ROYAL WORCESTER Figurine 1938 “AMARYLLIS” RW3108. English Bone China – DATED, RARE – Excellent condition – Display Cabinet Kept. A Lovely Collectors example. No imperfections or Restorations. Height: 24.7 cm – OVER 80 YEARS OLD. It has the first quality Royal Worcester backstamp. PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTO’S COLOURS etc AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Figurines”. The seller is “jackoharto” and is located in this country: AU. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Rare Antique George V (1913) Johnson Brothers “Old English” Ironstone Cream Ware Teapot In Perfect condition (10/26cm, 700g). Never used and in excellent condition as shown in 12 pictures attached. Only ever been a cabinet display item. The back stamp dates the teapot to circa 1913 making it well over a 100 years old. Please browse all 12 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory. A lovely standard size teapot. George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. The four’Johnson Brothers’ were Alfred, Frederick, Henry and Robert (Grandsons of the famous Meakin lineage) – sons of Robert Johnson. Alfred, Frederick began production at the Charles Street works, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in 1883 for the manufacture of durable Earthenware, which they called “White Granite”. In 1888, Henry joined them. In addition to manufacturing well-potted white ware, they began producing under-glaze printed ware for which they became famous. Due to the increased demand for pottery after the Civil War, they opened up two new factories in Hanley close to their original factory. By 1898, they had five different factories producing tableware. Charles Street works, Imperial Works, Hanley Works & Trent Works in Hanley and the Scotia Road works in Tunstall. Robert, moved to New York in the United States of America around 1896 to establish a presence in the tableware market that was emerging. Johnson Brothers tableware was becoming very popular in America due to its inexpensive and durable product. Johnson Brothers continued its growth in the tableware industry into World War I. When the war was over, production was able to resume at its pre-war pace. At the start of the Twenties, new shapes, patterns, and bodies were introduced and the “Dawn” range of colored bodies began for which Johnson Brothers became very well known. New methods were developed for making halloware items which allowed for a more rapid production over the old method of using pressed clay. At the end of the Twenties, the grandsons of the founders entered the business. During the Thirties the Charles Street Works, the original factory was closed. It was not until the mid-Thirties that the factories got under full production. At the end of the Thirties, was seen the development of modern systems of firing using electricity as fuel rather than raw coal and new brick-built tunnels using an automatic ware-propelling system replaced the traditional Bottle Ovens. The more accurately controlled firing system meant better quality and less loss and the conditions for the wokers was much more superior than before. A new mold-making department and making shops accompanied the construction of the electric kiln. The Second World War came and nearly halted production at Johnson Brothers factories. War damage and the need for increased productivity dictated a major overhaul of the Johnson Brothers factories. Modern equipment and larger facilities were installed to improve the day-to-day production capability of the company. In 1968, to offer access to even larger markets, and to remain competitive, Johnson Brothers joined the Wedgwood Group. Several other manufacturers including Meakin (the Johnson Brother’s maternal Grandfather’s company), Coalport, Adams, Midwinter, Crown Staffordshire, and Mason’s joined, as well. Around 2000 the tableware division of Johnson’s mover to the nearby J & G Meakin Eagle Pottery works where they produced until 2004 when manufacturing was transferred abroad. The Eagle Pottery works were demolished in 2005. Founded in 1883 by four brothers, Henry, Robert, Alfred and Fred Johnson. The business was at first on a modest scale, but in the last 70 years has expanded until today Johnson Bros. Is probably the largest firm of earthenware manufacturers in the world, controlling a number of factories in England and abroad. The present head of the firm is Sir Ernest Johnson. Starting with the production of’Granite’ for overseas markets, the firm has developed in the twentieth century fine self-coloured bodies, Gray dawn in 1929, followed by Rose, Green and Golden dawn. A new shape has been made each year. Finley engraved table wares are a specialty,’Old Britain Castles’ engraved by Fennell being one of the most notable. The potting of this firm is distinguished by uncommon lightness and finish. Before the first World War Johnson Bros. Owned a sanitary earthenware factory in Germany, but it was closed down in 1914. In 1947 Johnsons acquired a controlling interest in the Canadian tableware business of Sovereign Pottery Ltd. At Hamilton, Ontario along with its factory. In 1957 Johnsons opened a tableware factory at Croydon, Queensland, Australia, which was run through a firm also known as Sovereign Pottery Ltd. Creamware is a cream-coloured refined earthenware with a lead glaze over a pale body, known in France as faïence fine, in the Netherlands as Engels porselein, and in Italy as terraglia inglese. It was created about 1750 by the potters of Staffordshire, England, who refined the materials and techniques of salt-glazed earthenware towards a finer, thinner, whiter body with a brilliant glassy lead glaze, which proved so ideal for domestic ware that it supplanted white salt-glaze wares by about 1780. It was popular until the 1840s. Variations of creamware were known as “tortoiseshell ware” or “Whieldon ware” were developed by the master potter Thomas Whieldonwith coloured stains under the glaze. It served as an inexpensive substitute for the soft-paste porcelains being developed by contemporary English manufactories, initially in competition with Chinese export porcelains. It was often made in the same fashionable and refined styles as porcelain. The most notable producer of creamware was Josiah Wedgwood, who perfected the ware, beginning during his partnership with Thomas Whieldon. Wedgwood supplied his creamware to Queen Charlotte and Catherine the Great (in the famous Frog Service) and used the trade name Queen’s ware. Later, around 1779, he was able to lighten the cream colour to a bluish white by using cobalt in the lead overglaze. The Leeds Pottery (producing “Leedsware”) was another very successful producer. And to the United States. One contemporary writer and friend of Wedgwood claimed it was ubiquitous. This led to local industries developing throughout Europe to meet demand. There was also a strong export market to the United States. The success of creamware had killed the demand for tin-glazed earthenware and pewter vessels alike and the spread of cheap, good-quality, mass-produced creamware to Europe had a similar impact on Continental tin-glazed faience factories. By the 1780s Josiah Wedgwood was exporting as much as 80% of his output to Europe. Creamware is made from white clays from Dorsetand Devonshire combined with an amount of calcined flint. This body is the same as that used for salt-glazed stoneware, but it is fired to a lower temperature (around 800 °C as opposed to 1,100 to 1,200 °C) and glazed with lead to form a cream-coloured earthenware. The white clays ensured a fine body and the addition of flint improved its resistance to thermal shock during firing, whilst flint added to the glaze helped prevent crazing. Creamware was first produced some time before 1740. Originally lead powder or galena, mixed with a certain amount of ground calcined flint, was dusted on the ware, which was then given its one and only firing. This early method was unsatisfactory because lead powder produced poisoning among the potters and the grinding of flint stones caused a disease known as potter’s rot. Around 1740 a fluid glaze in which the ingredients were mixed and ground in water was invented, possibly by Enoch Booth of Tunstall, Staffordshire, according to one early historian, although this is disputed. The method involved first firing the ware to a biscuit state, and then glazing and re-firing it. Foremost of the pioneers of creamware in the Staffordshire Potteries was Thomas Whieldon. Although he has become popularly associated almost exclusively with tortoiseshell creamware, in fact he produced a wide variety of creamware. He first mentions’Cream Colour’ in 1749. The young Josiah Wedgwood was in partnership with Thomas Whieldon from 1754 to 1759 and after Wedgwood had left to set up independently at Ivy House, he immediately directed his efforts to the development of creamware. Wedgwood rebelled against the use of coloured glazes, declaring as early as 1766 that he was clearing his warehouse of coloured ware as he was’heartily sick of the commodity’. Wedgwood improved creamware by introducing china-clay into both the body and glaze and so was able to produce creamware of a much paler colour, lighter and stronger and more delicately worked, perfecting the ware by about 1770. His superior creamware, known as’Queen’s ware’, was supplied to Queen Charlotte and Catherine the Great and later became hugely popular. There were few changes to creamware after about 1770 and the Wedgwood formula was gradually adopted by most manufacturers. There were approximately 130 potteries in North Staffordshire during the 1750s, rising to around 150 by 1763 and employing up to 7,000 people – a large number of these potteries would have been producing creamware. Whilst Staffordshire had taken the lead, creamware came to be developed in a number of large potting centres where stoneware was already being produced, eventually replacing stoneware entirely. These included Derbyshire, Liverpool, Yorkshire (including the Leeds pottery) and Swansea. Attribution of pieces to particular factories has always been difficult because virtually no creamware was marked prior to Josiah Wedgwood’s manufacture of it in Burslem. At the time manufacturers frequently supplied wares to one another to supplement stocks and ideas were often exchanged or copied. In addition, factories usually sent out their wares to outside specialist enamellers or transfer-printers for decoration – decoration in-house was only gradually adopted. For this reason, several manufacturers usually shared the same decorator or printer and tended to use the same or very similar patterns. Collectors, dealers and curators alike were frustrated in their efforts to ascribe pots to individual factories: it is frequently impossible to do so. Archaeological excavations of pottery sites in Staffordshire and elsewhere have helped provide some better-established typologyto enable progress in attribution. The heyday of creamware ran from about 1770 to the rise of painted pearlwares, white wares and stone chinas in the period around 1810 to 1825. Although creamware continued to be produced during the later period, it was no longer pre-eminent in the markets. Given the fickle nature of the consumer, much remarked upon by Wedgwood during his career, it is remarkable how long creamware remained popular in its many forms and it is precisely due this varied