Early Blue and White - Drainers

Rogers 'Athens' Drainer or Mazarine c1830

Usually oval in shape and pierced to allow meat and fish to drain, they were made to fit the central well of larger meat or serving platters. The piercings are set in patterns and are often as decorative as the main printed design. For more details of this lovely drainer, visit my website Premier Antiques

Cranberry Glass Trinket Box

Cranberry Glass Trinket Box with Gilded Decoration Austrian c1900

A lovely Austrian glass trinket box with metal mounts and gilded decoration. Handwritten 'Importe d'Austriche' on the base. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Beswick 'Sundial' Butter Dish

Beswick 'Sundial' Butter Dish and Cover c1937

A rare Beswick 'Sundial' covered butter dish with Regd. No. 827924, "Sundial" as purchased by Her Majesty Queen Mary and impressed Beswick model number 580. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Clarice Cliff 'Gibraltar'

Clarice Cliff Fantasque Bizarre 'Gibraltar' Ashtray c1931

A rare little 467 shape ashtray beautifully painted with the very collectable 'Gibraltar' pattern. A real gem in lovely condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware 'Grape' Cruet

Carlton Ware 'Grape' Cruet c1950

A rare Carlton Ware Grape design cruet - complete and in excellent condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Majolica Dish

A lovely majolica twin handled shallow dish embossed with raspberry leaves and fruits and with a fine mottled centre; a rare vibrant colourway, as this pattern is usually in paler shades on a white background. For more details see Premier Antiques

Majolica rasperry dish c1880

Susie Cooper 'Sea Anemone' Kestrel Teapot

Susie Cooper Crown Works 'Sea Anemone' Kestrel Teapot c1950

A lovely flowing Susie Cooper design on a classic Kestrel shape teapot. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Clarice Cliff 'Bell Flower' Wall Pocket Shape 709

A lovely Clarice Cliff wall vase decorated with hand painted purple, blue and pink bell flowers on a soft grey 'mushroom' ground. For more information see Premier Antiques

Clarice Cliff 'Bell Flower' Wall Pocket Shape 709 c1936

Carlton Ware Blue Lustre 'Parrot' Vases

Carlton Ware Blue Lustre 'Parrot' Vases c1925

A stunning pair of large Carlton Ware blue lustre vases, each with two colourful parrots and finishing touches in best gold. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Wileman Foley China Pink 'Petunia' Pattern 9152 Snowdrop Trio

Wileman Pink 'Petunia' Pattern 9152 Snowdrop Trio c1899

A rare Wileman (pre-Shelley) Snowdrop shape trio decorated with stylised art nouveau petunias. For more details and a selection of Wileman and Shelley visit Premier Antiques

John and William Ridgway 'Clare Hall, Cambridge' Dessert Plate

John and William Ridgway 'Clare Hall, Cambridge' Dessert Plate c1820

An early Ridgway's dessert plate from their Oxford and Cambridge College series. Printed in medium blue with a view of Clare Hall, Cambridge. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Cobalt Blue and Turquoise Majolica 'Leaping Fish' Jug

Cobalt Blue and Turquoise Majolica 'Leaping Fish' Jug c1870

A superb Victorian majolica jug moulded both sides with a leaping fish on a cobalt background and a base of turquoise coloured water plants. Probably by Joseph Holdcroft. For more details and a selection of majolica visit Premier Antiques

Sowerby Purple Malachite Glass 'Open Basket' Salt

Sowerby Purple Malachite Slag Glass 'Open Basket' Salt c1880

A lovely purple malachite glass salt in the form of an open basket - shape number 1458 in the Sowerby 1880 catalogues. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Minton Secessionist Ware 'Wild Rose' Plate

Minton Secessionist Ware 'Wild Rose' Plate c1914

A lovely Secessionist plate painted with stylised wild roses and trailing thorny stems in shades of green, mauve-pink and yellow on a treacle glaze ground. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Davidson's Purple Cloud Glass

Davidson's Purple Cloud Glass Flower Bowl c1930

Purple cloud glass was first produced in 1923 and production continued for about ten years - 1933 being the last year that it was produced in any significant quantities. For a selection of cloud glass visit Premier Antiques 

Davidson's Purple Cloud Glass Flared Vase c1930

Maling 'Old Ford Roses' - Pattern 6225

Maling Pink Lustre 'Old Ford Roses' Dish - Pattern 6225 c1935

A splendid dish in the 'Old Ford' pattern of hand painted blue and purple roses on a waved pink lustre ground - an early pattern not seen that often. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Burleigh Ware Butterfly Biscuit Jar

