A Solid Agate Press Moulded English Cream Jug, Circa 1750-65 A balaster-shaped milk or cream jug in solid agate raised on three lion''s mask and paw feet. Height: 3  More »

A Solid Agate Press Moulded English Cream Jug, Circa 1750-65 A balaster-shaped milk or cream jug in solid agate raised on three lion''s mask and paw feet. Height: 3 1/4 inches (8.3cm) Reference: The Henry H. Weldon Collection English Pottery 1650-1800, text by Leslie B. Grisby, Page 266, #151 for very similar.   « Less

A Pair of Rare Continental Faience Tureens in the form of Snails, Probably Holitch, Circa 1760-70 Each whimsical figure with a slightly different flower finial on top  More »

A Pair of Rare Continental Faience Tureens in the form of Snails, Probably Holitch, Circa 1760-70 Each whimsical figure with a slightly different flower finial on top of the snail''s shell, hand decorated in polychrome glazes, with the top of the shell forming the lid of the container. Dimensions: ;5 inches (12.7cm)long ;x 2-1/2 inches (6.4cm) deep ;x 3 inches (7.6cms) high. Provenance: The Muriel S. Butkin Estate Auction Reference: The Faience factory in Holitch ( from The Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague) The oldest faience factory in the Austro-Hungarian empire, was founded under the patronage of Francis Lorraine, the consort of the Empress Maria-Theresa. In 1786 the Emperor Josef II ordered the production of cream-ware. Holitch faience was inspired chiefly by English production. It peaked at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries with pieces of elegant classicist shapes and refined hand- painted decoration.   « Less

A Lead-glazed Earthenware Vicar and Moses Pearlware Figure Group, Circa 1785-1795 The figure possibly by ;John Wood of Brownhills or Ralph Wood of Burslem,  More »

A Lead-glazed Earthenware Vicar and Moses Pearlware Figure Group, Circa 1785-1795 The figure possibly by ;John Wood of Brownhills or Ralph Wood of Burslem, Staffordshire is press-moulded and inscribed "THE VICAR AND MOSES" on the lower level of the pulpit. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 4 x 5 1/2 in. Provenance: Property from the Collection of Josephine and Walter Buhl Ford II. Reference: The Henry H. Weldon Collection English Pottery 1650-1800, text by Leslie B. Grisby, Page 451, #287 for very similar.   « Less

A French Faience Trompe L''oeil Dish of Apples, Circa 1840-80 The dish with an undulating rim and eight golden apples and a large green leaf applied to thesurface.  More »

A French Faience Trompe L''oeil Dish of Apples, Circa 1840-80 The dish with an undulating rim and eight golden apples and a large green leaf applied to thesurface. ;The rim painted with sprays of flowers. Dimensions: 11-1/2" in diameter. Unmarked.   « Less

A Donovan, Dublin Porcelain Plate, Ireland, Circa 1805. This dessert plate is finely painted with a botanical scene in the style of Red Anchor Chelsea Hans Sloane  More »

A Donovan, Dublin Porcelain Plate, Ireland, Circa 1805. This dessert plate is finely painted with a botanical scene in the style of Red Anchor Chelsea Hans Sloane porcelain. ;It is painted with plums on the vine with green leaves and a large dragonfly to one side. ;The rim has a brown-edged petal shaped form. ;There are three small stress lines issuing from firing cracks- Donovan took porcelain in the white, often seconds, to decorate in his workshop in Dublin and this type of condition is typical. Dimensions: 8 in diameter (20.3 cm) Marks: ; Signed in underglaze ochre: Donovan Dublin. James Donovan, George''s Quay, Dublin, Ireland circa 1770-1829. James Donovan (& Son) decorated English porcelain and pottery. ;The last entry in local directories is for the year 1829. ;They were a leading Irish retailer, nicknamed The Emperor of China.   « Less

A Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune, Circa 1765 The large figure depicts Neptune ;with his body twisted standing beside a large dolphin. ;Neptune has a cape swirling  More »

