Monday 31 July 2017

Royal Doulton 'Cotswold Shepherd' Dish D5561

Royal Doulton 'Cotswold Shepherd' Series Ware Dish D5561 c1936

A lovely Cotswold Shepherd shape 8098 dish depicting the shepherd with crook and lantern, his dog standing beside him as they watch their flock. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Wednesday 26 July 2017

Beswick 'Sundial'

Beswick 'Sundial' Hot Water Pot c1937

A rare Beswick 'Sundial' hexagonal covered hot water pot, marked "Sundial" as purchased by Her Majesty Queen Mary. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Tuesday 25 July 2017

Carlton Ware Green 'Poppy and Daisy'

Carlton Ware Green 'Poppy and Daisy' Dish c1948

A large Carlton Ware 'Poppy and Daisy' dish in pale green with beautifully painted pink and blue tinged flowers - a striking design produced in the 1940s. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques


Monday 24 July 2017

Minton Secessionist Ware No.32

Minton Secessionist No.32 Sol-fleur Vase c1910

A fine Secessionist vase tube lined in green with clusters of stylised white daisies on a red 'sang de boeuf' ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sunday 23 July 2017

Royal Dux Art Nouveau 'Maiden with Shell' Vide Poche

Royal Dux Art Nouveau 'Maiden with Shell' Vide Poche c1910

A beautiful Royal Dux small bowl or vide poche with an art nouveau maiden holding an open shell. Fine shot enamel colours in pink and green with highlights in brushed gold. For more details see Premier Antiques

Saturday 22 July 2017

Molly Hancock Corona Ware 'Autumn' Pattern

Molly Hancock Corona Ware 'Autumn' Plate c1930

A lovely Hancock's 'Autumn' plate designed by Molly Hancock with vibrant hand painted woodland flowers against an autumnal brown background. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Friday 21 July 2017

William Moorcroft 'Pansy'

William Moorcroft Cobalt Blue 'Pansy' Bowl c1920

A large and stunning early 'Pansy' pattern footed bowl, decorated inside and out with lots of beautifully painted flowers. One of the largest bowls produced - 10 inches across - and quite a rarity. For more details and other pieces of old Moorcroft visit my website Premier Antiques

Grimwade's Bairnsfather Ware

Grimwade's Bruce Bairnsfather Plate c1917

A fine World War 1 Grimwade's 'Old Bill' plate entitled "WHAT TIME DO THEY FEED THE SEA-LIONS, ALF?". Printed in sepia with Bruce Bairnsfather signature. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Thursday 20 July 2017

Charlotte Rhead 'Persian Rose' Pattern 4040

Charlotte Rhead 'Persian Rose' Flower Jug c1935 - Pattern 4040

A large Crown Ducal flower jug designed by Charlotte Rhead in the original yellow version of 'Persian Rose'. The looped handle is in the form of a serpent - Crown Ducal shape number 198. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Shelley Eve Shape

Shelley 'Iris' Eve Shape Milk Jug c1932

Initially called New Vogue, the Eve shape was introduced in 1932 in response to criticism of the solid handles of the Mode and Vogue shapes. It continued in production up to 1938. For more details of this lovely 'Iris' jug visit Premier Antiques  

Wednesday 19 July 2017

Copeland Parian Ware Bust of 'Ophelia'

Copeland Parian Bust of 'Ophelia' by W C Marshall c1860

A finely modelled Parian bust by Copeland after the sculpture 'Ophelia' by Calder Marshall RA. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Burleigh Ware 'Water Lily' Design by Harold Bennett

Burleigh Ware 'Water Lily' Vase by Harold Bennett c1930

A lovely 'Water Lily' vase by Harold Bennett, a contemporary of Charlotte Rhead at Burgess and Leigh. He was a watercolour artist appointed as a designer in 1929 and later became art director for the firm. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Tuesday 18 July 2017

Carlton Ware Green 'Crocus' Jug

Carlton Ware Green 'Crocus' Jug c1939

A lovely Carlton Ware jug in green 'Crocus' - beautifully hand painted with spring flowers. A rare shape to find. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sowerby's Vitro-Porcelain Glass

Sowerby Turquoise Vitro-Porcelain Glass Posy Vase c1875

A lovely turquoise blue vitro-porcelain vase on three 'turned over' feet - fully marked with diamond registration and Sowerby peacock. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Monday 17 July 2017

Old Hall Earthenware Company Prince Albert Parian Jug

Old Hall Earthenware Company Prince Albert Parian Jug c1862

A rare parian ware jug to mark the death of Prince Albert. Produced by the Old Hall Earthenware Company (1861 to 1886) who succeeded Charles Meigh & Son at the Old Hall works in Hanley. Finely modelled with a portrait of Prince Albert on a blue ground, the handle has cameo portraits of Queen Victoria on both sides with royal regalia, including the garter star, surmounted by the crown. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Mason's Patent Ironstone China 'Floral Sprays' Pattern 2790