Burleigh Ware Art Deco Butterfly Biscuit Jar c1930

A rare Burleigh Ware biscuit jar with relief moulded blue flowers on a pale green and cream ground - the cover with a butterfly finial in yellow. A stunning piece in lovely condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Gray's Pottery Pattern 8037 - Susie Cooper 'Tulip'

Susie Cooper Gray's Pottery Platter - 'Tulip' Pattern 8037 c1929

A large platter beautifully decorated with stylised tulips in enamelled colours. Gray's 'Liner' designed by Susie Cooper mark and painted pattern number 8037. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Davidson's Purple Malachite Slag Glass Vases

Pair of Davidson's Purple Malachite Slag Glass Vases c1880

A large pair of Davidson's purple malachite slag glass vases - a rare shape to find, even more so as a pair in such good condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Minton Secessionist No.32 Sol-fleur Vase

Minton Secessionist No.32 Sol-fleur Vase c1910

A rare Minton Secessionist sol-fleur vase tube lined in green with clusters of stylised white daisies on a turquoise ground. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Copeland Spode's 'Tower' Pattern

Copeland late Spode 'Tower' Pattern Feeding Cup c1850

A rare early Victorian feeding cup in Spode's 'Tower' pattern introduced in 1815 and based on a Merigot aquatint 'The Bridge of Salaro near Porta Salaro'. For more details see Premier Antiques

Copeland late Spode 'Tower' Pattern Feeding Cup c1850

Davidson's Yellow Pearline Glass 'War of the Roses'

A very rare large size posy vase by Davidson's with registration number 212684 for a design known to collectors as 'War of the Roses', introduced in 1893. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Davidson's Pearline 'War of the Roses' Large Canoe Posy Trough c1895

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Orange V' Clog

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Orange V' Clog or Sabot c1930

A large size sabot or clog, beautifully painted in the very rare 'Orange V' produced briefly in 1930. Bold blocks of colour and intricate lines make it a striking example. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Early Blue and White - Carey's Saxon Stone China 'Litchfield Cathedral'

Carey's Saxon Stone China 'Litchfield Cathedral' Dinner Plate c1830

A rare plate by Thomas and John Carey (fl.1823-42) printed in light to medium blue with a view of Lichfield Cathedral and framed by a wide border of ecclesiastical arches and tracery. For more details see Premier Antiques

Charlotte Rhead Burleigh Ware 'Garland' Pattern 4101

Charlotte Rhead Burleigh Ware 'Garland' Vase c1928 - Pattern 4101

A lovely Burgess and Leigh vase designed by Charlotte Rhead and tube lined in dark blue with the original 'Garland' colourway. For more details visit Premier Antiques

James Powell Opalescent Vaseline Glass Vase

James Powell Vaseline Glass Vase c1900

A fine vaseline glass vase by James Powell and Sons with an applied green uranium glass foot and vertical striped ribbing. Superb quality and in excellent condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Hancock's 'Water Lily' Bowl by Molly Hancock

Large Hancock's 'Water Lily' Bowl by Molly Hancock c1930

An impressive Hancock's 'Water Lily' bowl designed by Molly Hancock - vibrant hand painted flowers on a shaded deep blue, black and brown background. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Spode Willow Pattern Milsey

Spode Willow Pattern Pearlware Milsey or Strainer c1800

A fine pearlware milsey or strainer with round piercings and a single looped handle. Printed in medium blue with elements of the willow pattern used by Spode on early tea wares. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Shelley 'Bubbles' Tea for Two Cabaret Set

Shelley 'Bubbles' Tea for Two Cabaret Set c1925

A superb Shelley 'Bubbles' cabaret set in purple, green and yellow - a rare set to find, especially complete and in such good condition. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Frederick Rhead 'Amstel' Bursley Ware Bowl

Frederick Rhead 'Amstel' Bursley Ware Bowl c1925

A large Bursley Ware 'Amstel' bowl designed by Frederick Rhead for Wood and Sons - decorated inside and out with a finch type bird sitting on a tree branch. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Sowerby Purple Malachite Glass 'Stars' Posy Vase

Sowerby Purple Malachite Slag Glass 'Stars' Posy Vase c1877

An unusual Sowerby purple malachite glass posy vase, illustrated in their 1882 pattern book, shape 1236. Fully marked with the Sowerby peacock and diamond registration for 18th September 1877. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Gray's Pottery Floral pattern A2170

Gray's Pottery Art Deco Floral Jug c1932

A superb jug produced by Gray's around 1932 and beautifully painted with art deco flowers in shades of blue and pink on a speckled mauve background. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques