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Monogrammed Jug c.1810. |
A
Monogrammed Hybrid hardpaste Jug 14.5cm. High. Probably made
at Coalport c.1810-15 Simply but tastefully decorated in
gilt, with the initials RJT.
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Condition
Good, faint crack
to the handle's lower terminal.
Very little wear to the decoration. Some peppering to the
glaze where it has collected in the crevices
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A
Superb Coalport Teacup & Saucer. c.1840 |
A superb quality Coalport teacup & saucer from the second
quarter of the 19th.Century. Decorated on a pale Caramel ground
with reserves of summer flowers and very fine gilding.
Marked only with pattern number 4 over 335. The saucer
measures 15cm. diameter. The cup 10.5cm. diameter
and 6.8cm. high.
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Condition
Very good, no
damage and almost no wear to the decoration.
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An
Early Coalport Teapot. c.1795-1800. |
An
early John Rose Coalport porcelain teapot, made in a
hybrid hardpaste porcelain body, favoured at Coalport
until c.1814. Elegantly decorated with gilding, with the
Garter Star pattern. The teapot measures 24.5cm. from
handle to spout and stands 16.5cm. high including it's cover. Sold
with a 1976 sales receipt from Godden of Worthing.
(Geoffrey Godden Chinaman) |
Condition
The decoration very good.
The body has a few typical early Coalport firing and stress
cracks, a small chip to the end of the spout and the finial
has been re-stuck. |
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Early
19th Century Porringer |
An
early 19th Century C.1805/10 Porringer. Probably made at
Coalport. Decorated with gilt anthemions. It stands
about 10cm high and measures about 14cm across the handles.
No factory marks.
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Condition
Excellent no damage and very little wear to the gilt.
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A
Fine Minton Dessert Plate.
c.1835-40. |
A
Fine Minton porcelain dessert plate 23cm. diameter.
Minton's called the shape 'Oxford embossed'. Attractively decorated with a chrome green ground reserving
moulded and finely gilt rococo panels of hand painted landscapes. The centre
with an Armorial crest. Pieces from a similar dessert
service are illustrated in:- Minton Pottery &
Porcelain of the First Period, 1793-1850, by G.A.Godden.
Plates 36 & 37. The back of the plate with a London
retailers mark. |
Condition
Very good, only slight wear. Fine overall
crazing to the glaze.
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A Pair of Chinese Export Soup
Dishes. c.1780 |
A good pair of Chinese export porcelain dishes. 23cm.
diameter. Painted in underglaze blue with a lakeland
landscape. The scene on these dishes was copied by
several English factories and used extensively in the late
18th. and early 19th. Century on both porcelain and pearlware.
See item #0066 in the Miscellaneous section of this Website
for a English Newhall porcelain example. The pattern
usually known as 'Willow Rock'.
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Condition
A few small rim
'nibbles'. No cracks or restoration.
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An
Early 18th.Century Japanese Imari Dish. |
An
Attractive Japanese Arita porcelain dish 19.2cm.
diameter. Decorated with a classic design, but unusually
with Hydrangea blooms, instead of more typically Chrysanthemums
or Peonies. Four kiln support marks to the back and also
a four character mark. ( The five blessings ).
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| Condition One
hairline crack from the rim about 4cm. long, and some
inevitable wear to the enamels and gilding.
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Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Canister
c.1770. |
A Chinese
export porcelain tea canister, c1770, of smaller the
usual size measuring 10.1cm. high. Finely decorated in
Mandarin style with figures conversing within a walled terrace |
Condition
Very good, no
damage, just slight wear to the gilding. Cover lacking.
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A
Pair of Chinese Export Soup Dishes. |
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An
attractively pair of Chinese export porcelain soup dishes
dating from the mid 18th.Century. Decorated in
underglaze blue with a pattern know as 'Cuckoo in the house'.
The dishes measure 22.8cm. diameter.