history it remains highly prized for collectors today. This item is in the category “Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Decorative Cookware & Tableware\Bowls”. The seller is “santoor-uk” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Capacity: 8-10 Cups An extremely rare teapot which was produced by widely recognised English china company Wedgwood in the George III Regency period. The teapot is a beautiful example of the iconic Pearlware’Chrysanthemum’ dinner and teawares collection and was first produced in the early 1800s. The pattern was so popular it was reproduced again in the late 1800s… This pattern is likely a copy of an original imported item and Wedgwood made many items like this with a Chinoiserie design. Decorated with vibrant Chinoiserie motifs featuring vivid Red Chrysanthemums, Green Foliage and Cobalt Blue Acanthus embellished with Gilt and all overlaid on a detailed Ochre’fish roe’ background. The teapot is beautifully finished with a dark brown floral motif to the collar and an unusual stepped, gilded solid handle and trim. Further enhanced decoration to the lid completes the teapot. Condition: An extremely rare teapot… In amazing excellent antique condition commensurate for age and use… Clean inside with a touch of crazing… One teeny hairline at the top rim, nothing to spoil the item… Tiny spot of crazing to the inside spout and interior… Some scattered yellowish/light brown marks, slight wear to the pattern (on the green leaves) in small areas… Apart from that the teapot is antique perfect in every way… Colours and pattern still amazingly vibrant… And such a rare item! British porcelain was fired on coal in the early 1800s, and it’s natural that china from this process would result in occasional firing specks or lines and possibly develop crazing over time. This should not be seen as damage but as an imperfection of the manufacturing process at the time. Backstamp: Impressed Wedgwood quite faint & 51. Their Georgian and Regency patterns were of exceptional quality as were their Neo Classical designs. Patronage from Royal clients included Queen Charlotte, George III’s consort. After delivering the Queen’s order, Wedgwood received her permission to call his Creamware goods’Queensware. His new innovation was the Classical style inspired by excavations of ancient Greek and Roman sites. Combined with an earthenware material he developed known as jasper ware, this produced the blue & white cameo items that are commonly associated with Wedgwood. The brand still conveys a sense of tradition and is associated with other prestigious companies such as Waterford and Royal Doulton. Items are just as collectable today as in the past.. Please view the photos carefully as they form part of the description. The teapot will be carefully packed before posting. Why our customers love us! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Decorative Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Tea & Coffee Pots”. The seller is “redbeardsa1″ and is located in this country: AU. This item can be shipped to Australia, all countries in Europe, United States, New Zealand, Canada.
This clock is a beautiful antique single fusee public turret wall clock with its original A frame movement and anchor escapement. The clock has a 15.75 inch diameter dial and a 19 inch diameter ebonised surround all of which is in good condition It is a very rare turret clock where the dial would fix to the outside of the building and the movement would sit on the inside on a seat board or backet, both the winding arbour and hand adjuster are on the back of the movement to make it easier The clock would of originally sat on the face of a high street shop or something like that but i came across it when it had been mounted to a gentleman’s workshop and was all working away but he was moving and had no where to put it The clock features an original 15.75 inch dial with original steel English hands. The dial is a replacement with it being a transfer on a metal sheet, the transfer is an exact copy of the original even down to the discolouration and wear The original movement is a English Single chain driven fusee with a original anchor escapement and A framed plates that is fantastic. The movement has an extendable bar to connect the hands through the depth of the wall The movement is very clean and is in excellent condition in full working order keeping excellent time, movement comes with its pendulum and its original crank winding key The clock measures 19 inches diam and looks super impressive wherever it is displayed The dial measures 15.75 inches diam This is a rare public turret dial clock which makes it a perfect investment clock and a beautiful display piece. Looks absoultely fantastic wherever it is displayed and a true talking point. Superb single fusee dial wall clock which will only grow significantly in value over the years and will keep growing in value Approx Date: 1850’s. Rare Antique English 8 Day Single Chain Fusee Exterior Public Turret Wall Clock. PLEASE NOTE : I have recently received some excellent quality clocks from a private collection all of which have been well looked after all of which will be listed over the next few weeks. Some excellent quality clocks this being one of them. The clock has a 15.75 inch diameter dial and a 19 inch diameter ebonised surround all of which is in good condition. It is a very rare turret clock where the dial would fix to the outside of the building and the movement would sit on the inside on a seat board or backet, both the winding arbour and hand adjuster are on the back of the movement to make it easier The clock would of originally sat on the face of a high street shop or something like that but i