Tuesday 28 June 2016

Green glazed majolica

Small Green Majolica Dish c1870

An unusually small green majolica dish finely moulded with scrolling leaves surrounding a central flower. Unmarked though probably by Davenport. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Monday 27 June 2016

1950s lady mask wall pocket

Vintage 1950s lady mask wall pocket

A classic 1950s lady wall mask open at the back to form a pocket. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sunday 26 June 2016

Pair of Sowerby Purple Slag Glass Vases

Pair of Sowerby Purple Malachite Slag Glass Vases c1875

A fine pair of Sowerby purple malachite or 'slag' glass three handled vases - illustrated in their 1882 pattern book, both with moulded peacock trademarks and diamond registrations. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Saturday 25 June 2016

Royal Winton 'Poppies' Blue Lustre

Royal Winton 'Poppies' Blue Lustre Cambridge Jug c1935

A superb Royal Winton Cambridge shape jug painted with large poppies in shades of red, mauve and yellow on a sponged blue lustre ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Friday 24 June 2016

Sowerby Purple Malachite Glass

Sowerby Purple Malachite Slag Glass Spill Vase c1875

A fine purple malachite vase - a classic Sowerby shape (1160 in the 1882 pattern book) with Sowerby Peacock trademark and diamond registration. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Wednesday 22 June 2016

Maling Blue 'Peona' Lustre Pattern 6504

Maling 'Peona' Dark Blue Lustre Table Lamp c1936

A superb Maling embossed 'Peona' table lamp, hand painted with pink, yellow and purple peonies on a dark blue lustre background. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Early Royal Winton 'Marguerite'

Royal Winton 'Marguerite' Chintz Tea Plate c1930

An early 'Marguerite' chintz tea plate with hand painted blue trim - a striking design of white marguerites, other cerise and yellow flowers with sprays of bluebells, introduced in the 1920s. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Tuesday 21 June 2016

Royal Dux Lady Mask Wall Pocket

Royal Dux Lady Mask Wall Pocket c1930

An unusual Royal Dux art deco wall pocket combined with a wall mask set against a cream stippled glaze. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Monday 20 June 2016

Clarice Cliff Aurea or Pink Pearls

Clarice Cliff 'Aurea' or 'Pink Pearls' Art Deco Dish c1936

A fantastic Clarice Cliff 'Aurea' or 'Pink Pearls' art deco shaped dish brightly painted with large marigold type flowers on sinuous stems, in tones of pink, yellow and green. For more details see Premier Antiques

Antique Cut Cranberry Glass Salts

Antique Cut Cranberry Glass Salts c1890

A superb pair of Victorian cranberry glass salts with fine optical oval cutting, good depth of colour and both in excellent condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sunday 19 June 2016

Maling 'Old Ford' Pattern 6225

Maling Rose Pink Lustre 'Old Ford' Dish Pattern 6225 c1935

A fine art deco dish in the 'Old Ford' pattern of hand painted blue and purple roses on a pink lustre ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Saturday 18 June 2016

George Jones Majolica 'Strawberry' Pattern 3363

George Jones Majolica 'Strawberry' Plate  c1870

A lovely George Jones majolica plate finely moulded with sprigs of strawberry flowers on a bright turquoise ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Royal Winton 'Ann Hathaway's Cottage'

Royal Winton Cottage Ware Sugar Sifter c1935

One of the earliest hand painted cottage wares, introduced by Grimwade's c1929. Shown is a fine sugar sifter from this period. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Friday 17 June 2016

Antique Cranberry Cut Stem Wine Glasses

Six Antique Victorian Cranberry Wine Glasses with Cut Stems c1880

A rare set of six Victorian cranberry wine glasses with clear stems which have been beautifully cut - the cut facets extending around the base of each bowl. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Royal Winton 'Bedale' Chintz

Royal Winton 'Bedale' Chintz Art Deco Hors d'Oeuvre Dish c1935

A lovely Royal Winton 'Bedale' three section hors d'oeuvre dish. An early chintz named after the Yorkshire market town, the pattern being an alternative colourway to the more well known 'Summertime'. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Thursday 16 June 2016

