Saturday, 28 March 2015

Vintage Poole Pottery CS Pattern

Vintage Poole Pottery CS Pattern Plate c1960

A large and impressive plate beautifully painted by Mary Lowman who worked for Poole in the early 1960s. For more details see Premier Antiques

Friday, 27 March 2015

Victorian Majolica

Cobalt blue and turquoise majolica c1880

For a good selection of 19th century majolica, including items by George Jones, Minton, Wedgwood and Joseph Holdcroft, visit my website Premier Antiques

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Crown Ducal 'Blue Chintz'

Crown Ducal 'Blue Chintz' Rose Bowl c1925

A lovely Crown Ducal 'Blue Chintz' rose bowl with pierced inset lid. The rich and vibrant colours of this old Richardson's pattern look great on this rare shape. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Shelley Dainty shapes

Shelley Dainty Trio with Floral Handle c1930 

A lovely Dainty trio in pale cream and green, the cup handle modelled with yellow flowers - a rare variation of the Dainty shape. For more details see Premier Antiques


Monday, 23 March 2015

H & K Tunstall 'Viola' by R. Grocott

H & K Tunstall 'Viola' Art Deco Jug by R. Grocott c1935

A stunning Trent shape jug in the Viola pattern designed by R. Grocott for Hollinshead and Kirkham in the 1930s. A fine example of art deco pottery. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Sunday, 22 March 2015

Shelley 'Bubbles'

Shelley 'Bubbles' Mocha Coffee Can and Saucer c1925

An early and rare art deco pattern introduced by Shelley in the 1920s. Various colourways on a black ground were produced, these examples in pink, blue and yellow being the most vibrant. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Shelley 'Bubbles' Art Deco Rectangular Tray c1925
 

Carlton Ware Green 'Apple Blossom'

Large Carlton Ware Green 'Apple Blossom' Pitcher c1939

A large and impressive Carlton Ware green 'apple blossom' jug - beautifully painted with good clear colours. For more details and a selection of Australian Registered Designs visit my website Premier Antiques 

Royal Winton Hand Painted 'Fruit'

Royal Winton 'Fruit' Candy Dishes signed by Austin and Hayward c1935

A lovely set of four small dishes hand painted and printed with fruit. Rich autumnal colours trimmed in best gold. For more details see Premier Antiques

Saturday, 21 March 2015

Royal Doulton 'Gaffers' Argus Jug D4210

Royal Doulton 'Gaffers' Argus Jug D4210 c1925

A lovely Argus jug, the smaller of two sizes, depicting a gaffer leaning on his walking stick at a garden gate. For more details see Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware Crinoline Ladies

Carlton Ware Art Deco Crinoline Lady Napkin Ring c1935

A lovely hand painted art deco period napkin ring in the form of a crinoline lady holding a bouquet of flowers. Produced in various colour combinations, this one is in bright green and yellow. For more details and a selection of Carlton Ware visit my website Premier Antiques 

Friday, 20 March 2015

Early Blue and White - Davenport's Russian Palace


Usually unmarked, here is a fantastic plate with the early Davenport impressed anchor. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

John Davenport 'Russian Palace' Dinner Plate c1810

Royal Winton Hand Painted 'Fruit'

Royal Winton Hand Painted 'Fruit' Comport signed M. Lutz c1940

A lovely little comport hand painted and printed with fruit. For more details and a selection of Royal Winton visit my website Premier Antiques


Thursday, 19 March 2015

Victorian Opalescent Glass

Victorian Pink Opalescent Glass 'Scroll and Hobnail' Creamer c1890

A superb opalescent milk jug or creamer in a rare pink colourway. Victorian pressed glass at its finest. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques


Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Shelley Red J

Shelley 'Coral Red J' Soup Bowl and Saucer c1930

One of the first Eric Slater designs used on the new Vogue and Mode shapes, introduced in 1930. A striking art deco motif in coral red, black and silver. Rare to find on other shapes, here we have a superb soup bowl with saucer. For more details see Premier Antiques


Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Pearlware 'Fallow Deer and Fawn' pattern


A lovely pearlware tea bowl and saucer printed in dark blue with a wide border and a central image of a fallow deer with her fawn. Unmarked though probably Clews. For more information visit Premier Antiques 


Pearlware 'Fallow Deer and Fawn' Tea Bowl and Saucer c1825

Monday, 16 March 2015

Maling Blue Embossed 'Anemone'

Maling Blue Embossed 'Anemone' Art Deco Vases c1950

A fine pair of art deco embossed vases from Maling - hand painted anemones in yellow, purple and pink on a deep cobalt blue background. For more details see Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware Pink 'Raspberry'

Large Carlton Ware Pink 'Raspberry' Preserve Dish c1936

A lovely pink Raspberry preserve dish, nicely painted with good colour. For more details and a selection of Carlton Ware visit Premier Antiques

Sunday, 15 March 2015

Royal Doulton 'Moorish Gateway' D4601

Royal Doulton 'Moorish Gateway' Jug D4601 c1926

A colourful series in low relief painted with middle eastern scenes featuring various figures in front of the eponymous gateway. Introduced in the mid 1920s and continued up to the war. For more details see Premier Antiques

Maling Cetem Ware

Maling Cetem Ware 'Butterfly' Vase c1915

A beautiful old Cetem Ware vase decorated with seven hand painted butterflies on an unusual grey/blue background. For more details and a selection of Maling visit Premier Antiques

Saturday, 14 March 2015

Clarice Cliff 'Windbells' Beehive Honey Pot

Clarice Cliff Fantasque Bizarre 'Windbells' Beehive Honey Pot c1933

A lovely little beehive honey pot beautifully painted with the full 'Windbells' design - the rarer small size of two sizes produced. For more details see Premier Antiques 

Samuel Alcock 'Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law' Jug

Samuel Alcock 'Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law' Jug c1847

A lovely glazed parian jug with fine detail and scroll work. Designed by Hugues Protât for Samuel Alcock of Burslem, it features low relief studies of Naomi and her daughters-in-law on both sides. For more details see Premier Antiques

Friday, 13 March 2015

Royal Doulton Gaffers

Royal Doulton 'Gaffers' Westcott Jug D4210 - Signed Noke c1930

A superb Westcott jug showing a gaffer with a basket standing at a garden gate. Printed 'I be all the way from Zummerset' and Noke signature on the reverse. For more details and a selection of Royal Doulton visit Premier Antiques

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Wedgwood Reticulated Majolica

Wedgwood Majolica Low Comport with Reticulated Rim c1871

A lovely Wedgwood majolica low comport with a pierced rim. Modelled with a band of stylised leaves and a central panel with a mottled 'tortoiseshell' glaze. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques


Poole Pottery BN Pattern

Poole Pottery BN Pattern Vase by Truda Carter c1935

A lovely Poole Pottery earthenware vase decorated in the BN pattern designed by Truda (Adams) Carter and beautifully painted by Rene Hayes. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Poole Pottery V or Leo the Lion pattern

Poole Pottery V or Leo the Lion pattern c1935

One of my favourite Poole designs by Truda Carter, often painted by senior decorators because of the detail and complexity. For a selection of Poole visit Premier Antiques

Radford Burslem Art Deco Posy Trough

Radford Burslem Embossed Floral Art Deco Posy Trough c1930

A lovely Radford centrepiece posy trough embossed with art deco flowers painted in red, blue, yellow and green on a sponged yellow ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Royal Doulton 'Gaffers' D4210

Royal Doulton 'Gaffers' New Empire Teapot D4210 - Signed Noke c1930

A rare Gaffers teapot designed by Charles Noke, the series introduced in 1921 and withdrawn by 1949. For more details see Premier Antiques