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Condition
One or two small
rim chips to both plates and a tight hairline crack to one
plate, ( see the final image ).
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A Chinese Imari Plate. Early
18th.Century. |
A
Chinese Imari plate, 22cm. diameter.
c.1720-40. Attractively decorated in typical style
and palette, and in exceptionally good condition.
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Condition
Very good.
No chips, cracks or restoration. Most of the original gilding
still remains. |
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Grainger
Worcester Plate. |
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unusual Grainger Worcester plate c.1835-40 Printed in
underglaze blue with the 'Leaf Ground' pattern. The
centre hand painted with a landscape, which although not named
on the plate is quite likely taken from life. The back
marked with a printed pattern name and 'G & Co. W' also
pattern #991x. The plate measures 23cm. diameter. |
Condition
Good, just typical crazing to
the glaze |
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A Rockingham 'French Empire'
Cup & Saucer. c.1827-31 |
An
elegant early Rockingham porcelain French Empire shape tea cup
and saucer. Tastefully decorated with wide gilt
bands, pattern #680. The cup with Horse 'Tail
& Hoof' handle. See:- Rockingham Pottery &
Porcelain 1745-1842 by A & A Cox, page 143,
plate 89 for items from a similar service. The saucer with
'Griffin' mark in red. The cup marked with pattern number only. |
Condition
Good, no damage
and only slight wear to the gilding.
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A
Superb Davenport Dessert Plate. c.1845 - 50 |
A superbly decorated
Davenport dessert plate from the mid 19th.Century.
Painted with a landscape
in the manner of Jessie Mountford, Davenport's best
landscape painter of the period. The quality of the
gilding is also very fine. The plate measures 23cm.
diameter. Marked with the underglaze Davenport
ribbon and anchor mark in blue.
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Condition
Very good. One small glaze chip to the back of the rim
that was probably done at the factory as it has been gilded. |
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Chinese Export Porcelain Cup Stand
c.1740-50. |
A very
pretty Chinese porcelain cup stand 13.7cm. diameter.
Decorated in famille rose enamels with a Chinese family in a
garden making music and playing games. The central scene surrounded
by a grey 'penciled' foliate border, the rim with a further
finely painted floral border in polychrome enamels. |
Condition
Quite good, there
are just a couple of small chips to the rim and a small amount
of wear
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Copeland Armorial Plate. c.1860. |
A
Copeland Armorial soup plate. 21.4cm.diameter.
Decorated with gilding and the finely painted Coat of Arms of Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas Monteath.
Colonel Monteath gained military distinction during the first
Anglo-Afghan war, 1838-42 . For the part he played in
the siege of Ghuznee, he received a Gold medal from
the King of Afghanistan. |
| Condition Very good with no damage.
Some wear to the rim gilding. |
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Chinese
Export Porcelain Chamber Pot. 18th.Century. |
A
Chinese export polychrome decorated Chamber pot, dating
from the middle of the 18th.Century. Very attractively
decorated with flowers, birds in branches and swimming
ducks. It measures 22cm. diameter. Somewhat damaged and
worn, but quite a rare item these days.
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| Condition Several
tight cracks. Restored chips and overpainting to the underside
of the rim in one area. The gilding and enamels worn in
places. It would also originally have had a cover.
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French
Creamware Plate.
c.1800. |
A
French Creamware plate, probably made at the Creil factory c1800.
Printed onglaze with a print of 'Vue De La Place Des Victoires'. The
rim printed with Grapes and Vines. (the rim print has no
joint and was made to fit the rim exactly). The prints were
added to the undecorated plates in Paris by ; Stone Coquerel
et Le Gros, it is their back stamp on the plate. These plates are of very good quality, and I think they are very
under rated. The plate is 24.2cm. diameter.