Wemyss Ware 'Buttercups'

Wemyss Ware 'Buttercups' Chesham Fern Pot c1900

A lovely Wemyss Ware Chesham fern pot decorated with buttercups from the Karel Nekola period. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware Yellow 'Fruit Basket'

Large Carlton Ware Yellow 'Fruit Basket' Bowl c1935

A large and impressive yellow 'Fruit Basket' bowl sitting on three plum feet. For more details and a selection of Carlton Ware visit my website Premier Antiques

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Royal Winton Chintz - Nantwich

Royal Winton 'Nantwich' Chintz Ascot 8" Cake Plate c1945

Introduced by Grimwades in the late 1930s and named after a town in Cheshire, Nantwich is a striking design of pink roses and carnations with deep yellow coreopsis and tiny blue speedwell on a black ground. For a selection see Premier Antiques

Royal Winton 'Nantwich' Chintz Comport c1939


Tuesday 14 June 2016

Copeland Parian Ware 'Naiads Kneeling' Centrepiece

Copeland Parian Ware 'Naiads Kneeling' Centrepiece c1870

A rare silver plated centrepiece in the form of entwined palms with three kneeling semi-clad Parian nymphs or naiads. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Royal Winton Cotswold Chintz

Large Royal Winton 'Cotswold' Chintz Alban Jug c1952

A rare large Alban shape jug in the 'Cotswold' chintz pattern. The print works beautifully on this elegant Royal Winton shape. For more details see Premier Antiques


Monday 13 June 2016

Clarice Cliff Delecia Daisy

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Delecia Daisy' Twin Jam Dish c1933

A superb example of the rare Delecia Daisy design produced briefly in 1933. For more details of this and other Clarice Cliff visit my website Premier Antiques



John and Richard Riley - Gaudy Welsh or Imari

John and Richard Riley 'Gaudy Welsh' Jug c1825

A lovely early jug by John and Richard Riley of Burslem. An elegant shape in white translucent porcelain with gadrooned rim and foot. Decorated with a flower and fence design in iron red and cobalt blue, enhanced by an embossed floral decoration and gilded highlights. For more details see Premier Antiques


Sunday 12 June 2016

Green Majolica 'Vine Leaf' Dish

Green Majolica 'Vine Leaf' Serving Dish c1880

A lovely green glazed majolica serving dish with overlapping vine leaves and pierced handle. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Rare Blue and White Patterns - Quadrupeds


Fifteen central animal studies by John Hall were subsequently used by Dimmock and Smith when Hall ceased to trade c1830. A fantastic series, very rarely seen. For more details of this lovely plate visit Premier Antiques

Dimmock and Smith 'Quadrupeds' Dinner Plate c1830

Saturday 11 June 2016

Wedgwood Cobalt Blue Majolica 'Strawberry' Pattern

Wedgwood Cobalt Blue Majolica 'Strawberry' Covered Sugar c1870

A beautiful little Wedgwood majolica covered sugar with yellow handles and sprigs of strawberries on a deep cobalt blue ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Green Majolica 'Butterfly and Leaf' Dish

Green Majolica 'Butterfly and Leaf' Serving Dish c1870

A rare green glazed majolica serving dish with an unusual design of overlapping leaves and butterflies of different sizes. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Copeland Parian Ware 'Grape and Vine' Jug

Copeland Parian Ware 'Grape and Vine' Cream Jug c1848

A fine quality Parian jug modelled with grapes and vines - the design was first registered in 1848. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Friday 10 June 2016

Wedgwood - Handmade by Royal Appointment


A fascinating film about the modern Wedgwood company which includes the making of a Panther vase, using the same artisan techniques pioneered by Josiah Wedgwood in the 18th century. Available on BBC iPlayer for the next 26 days.

