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