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| Condition Good,
one flat chip to the rim that has been retouched and another
tiny 'nick'. The onglaze printing is in very good
condition. |
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A Chinese Export Soup Dish. c.1780 |
A Chinese export porcelain soup dish. 23cm.
diameter. Painted in underglaze blue with a lakeland
landscape. A similar scene to the one on this dish was
used ( in transfer printed form ) by
several English factories in the late
18th. and early 19th. Centuries on both porcelain and pearlware,
in a effort to produce a cheaper alternative to hand painted
Chinese export porcelain.
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Condition
A few small rim
'nibbles'. One faint hairline from the rim, about
6cm. long.
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A Japanese ( Arita ) Imari Saucer
Dish. 17th. / 18th.Century. |
A
attractive early Japanese Imari Dish 28.6cm. diameter.
Decorated in typical style with flowers reserved against a
dark underglaze blue ground. The centre with a vase of
flowers on a fenced terrace. The back decorated with
three floral sprays.
The
centre of the back with four firing support marks.
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| Condition Unfortunately
the dish has three hairline cracks spaced at approximately 120
degrees around the rim. There are no chips and the cracks show
very little from the front of the dish. There is also some
typical wear to the gilding.
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A Chinese Armorial, Chocolate or
Coffee Cup. c.1795. |
A
Chinese export Armorial cup dating from the end of the
eighteenth Century. The Arms, Crest and Motto belong to the
Benthall family, of Benthall Hall near Broseley in Shropshire.
The arms are quartered with the coats of two other families,
that I have not yet identified. The final picture is of
Benthall Hall in early October 2003. |
| Condition The decoration is in quite
good condition with only a small amount of wear, but there is
a long hairline crack from the rim
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A
Superb Chinese Export Tray. |
A very
attractive hexagonal shaped Chinese export tray or
stand, measuring 22.5cm. across. Finely enameled
with a bird standing on rockwork amidst flowering
plants. No marks to the unglazed base, probably
mid 19th. century.
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| Condition Excellent,
no damage. Gilding to rim mostly worn away.
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Interesting
Onglaze Printed Creamware Dish. c.1765. |
An
interesting onglaze transfer printed creamware saucer /
dish, 16.3cm. diameter. Printed in black with a
charming pattern know as 'The Sleeping Beau'. The design
attributed to Henry Palmer's factory in Hanley. The
engraving probably by Thomas Rothwell, and dating from
c.1762-72 |
Condition
Very Good,
just a couple of small glaze losses to the rim, maybe
from firing.
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Early
19th Century Punch Bowl.
c.1800-10 |
An
early 19th Century Punch bowl Probably made at
Coalport. Decorated in four panels with an Oriental
inspired design, including a Japanese Kakiemon style
'Banded Hedge'. Each of these panels is separated by gilt
scroll edged, red ground panels of gilding in a much more
European style. The bowl measures 28cm. diameter and
12.8cm. high. There are no makers marks.
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Condition
Excellent, no damage and only a little wear to the
gilt rim. The glaze has quite a lot of typical crazing
and cracking, but these are only in the glaze. There are no
visible body cracks. There is a small amount of staining
to the interior.
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A
Vienna Cup & Trembleuse Stand.
c.1760. |
A
rare and attractive, tall beaker shaped cup and 'Trembleuse'
stand. Made at the Vienna factory c.1750-65.
Finely painted with summer flowers in polychrome
enamels. Both pieces marked with an underglaze blue
shield mark, incised marks and painters mark to the
saucer. The saucer measures 13.8cm. diameter and the cup
stands 7.3cm. high.
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| Condition Small
rim chip to the saucer and a crack to the edge of the pierced
central well, which probably originated from a firing crack.
There is no damage to the cup
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A Meissen Coffee Cup &
Saucer. c.1780 |
A
pretty Marcolini period coffee cup and saucer, painted
with brightly coloured flowers. The twig handle of the
cup with moulded flowers at it's upper terminal.
Both pieces marked with underglaze blue crossed swords and
star or asterisk mark, also with impressed marks. Dating
from the last quarter of the 18th.Century.
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Condition.
No damage, some wear to the gilded rim of the cup.
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