Sunday 30 September 2018

Hancock's Titian Ware

Hancock's Green 'Titian Ware' Deep Bowl by F. X. Abraham c1930

A superb Titian Ware bowl designed by F. X. Abraham, Art Director of Hancock and Sons in the 1920's and 30's. Richly painted with fruit on the outside and sponged sea green on the inside. For more details see Premier Antiques


Saturday 29 September 2018

Royal Doulton Shakespearean Series 'Juliet' Jug D3596

Royal Doulton Shakespearean Series 'Juliet' Jug c1915

An early Royal Doulton series ware jug featuring Juliet from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Friday 28 September 2018

Shelley Queen Anne 'Fruit against a black diamond' Pattern 11505

Shelley Queen Anne 'Fruit against a black diamond' Jug c1926

A lovely Queen Anne milk jug decorated with an early design of fruit against a black diamond with sprays of leaves and berries. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Thursday 27 September 2018

Clarice Cliff 'Capri'

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Capri' Shape 566 Lynton Vase c1935

A lovely ribbed Lynton vase decorated in orange 'Capri' with large flowers grouped around tall cypress trees. The whole design is then skilfully covered with fine orange and yellow line banding. An early example with the full Bizarre mark. For more details see Premier Antiques

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Capri' c1935

Wednesday 26 September 2018

Burtles, Tate and Company Opalescent Glass Swan

Burtles, Tate and Company Opalescent Glass Swan c1885

A fine example of a Burtles, Tate and Company glass swan with good depth of bluish/gold opalescence. Moulded registration number 20086 to base. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Monday 24 September 2018

Davidson's Yellow Pearline Glass Salt

Davidson's Yellow Pearline Glass Open Salt c1910

A lovely open salt in yellow pearline with fluted vertical sides - moulded RD 549518 (registered by Davidson's on 18th Sept 1909). For more details visit Premier Antiques


Sunday 23 September 2018

Royal Doulton 'Pansies' Pin Tray D4049

Royal Doulton 'Pansies' Pin Tray c1936 

A lovely 'Pansies' Pelican shape pin or trinket tray - a rare shape to find in Pansies. For more details of this beautiful little item visit my website Premier Antiques

Saturday 22 September 2018

Bough Pottery Edinburgh

Bough Pottery 'Crocus' Jug by Richard Amour, Edinburgh c1925

The Bough Pottery studio was set up in Edinburgh by Elizabeth Amour in 1913, after she had graduated from Glasgow School of Art. In the early 1920s she was joined by four members of her family, including her brother Richard who painted this superb crocus design jug (for more details visit Premier Antiques). The studio continued in operation until 1942, decorating blanks bought from various factories in Scotland and England.

Richard Amour's initials together with Bough Pottery marks

Friday 21 September 2018

Old Cottage Chintz


Royal Winton 'Old Cottage Chintz' dish c1945

Cerise pink roses with sprays of blue speedwell on a background of tiny grey circles creates a very pretty design, first introduced in the 1930s. For a selection of this lovely chintz and other vintage Royal Winton pieces visit Premier Antiques

Royal Winton 'Old Cottage Chintz' Alban Teapot c1945

Thursday 20 September 2018

Early blue and white - Spode 'Italian'

Rare Spode 'Italian' Pierced Dessert Plate c1820

A beautiful Spode pierced rim dessert plate printed in medium blue with the 'Italian' pattern. Almost 200 years old and in perfect condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Royal Winton Mauve Beehive Sugar Shaker

Grimwades Royal Winton Mauve Beehive Sugar Shaker c1936

A superb Royal Winton 'Beehive' sugar shaker from the art deco period. In the rarer 'mauve' colourway, it's beautifully painted in bright pastel colours. For more details visit Premier Antiques 

Wednesday 19 September 2018

Antique Staffordshire 'Seated Turk' Pen Holder

Staffordshire 'Seated Turk' Pen Holder c1860

A fine Staffordshire pottery pen holder in the form of a Turkish man sitting on a cushion. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Wedgwood 'Bird and Fan' Majolica

Wedgwood Turquoise Majolica 'Bird and Fan' Jug c1878

A lovely Wedgwood majolica jug in the Aesthetic Movement style with birds and fans on a bright turquoise ground. For more details see Premier Antiques 

Monday 17 September 2018

Clarice Cliff 'Red Trees and House'

Clarice Cliff Fantasque Red 'Trees and House' Bowl c1929

A lovely 6.5 inch Havre bowl beautifully painted in the rarer red colourway of 'Trees and House', an early Fantasque landscape of 1929. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware 'Water Lily' Tea for Two

Carlton Ware Green 'Water Lily' Tea for Two c1939

A rare Carlton Ware tea for two set in the stunning water lily design. Comprises a teapot, two tea cups and saucers, milk and sugar. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sunday 16 September 2018

Stevens and Williams Threaded Cranberry Glass

Stevens and Williams Threaded Cranberry Glass Jug and Bowl c1890

A superb Victorian cranberry jug and bowl with applied white threads - a technique patented by Stevens and Williams in the 1880s. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Goldscheider 'Lady with Plaits' Wall Mask no.8614

Goldscheider 'Lady with Plaits' Wall Mask no.8614 c1938

A lovely Goldscheider wall mask, finely modelled as a lady with plaits and beautifully painted matt flesh tones with enamelled features and pink lace effect hat and ruffled collar. A classic Goldscheider piece in excellent condition. For more details see Premier Antiques

Saturday 15 September 2018

Burleigh Ware 'Pan' Pattern

Burleigh Ware 'Pan' Zenith Shape Art Deco Jug and Bowl c1930

A fine Burleigh Ware 'Pan' design milk and sugar in the classic art deco Zenith shape. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Crown Ducal 'Orange Tree'