A Derby Porcelain Figure of Neptune, Circa 1765 The large figure depicts Neptune ;with his body twisted standing beside a large dolphin. ;Neptune has a cape swirling around his body with flowers to one side and lined in yellow on the interior. ;His left hand is raised away from his body while his right grasps the cape. ;The dolphin is painted with green, yellow and brown scale its tail raised to envelop Neptune. ;Both Neptune and the dolphin rest upon a tall open-work hollow base, the base closed and with pad marks. The base is covered with naturalistically applied sea shell, coral and sea weed. An invisible repair has been made to the left arm. Height: 9 1/4 inches Diameter: 5 1/2 inches References: Barrett, Franklin A. and Arthur L. Thorpe. ;Derby Porcelain. ;See pages 24, 27, and 45for description, Pl. 60. Pl. 96 for similar figure of Neptune. ; Bradshaw, Peter. ;Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848. ;See pages 113-114 for description, Pl. 99-100. ; Bradley, Gilbert. ;Derby Porcelain 1750-1798. ;See page 80 for similar figure of Neptune and description. ; British Museum (Reg. No. 1940, 11-1, 28) Miss F. Laura Cannan Bequest, set on a different base. ; Rackham, 1928 Revised, Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection of English Porcelain, London. ;Pl. 35   « Less

A Bow Porcelain Figure of Neptune, Circa 1760 Neptune is depicted astride a multicoloured dolphin on an openwork shell base. ;He wears a yellow cape held in his raised  More »

A Bow Porcelain Figure of Neptune, Circa 1760 Neptune is depicted astride a multicoloured dolphin on an openwork shell base. ;He wears a yellow cape held in his raised right hand which swirls around his body. ;It is decorated with to different stylized purple flower-head designs. ;The dolphin, with large head and raised tail, the tail supporting his right hand, is brightly coloured in green scale with puce mouth and fins. ;The hollow base is depicted with realistic sea shells. ;An old invisible repair to left arm. Height: 8 1/2 inches; Depth 5 3/4 inches Reference: Victoria & Albert Museum: Figure of Neptune Made at the Bow porcelain factory London, England About 1760 Soft-paste porcelain, one version painted in enamels Museum no. ;C.42-1944   « Less

A Fine Dutch Delft Five Piece Yellow Garniture of Vases, Circa 1780 The garniture typically comprises of three baluster-form vases and covers, each with an unusual  More »

A Fine Dutch Delft Five Piece Yellow Garniture of Vases, Circa 1780 The garniture typically comprises of three baluster-form vases and covers, each with an unusual design of a ;European lady by a long pool flanked by hedges joined by arches, the covers with yellow parrot knop and 2 beakers. Mark: underglaze purple initials B. P. for the Gilded Flower Pot Factory.)De Vergulde Bloompot) Condition: The garniture has had typical ;frits and chips to the rim and foot invisibly repaired and the finials have been touched up too. Height: ;9 1/4 inches and 13 1/2 inches.   « Less

A Prattware Bough Pot & Cover, Circa 1810-20

A Prattware Bough Pot & Cover, Circa 1810-20   « Less

A Wedgwood Pink Ground Pearlware Dessert Service, Pattern #7035 Circa 1815 The service consists of twelve scallop shell-shaped plates and a nautilus shell-form centre  More »

A Wedgwood Pink Ground Pearlware Dessert Service, Pattern #7035 Circa 1815 The service consists of twelve scallop shell-shaped plates and a nautilus shell-form centre piece and stand. ;They are decorated with a ground graduating from white to pink graduating in colour from a bright pink on the border to white then a yellow. ;One plate is repaired. Dimensions: Scallop Plates: 8 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches Nautilus Centrepiece & stand: 9 1/2 inches high x 12 1/2 inches long Reference: Wedgwood: Its Competitors & Imitators 1800-1830, Wedgwood International Seminar, page9, Plate X for a nautilus centrepiece The Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art, page 279 for various pieces from a Nautillus dessert service. ;On page 161 is a discussion of the "Nautilus Service with a colour plate (#148) illustrating the centrepiece and stand in colours similar to this one and described as white ware with pink, yellow, orange and pale brown underglaze decoration, circa 1815. The chapter reads, "An amateur conchologist, Joshua Wedgwood I confessed in a letter to Bently on September 15, 1778: I have got my face over a shell drawer, & find my self in immininent danger of becoming a connoisseur. ;you can scarcely conceive the progress I have made in a month or two in the epp & very elaborate science of shell fancying. ;Having arranged my whole collection in the most systematic manner & studied them with the nicest attention, I can tell you, at sight, ...distinctions which you,..would not understand & might therefore under value. ;But this study, alass, like every other extension of the human mind, as it muliplies the avenues to our enjoyments discloses new sources of wants & anxieties, & at this present writing..a fine addition.. would make me the happiest of chonchiologists. The first pieces of Wedgwood''s "Nautillus" service appeared in about 1790, and a copy of his original drawing for a tureen and stand and eight plates, the designs of which are correctly identified according to the terms used in conchology and titled "Wreathed Shell Dessert Coloured" is to be found in Wedgwood''s pattern book and bears an 1802 watermark (see below)   « Less