. On a white ground, with a 3/4" band of deep cobalt blue, the scalloped edges  More »

Beautiful, like new set of 8 dessert or luncheon plates hand painted and signed by E. Phillips. On a white ground, with a 3/4" band of deep cobalt blue, the scalloped edges are gilt. In the center is a wonderful floral bouquet ringed by an intertwined wreath of gilt and enamelled foliage (today, we would think of DNA!) And between the cobalt band and the wreath are foliate and fruited swags. Sumptuously designed and painted by one of Royal Worcester's principle figures in the early 1900's. These plates were made for Caldwell Company of Philadelphia. The condition is absolutely pristine; no flaws or signs of use. The plates must have been lovingly kept out of harms way. Please note: originally there were 12 of these plates. 1 broke and 3 sold separately; so there are 8 left, which will be sold as a set.   « Less

Signed by artist Vobornik, this large charger or serving dish is gaily decorated on white ground with deep pink blossoms, leafy fronds and buds. The border is heavily gilt  More »

Signed by artist Vobornik, this large charger or serving dish is gaily decorated on white ground with deep pink blossoms, leafy fronds and buds. The border is heavily gilt and the gilding also applied to outline petals and leafs. Condition is very good to excellent. I have not polished the gold, so the are some small rub marks and a very tiny scratch or two. The plate has several marks; the Limoges mark for Charles Ahrenfeldt and the Picard mark. This one is stunning; perfect for display or careful use. Imagine serving a luscious dessert of home-made cookies or petite-fours on this charger!   « Less

Absolutely exquisite and rare luncheon set of Copeland Spode plates and serving dishes. All pieces have wide green borders on a white ground. There are three cartouches on  More »

Absolutely exquisite and rare luncheon set of Copeland Spode plates and serving dishes. All pieces have wide green borders on a white ground. There are three cartouches on the border, richly decorated with thick heavy gold lamberkins with fabulous floral and fruit garlands in the center. Also in the center of each piece there is a larger glorious floral bouquet, again with fruit accents. Each floral arrangement is unique. The quality of the painting is top flight. The green bands are also decorated with tiny gilt dotted circles. The edges are heavily gilt, and the bottom also has that fine gilt border representing the finest porcelain manufacture. This is a very rare set, and in mint condition. No flaws at all; no gilt loss, crazing, chips or flakes.   « Less