Tuesday, 10 March 2015

Early Carter Stabler Adams Poole Pottery EG Pattern

Carter Stabler Adams Poole Pottery EG Pattern Vase c1928

An early Poole Pottery red bodied vase in the EG pattern designed by Truda Carter and beautifully painted by Ruth Pavely who became head of painting in the 1950s. For more details see Premier Antiques


Wemyss Ware 'Black Cockerel and Hens'

Wemyss Ware 'Black Cockerel and Hens' Cup and Saucer c1900

Cock and hen painting was quite popular for morning sets in the 19th century and several potteries produced versions, though none captured the style, movement and humour of Wemyss examples. For more details of this lovely cup and saucer visit Premier Antiques

Monday, 9 March 2015

Royal Doulton 'Floral Pattern I' Series D4550

Royal Doulton 'Floral Pattern I' Series Rack Plate c1930 D4550

A colourful Royal Doulton geometric floral pattern rack plate first introduced in 1925 and withdrawn by 1942. For more details see Premier Antiques

Radford Burslem 'HZ' Pattern

Radford Burslem 'HZ' Floral Pattern Vase c1935
A fine early Radford ribbed globular vase decorated with blue, yellow and pink flowers on a sponged green/turquoise background. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Clarice Cliff Autumn 'Crocus' Lynton Skep Honey Pot

Clarice Cliff Autumn 'Crocus' Lynton Beehive Honey Pot c1936

A lovely Lynton shape honey pot in the form of an old coiled rope beehive or skep - beautifully painted in Autumn Crocus and in wonderful condition. For more details see Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware Pink 'Buttercup'

Carlton Ware Pink 'Buttercup' Cheese Tray c1936

A lovely Carlton Ware cheese tray in pink Buttercup - nicely painted with a good depth of colour. For more details and a good selection of Carlton Ware see Premier Antiques

Saturday, 7 March 2015

Sowerby - Victorian Pressed Glass


A rare double handled purple slag glass posy vase moulded with flying bees on a basket weave background. Number 1213 in the Sowerby pattern books, the design registered in 1877. For more details see Premier Antiques

Sowerby Purple Malachite Slag Glass 'Bee' Vase c1877

Royal Winton 'Julia' Chintz

Royal Winton 'Julia' Chintz Art Deco Sugar Shaker c1940

A superb Royal Winton 'Julia' chintz sugar shaker with original period chrome top. For more details and a good selection of chintz see Premier Antiques

Friday, 6 March 2015

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

Royal Doulton 'Floral Pattern N' Series D5293

Royal Doulton 'Floral Pattern N' Series Rack Plate c1934 D5293

A colourful Royal Doulton geometric floral pattern rack plate in contrasting cerise, blue, green and yellow - a beautiful example of the 'Floral N' series introduced in 1932. For more details see Premier Antiques

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Minton Parian Ware Portrait Bust of Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland

Minton Parian Bust of the Duchess of Sutherland c1871

A finely detailed Parian bust of the Duchess of Sutherland, lifetime friend and confidante of Queen Victoria. She died in 1868 and the sculptor Matthew Noble first exhibited this portrait bust in 1869. For more details see Premier Antiques

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Spode's 'Bridge of Lucano'

Spode 'Bridge of Lucano' Soup Plate c1820

A fine Spode soup plate printed in medium blue with the 'Bridge of Lucano' pattern based on an engraving by A. H. Payne after a painting by H. Bibby. Framed by a distinctive border of wheat ears, vine leaves, grapes and olive sprigs on a line engraved ground. For more details see Premier Antiques

Royal Winton Cheadle Chintz

Named after the Staffordshire market town, Grimwades introduced this pretty pattern in the late 1930s. A delicate pattern of yellow and cerise flower heads mixed with blue harebells on a pale cream ground. See more Cheadle at my website Premier Antiques

Royal Winton 'Cheadle' chintz jug

Royal Winton 'Cheadle' chintz biscuit barrel

Royal Winton 'Cheadle' chintz toast rack