came across it when it had been mounted to a gentleman’s workshop and was all working away but he was moving and had no where to put it The clock features an original 15.75 inch dial with original steel English hands. The movement has an extendable bar to connect the hands through the depth of the wall The movement is very clean and is in excellent condition in full working order keeping excellent time, movement comes with its pendulum and its original crank winding key. The clock measures 19 inches diam and looks super impressive wherever it is displayed The dial measures 15.75 inches diam This is a rare public turret dial clock which makes it a perfect investment clock and a beautiful display piece. Superb single fusee dial wall clock which will only grow significantly in value over the years and will keep growing in value. Approx Date: 1850’s. 1 – We offer the very best customer service before, during and after the sale. You are more than welcome to personally collect any item free of charge. All my items will be packed professionally. No matter how well antique clocks have been serviced they will need final adjusting and setting into beat after transport and a professional person is advised and may be required in order to do this. All repairs needed to the mechanism will be carried out by myself and not by a 3rd party clock maker/repairer unless agreed by myself beforehand. Please contact me for a quote if you have another movement that requires servicing. I will be mostly dealing in top quality original antique clocks all of which we have full confidence in and which we source from good collectors worldwide. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Showcase your items with Auctiva’s. Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. This item is in the category “Collectables\Decorative Collectables\Clocks\Wall Clocks”. The seller is “classictime2015″ and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Here on offer is a rare antique English crystal & silver plate snuff bottle, dating to the early 19th c. This snuff box came from the Trevor Barton collection, a world renowned collector of tobacciana who died in 2008, he had been amassing the collection for more than fifty years. Trevor Barton received the rare honour of being inducted into the’Academie Internationale de la Pipe’. The taking of snuff became popular in Georgian England and there were strict rituals. The paraphernalia became a way of signalling wealth. The glass is beautifully clear with a faceted hobnail body and the neck has. Long faceted panels cut into it. The crystal body is fitted with a silver plated collar that has a snug fitting cap with an elaborate finial. Beneath the cap is a loose stopper with an. The glass body is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. The design of the silver plated cap is in excellent condition, the collar and spoon has degrees of wear (see photos). No other noted flaws. There are no maker marks. This gorgeous snuff bottle is offered in good antique condition, it measures approximately 9.5cm by 3.8cm. A wonderful rare collectable piece. Please see my pictures for the details of the condition. I will pack and weigh the items together and get the best possible price that I can, sometimes weight or value might dictate that I send multiple parcels to get a better value for you. This item is in the category “Collectables\Tobacciana & Smoking Supplies\Snuff Boxes”. The seller is “deewainhouse” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
A rare English Provincial West Country silver trefid spoon with a ribbed rat tail, inscribed’E over I. M 1689′, struck three times on the stem with the town mark’T’ for Tiverton. Study stem and pleasing feel, terrific collector’s spoon. This rare spoon is in lovely collector’s condition having a good patina, nice marks, with some age-related wear mainly to the edge of the bowl, which is thin. Late 17th century town mark’T’ for Tiverton c 1689. Britannia silver is an alloy of silver containing 11 ounces and 10 pennyweight silver in the pound troy, equivalent to 95.83% by weight silver, the balance being usually copper. This higher standard of silver content of 958 parts per thousand was introduced in England by Act of Parliament in 1697 to replace sterling silver (92.5% silver) as the obligatory standard for items of “wrought plate”. The lion passant gardant hallmark denoting sterling was replaced with “the figure of a woman commonly called Britannia”, and the leopard’s head mark of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths replaced with a “lion’s head erased”. Britannia standard silver was introduced as part of the great recoinage scheme of William III from 1696, when attempts were made to limit the clipping and melting of sterling silver coinage. A higher standard for wrought plate meant that sterling silver coins could not easily be used as a source of raw material because additional fine silver, which was in short supply at the time, would have to be added to bring the purity of the alloy up to the higher standard. Britannia silver is considerably softer than sterling, and after complaints from the trade sterling silver was authorised again for use by silversmiths from 1 June 1720, and thereafter Britannia silver has remained an optional standard for hallmarking in the United Kingdom and Ireland. I have many stunning pieces of collector’s silver in my shop, please look at my other items. I aim only to list antique silver items that are without damage, repair, alteration or undue wear. My silver pieces are ideal as special gifts, for collectors, for investors, or for resale by dealers. I provide clear descriptions and photos. The silver is photographed in flat natural light, but silver is so reflective that black spots from the camera and other reflections are sometimes unavoidable. Please check the dimensions of the object carefully as apparent size can be deceptive. Bank details provided on request. Sizes, weights etc are all approximate. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Solid Silver\Cutlery”. The seller is “carlyonsilver” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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English Rare Fine Antique Putti Centre Piece Early 19th Century Minton. Circa – 1840 Antique. Composition- Hard Paste Porcelain. Table Centre Piece Fruit Comport/ Statue. Putti Standing On Pile Of Books With A Globe In Hand, In The Form Of A Water Fountain. Masked Heads In Oyster Shell Shaped Trio Of Dishes For Fruits/ BonBons Or Canapés. Grand Tour Style Fine Quality White Glaze Antique Dish. Fracture To Wrist It Could Be Repaired. Lord Hill Museum Collection Of Fine Collectables. Plinth Base 5 Diameter Detachable By Bronze Clip. This item is in the category “Pottery, Ceramics & Glass\Decorative Cookware & Tableware\Cup & Saucers”. The seller is “famouslordhillmuseum” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom.
Beautiful early Derby coffee can 2.5 6.2cm high. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Cup & Saucers”. The seller is “jammyjohn” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Superb Rare Antique (1746) English King George II Uncirculated Milled Silver Half Crown In Investment cognition. Absolutely fantastic coin in breathtaking condition. Please browse all 12 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory. Half-Crown of George II, 1746. The inscription reads GEORGIUS II DEI GRATIA (George II by the Grace of God). The word LIMA under the king’s head signifies that the coin was struck from silver seized from the Spanish treasure fleet off Lima, Peru, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Obverse: LIMA below bust. Obverse Legend: GEORGIUS. II. DEI. GRATIA. Reverse: Shields in cruciform. Reverse Legend: F. D. B. ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T. ET. E. M. B. F. ET. H. REX. This coin is in impeccable order and has been handed down several generations and has always been kept in a lovely dry place. I’m told he (and my grandfather) always used to keep selected coins in a humidity controlled box (similar to a cigar box) which was atmospherically controlled to keep them dry and they were there right through George III and Victorian periods all the way through to George V period when it was finally handed down to my father. I inherited this coin in 1983 when my father passed away and I have always kept it in a perspex capsule and in a box with silicone sachets to keep it completely dry and tarnish free. I loved the unusual original box and used it for my cigars and had it in my possession until some years ago when sadly that along with a few other small antiques was lost (or stolen) during our house move. This coin has been cherished and lovingly looked after almost 2 75 years and is free from damage and scratches. It has only ever been handled with cotton gloves! I have carefully taken it out of the perspex capsule to photograph and placed it back in it after doing so. It will be extremely rare to find a silver coin this age in such remarkable condition. It is almost as if this coin in new. I hope to find it a good home and someone who will cherish it and look after it as my family have. Unfortunately my children have no interest in coins. Hence the reluctanct sale. George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760. George is the most recent British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany. This item is in the category “Coins\Coins\British\Early Milled (c.1662-1816)\Half-Crown”. The seller is “santoor-uk” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Fantastic very rare pink colour antique (1920s) Queen Anne English fine bone china gold gilded twelve piece tea set in lovely condition generally without any chips or cracks or crazing other than a non malignant hairline crack in a single cup as shown in the last photograph attached. A superb set that has been in my family from the outset and I hope to find it a good home. The set is very generously gold gilded and despite its age it is in impeccable condition without any wear to the gold gilding. The photos are an accurate description. Queen Anne was one of the trade names of Shore & Coggins Limited who produced china ware in their Edensor Works, New Street and the High Street Works, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England. The firm dates back to 1887 when it was known as J. In 1905 a new partnership was formed with Shore, Coggins & Holt, this partnership survived 5 years until 1910 when John William Holt left and Shore & Coggins Limited was formed. (who were aquirinf a number of other pottery businesses). The Wild group expanded the business and intriduced the’Bell China’ trade name. Queen Anne’ and’Princess Anne’ trade names were introduced after the Second World War. In 1966 there was reorganisation of the Wild subsidiary companies (now under the control of Allied English Potteries) which included the closure of the works of Chapmans (Longton) Ltd and Shore & Coggins Ltd. The’Queen Anne’ trade name introduced around 1950 was used until the closure of the Edensor Works in 1966. The trade name was retained by Allied English Potteries Ltd and was used by Ridgway Potteries and was still in use by Royal Doulton in 1981. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Cookware, Dinnerware & Serveware\Cup & Saucers”. The seller is “santoor-uk” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.