Crown Ducal 'Orange Tree' Covered Dish c1925

A lovely little Orange Tree dish and cover, probably for cream cheese, butter or muffins. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Friday 14 September 2018

Clarice Cliff 'Gayday'

Large Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Gayday' Shape 195 Vase c1930

A beautiful Gayday vase in exceptional condition. Large and impressive, the design works well on this shape. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Burmantofts Faience Pottery 'Fan' Vase

Burmantofts Faience Pottery 'Fan' Vase c1895

A rare Burmantofts Faience vase modelled as an open oriental fan with carved 'ivory' sticks, the 'paper' embossed with leaves and a large bow at the base - lovely turquoise glaze with fine detail. A similar vase with 'sang de boeuf' glaze was in the 1984 Geffrye Museum exhibition - details can be seen here in the Design Council archive. For more information and a selection of Burmantofts visit Premier Antiques

Thursday 13 September 2018

Davidson's Blue Pearline Glass 'Somerset'

Davidson's Blue Pearline Glass 'Somerset' Jug c1895

A lovely little 'Somerset' jug in the rarer shape and smaller size. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Wednesday 12 September 2018

Maling Green Embossed 'Anemone' Pattern 6533

Maling Green Embossed 'Anemone' Art Deco Wall Vase c1950

A large Maling embossed wall pocket - hand painted with colourful anemones on a waved green background. For more details visit Premier Antiques




'Jack in the Pulpit' Cranberry Glass Vase

 'Jack in the Pulpit' Cranberry Glass Vase c1890

A superb 'Jack in the Pulpit' cranberry vase with a ribbed body and clear glass foot. A stunning piece at over 12 inches tall. For more details see Premier Antiques



Tuesday 11 September 2018

Gray's Pottery - Hand Painted Flowers

Gray's Pottery Art Deco Hand Painted Floral Wall Plate c1935

A vibrant wall plate produced by Gray's around 1935. Designed by Sam Talbot with boldly painted art deco flowers in blue and green on a pale blue stippled ground. For more details see Premier Antiques

Royal Winton Lustre

A superb Royal Winton Duval shape jug from the 1930s. Hand painted with apples and blossom with stunning lustre, it's a real gem. For more details see Premier Antiques

Royal Winton 'Apples' lustre jug c1935

Monday 10 September 2018

Staffordshire Poodles Spill Vase

Staffordshire Seated Poodles Spill Vase c1870

A charming Staffordshire pottery spill vase and pen holder in the form of two poodles sitting in front of a tree trunk. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Royal Winton - Roses

Royal Winton 'Roses' Candy Box signed F. Ardly c1951

Lovely tea roses on a hand painted background in soft autumn colours. This superb candy box is signed by the artist F. Ardly who worked for Grimwades on a freelance basis. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Sunday 9 September 2018

Thomas Webb Cased Blue Satin Glass

Thomas Webb Cased Blue Satin Glass Vase c1880

A superb example of Webb's Satin glass, cased blue over white with 'quilted' diamond air traps. For more details of this splendid vase visit Premier Antiques


Gibson's Elephant Teapot

Gibson's 'Jumbo' Elephant Teapot c1945

A rare hand painted Gibson's novelty teapot modelled as an elephant with an Indian boy wearing a red turban seated on his back. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Saturday 8 September 2018

Burleigh Ware 'Bird of Paradise' Flower Jug

Burleigh Ware 'Bird of Paradise' Flower Jug c1939

A lovely flower jug, the handle modelled as a palm tree with a brightly painted Bird of Paradise. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Clarice Cliff 'Celtic Harvest'

Large Clarice Cliff 'Celtic Harvest' Basket c1938

A superb Celtic Harvest flower basket beautifully painted with bright orange poppies and sheaves of corn. The handle modelled as apples and pears is particularly striking. For more details see Premier Antiques 

Friday 7 September 2018

Royal Doulton Isaac Walton 'Gallant Fishers'

Royal Doulton Isaac Walton Ware 'Gallant Fishers' Vase D2312 c1910

Introduced in 1905, designed by Charles Noke and based on Izaak Walton's 'The Compleat Angler' first published in 1653. The series depicts combinations of fishermen in 17th century dress with various quotations and willow tree borders. Here is an early 7052 double handled 'trophy' vase showing various characters from the series. Around the inner rim is the quote "The jealous trout that low did lie, Rose at a well dissembled fly". For more details see Premier Antiques

Royal Doulton Isaac Walton Ware 'Gallant Fishers' Vase D2312 c1910

Royal Winton Crocus

Royal Winton Pink 'Crocus' Boxed Set c1930

A stunning hand painted pink 'Crocus' jam dish and spoon in original art deco presentation box. For more details see Premier Antiques


Thursday 6 September 2018

Davenport Stone China 'Two Temples' Willow Pattern

Davenport Stone China 'Two Temples' Willow Pattern Muffin Dish c1830

A rare Davenport muffin dish printed with the Two Temples chinoiserie pattern, the inner borders with distinctive gilt beading. A beautiful item in superb condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware Pink Buttercup

Carlton Ware Pink 'Buttercup' Cocoa Mug c1936

A beautiful Carlton Ware cocoa mug in pink buttercup - one of the nicest I've seen in a long while. For more details and a good selection of Australian registered designs visit Premier Antiques

Wednesday 5 September 2018

Clarice Cliff Original Bizarre Jug

Clarice Cliff Original Bizarre Geometric Cream Jug c1928

A rare original Bizarre geometric cream jug on a lovely old Newport Pottery shape boldly painted in orange and purple. For more details visit Premier Antiques