RARE EARLY VICTORIAN CASTLE-TOP FRUIT DISH / BASKET c1845 WINDSOR CASTLE. Dimensions: 8 inches in diameter. 5.25 inches tall. Condition: Wear commensurate with age and use. Some base metal showing through the platings around the high points. Notes: A stunning dish. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Showcase your items with Auctiva’s. Track Page Views With.
Super high quality early break arch clock dial face circa 1740. Engraved makers initials to rear JR. Thick heavy hand beaten brass dial plate. Foliate engraving, wheat sheaf edging. Incorporates rare hand painted lunar calendar dial with 29 days with painted disc 2 moons. Great project or restoration piece or simply fitted with quartz movement for display purposes. A great conversation piece. Very heavy a cut above normal dial plates. Please feel free to ask any questions.
Rare Royal Doulton Seriesware Antique Twin Handled Vase – Blue Children. Scene/Title: Woman with muff in snowstorm. Gold gilding to handles, top and around base, all intact. Issued: 1890 – 1930, This piece can be dated to pre 1922 via the Royal Doulton backstamp. Height: 7 inches (17.7 cm), Width: (widest) 3 3/4 inches (9.5 cm), Top: (overall) 3 inches (7.6 cm), Base Diameter: 1 7/8 inches (4.8 cm) approx. Perfect Condition Assured – No chips, cracks, crazing, scratches, restoration or any other kind of damage. Any white areas in my photographs are purely light reflection. Will be sent very safely packaged, as always.
The School for Scandal. A very rare and unusual two part prismatic glass Holophane pendant, completely original and untouched. The two sections of glass are housed in a decorative pierced brass cage. Both sections of glass have the correct patents numbers and the Holophane marks, and are in perfect condition. Age related discolouration to all the metal work, the light also has its original ceiling mount and brass chain. 28cm in diameter 38cm in drop 91cm chain length. Please get in contact as that can be arranged. If you wish to view any items that are currently for sale please feel free to arrange a day and time with myself. I would recommend viewing if you are able. Responsibility for the safety and security of the goods/items pass to the purchaser as soon as the goods/items are removed from our premises. Any disputes concerning carriage are therefore to be conducted by the purchaser with the carrier, and the vendor accepts no liability arising out of the appointment of such contractor. All items on this site are antiques and vintage pieces and are, by their very nature, imperfect. The cost of return is not refundable. Cancellation of orders must be made within 3 days.
We are a Greek/English family-run business established in the UK in 2011. Since then we have built up a large collection of unique items, hand-picked from private collectors sales. Our choice of items is based on quality, craftsmanship, cultural interest and beauty. We research every single item and aim to provide as much information as possible about its history and provenance. We speak English perfectly, as well as understanding Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and French, so please do communicate without fear for any questions you may have. We are here to help and provide any information you need at all times. We have been packing and sending items abroad for many years and have successfully delivered even the most fragile pieces including Venetian mirrors, carved chairs and arabesque tables. This Listing is for. Christmas Silver Glass Ornaments Tree Hangings Antique Rare Victorian early 1900. Very delicate and fine glass. Larger: 6 x 5 cm, 5.8 x 3.5 cm, 5.8 x 4 cm smaller. Antique Condition: They all have holes/one crack. But the silvering is very good and they look very beautiful. Please see all photos for condition. Provenance: From a large private UK collection. More beautiful Antique Glass Ornaments & Kugels, Witches Balls available. Please see last photos. In the summer of 2013 our shop featured in the BBC series Antiques Road Trip; we have also worked with prop-masters and costume designers in the film industry, supplying jewellery and antiques for productions such as Mr Holmes (with Ian Mckellan), Viceroy’s House (directed by Gurinder Chadha), the upcoming Disney production Maleficient II, and the TV series Downton Abbey.
Superb Rare Large Heavy Antique Handcrafted Late Georgian / Early Victorian (1830s) Early Transfer Ware Blue “Old Willow” Semi Porcelain Charger (19″/49cm Long, 15″/38cm Wide, 2.7kg). If you are a “Blue Old Willow” fan then this is a marvellous piece for you. It’s large and heavy but well worth the investment and it will be packed very well to reach you safely. This item is one of the very earliest commercial transfer ware items ever produced in the UK. Close to 200 years old! It predates any porcelain marking periods in the UK. Beautiful original traditional blue old willow pattern in lovely condition as shown in 12 sets of photographs attached. If you are extremely particular, then I would advise there appears to be a repair area although this might well be a manufacture mark as there are no chips anywhere so please browse all 12 photos very carefully particularly along the edge. Any faults appear to be none malignant. Transfer ware is a style of decorated china created to sell to the emerging middle class of the Industrial Revolution in England. First produced in the late 1700s, the style caught on and has remained popular since the early 1800s. Transferware first started appearing on the market in the late 18th century, and exploded in popularity in the 1820s and 1830s. Although the styles of the transfers changed over the years, it has been made continuously since then. Transfer printing is a method of decorating pottery or other materials using an engraved copper or steel plate from which a monochrome print on paper is taken which is then transferred by pressing onto the ceramic piece. Pottery decorated using the technique is known as transferware or transfer ware. The bulk of production was from the dominant Staffordshire pottery industry. America was a major market for English transfer-printed wares, whose imagery was adapted to the American market; several makers made this almost exclusively. The Willow pattern is a distinctive and elaborate chinoiserie pattern used on ceramic kitchen/housewares. It became popular at the end of the 18th century in England when, in its standard form, it was developed by English ceramic artists combining and adapting motifs inspired by fashionable hand-painted blue-and-white wares imported from China. Its creation occurred at a time when mass-production of decorative tableware, at Stoke-on-Trent and elsewhere, was already making use of engraved and printed glaze transfers, rather than hand-painting, for the application of ornament to standardized vessels (transfer ware). The exact moment of the pattern’s invention is not certain. During the 1780s various engravers including Thomas Lucas and Thomas Minton were producing chinoiserie landscape scenes based on Chinese ceramic originals. The Old Willow story is based on the Japanese fairy tale “The Green Willow” and other ancient fairy tales originating in China about the constellations that tell the story of two lovers separated and envied by gods for their love. The lovers can only meet once a year when the stars align. There is an English story about the plates that may or may not have links to China; it was first published as “The Story of the Common Willow Pattern Plate” in the magazine The Family Friend in 1849.