Wedgwood Panther Vase 2016

Shelley Mabel Lucie Attwell 'Sailor Chicken' Sugar Bowl

Shelley Mabel Lucie Attwell 'Sailor Chicken' Sugar Bowl c1930

A rare sugar bowl from the Mabel Lucie Attwell animal series tea set - hand painted and modelled as a chicken dressed as a sailor. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Stevens and Williams Threaded Cranberry Glass

Stevens and Williams Threaded Cranberry Glass Jug and Bowl c1890

A lovely Victorian cranberry glass jug and bowl with applied clear feet and white threading - a technique patented by Stevens and Williams in the 1880s. For more details visit Premier Antiques




Thursday 9 June 2016

Crown Devon 'Beehive' Honey Pot

Crown Devon 'Beehive' Honey Pot c1935

A lovely Crown Devon honey pot in the form of an old fashioned woven straw beehive or skep with hand painted bees. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Shelley Mabel Lucie Attwell 'Fairy Folk with Tiny Wings' Nursery Ware Mug

Shelley Mabel Lucie Attwell 'Fairy Folk' Nursery Ware Mug c1930

A lovely Mabel Lucie Attwell child's cocoa mug "Fairy folk with tiny wings, Flying all over my plates and things".  For more details visit Premier Antiques

Wednesday 8 June 2016

Majolica 'Butterfly and Beetle' Leaf Platter

Majolica 'Butterfly and Beetle' Leaf Platter c1880

A rare majolica leaf platter with butterfly and beetle - lovely colours and in great condition. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Barker Bros 'Arabesque' by John Guildford

Barker Bros 'Arabesque' Art Deco Jug by John Guildford c1928

A rare 'Arabesque' cream jug designed by John Guildford for Barker Brothers. A hand painted stylised landscape with red pyramids and cubist trees in green, blue, yellow and mauve against a bright orange ground. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Tuesday 7 June 2016

Grimwade's WW1 Old Bill Bruce Bairnsfather Ware

Bairnsfather Ware 'We Are Staying At A Farm' Wall Plaque c1917

A fine Grimwade's Bruce Bairnsfather plaque depicting one of his World War One 'Old Bill' cartoons with the caption 'Dear _ At Present We Are Staying At A Farm' - a soldier sitting amidst bombed ruins writing a postcard home. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Gray's Pottery Floral Pattern A7574

Gray's Pottery Floral Pattern A7574 Art Deco Dish c1940

A lovely 'canoe' shaped dish hand enamelled with white, mauve, orange and yellow flowers on a stippled ground - pattern number A7574 attributed to Sam Talbot, a contemporary of Susie Cooper who became art director when she left Gray's in 1929. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Monday 6 June 2016

Royal Winton Summertime Chintz

A lovely Royal Winton Ascot shape jam pot in Summertime. Rare to find complete with its underplate and in such excellent condition. For more vintage Summertime chintz visit my website Premier Antiques

Royal Winton 'Summertime' jam pot c1939

Majolica 'Vine Leaf and Basket Weave'

Majolica 'Vine Leaf and Basket Weave' Plate c1880 #1

Two unusual majolica plates - great colours that show how the hand painting varies from item to item. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Majolica 'Vine Leaf and Basket Weave' Plate c1880 #2

Sunday 5 June 2016

Beswick 'Girl with Beret and Scarf' Miniature Wall Mask Model No.362

Beswick 'Girl with Beret and Scarf' Wall Mask No.362 c1935

A striking miniature Beswick wall mask painted with black bobbed hair and a jaunty yellow beret with orange scarf tied in a bow. A rarity, seldom seen. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques


Royal Doulton - Egyptian Series

Royal Doulton 'Egyptian - Tutankhamen's Treasures' c1925


A rare Royal Doulton series from 1911, which after 1922 often has 'Tutankhamen's Treasures Luxor' added to the design. It's interesting to note the old spelling of Tutankhamun. The series was withdrawn by 1929. Here is a fantastic Concord shape jug which works beautifully with the ancient Egyptian themes and motifs. For more details see Premier Antiques


Royal Doulton 'Egyptian' series Concord jug c1925