Mason's Patent Ironstone China Pattern 2790 Dessert Plate c1830

A finely decorated Mason's Patent Ironstone China dessert plate hand painted with colourful floral sprays and sprigs. The reverse has three hand painted flower sprigs disguising prominent stilt marks - a lovely finishing touch often used at the time to hide minor firing blemishes. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Sunday 16 July 2017

Blue and White Pearlware 'Lion Hunt' Cheese Stand

Blue and White Pearlware 'Lion Hunt' Cheese Stand c1830

A rare cheese stand printed with an unusual scene of a lion attacking a deer whilst being surprised by two hunters on horseback and another aiming a rifle from some bushes. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Shorter 'Medina' by Mabel Leigh

Shorter and Son 'Medina' Gourd Vase by Mabel Leigh c1935

A rare Shorter 'Medina' gourd shaped vase designed by Mabel Leigh. Sgraffito flowers hand enamelled in yellow, red and mauve on a pale blue washed ground. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Saturday 15 July 2017

Royal Winton 'Royalty' Chintz

Royal Winton 'Royalty' Chintz Preserve Pot and Stand c1945

A rare Royal Winton 'Royalty' preserve pot with matching stand which also serves as a little butter dish. One of the most vibrant of the chintzes. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Early Edward Radford 'Tree' Pattern

Early Edward Radford 'Tree' Pattern Vase by James Harrison c1930

A rare vase designed by Edward Radford with a landscape of trees by James Harrison who painted most of this early design. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Friday 14 July 2017

Clarice Cliff 'House and Bridge'

Clarice Cliff Fantasque 'House and Bridge' Drum Preserve Pot c1931

Outlined in black for a striking effect, 'House and Bridge' became the iconic Clarice Cliff landscape design when it was used to illustrate the exhibition poster and L'Odeon book in the 1970's. Here the detailed scene of houses set in a rolling landscape with bubble trees, a river and a bridge is beautifully incorporated on this superb drum shaped pot. A rare find and in great condition. For more details see Premier Antiques

Clarice Cliff Fantasque 'House and Bridge' Drum Preserve Pot c1931



Cranberry Glass Salts

Pair of Cut Cranberry Glass Salts with Silver Rims London 1886

An unusual pair of Victorian cranberry glass salts with hand cut 'leaf' decoration and hall marked silver rims, dating them precisely to 1886. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Thursday 13 July 2017

Victorian Majolica Pineapple Cup and Saucer

Majolica cups and saucers, by their very nature, are rare survivors. Glazes are relatively 'soft' and don't stand a lot of wear and tear, not to mention hot tea being poured into them. Here is a lovely Pineapple example in great condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Majolica 'Pineapple' cup and saucer c1880


Majolica cup and saucer c1880

Wade Heath Cottage Ware

Wade Heath Cottage Ware Teapot c1930

A charming Wade Heath teapot modelled as a cottage with tree handle and spout - hand painted in bright art deco colours with a border of flowers and mushrooms around the base. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Wednesday 12 July 2017

Royal Doulton - Under the Greenwood Tree (Robin Hood)

Royal Doulton Under the Greenwood Tree 'Robin Hood' Tankard c1950

A superb Royal Doulton tankard from Under the Greenwood Tree series, with 'Alan a Dale' on the front and 'Life in the Forest of Sherwood' on the reverse. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques


Susie Cooper Nosegay

Susie Cooper Crown Works Yellow 'Nosegay' Kestrel Teapot c1939

A lovely floral design on a large Kestrel teapot. The stylised pattern works beautifully on this iconic art deco shape. For more details see Premier Antiques


Tuesday 11 July 2017

Royal Winton Cheadle

Royal Winton 'Cheadle' Chintz Globe Jug c1951

A profusion of summer flowers in pink, yellow and white with small blue harebells and cerise buds on a creamy ground. Cheadle is a crisp and pretty design introduced in the 1930s and continued through to the 1950s. Named after the market town in Staffordshire. For a good selection see Premier Antiques

Royal Doulton Early Motoring Series D2406

Royal Doulton Early Motoring 'Itch Yer On Guvnor' Rack Plate c1906

A rare Royal Doulton series designed by George Holdcroft and produced between 1905 and 1928. Printed in sepia and then hand coloured, there are nine known scenes with woodland landscape borders. Shown here on a rack plate is scene 7, two boys on a go-cart offering to tow a group of motorists who have broken down - with the caption 'Itch Yer On Guvenor?' For more details visit Premier Antiques 

Monday 10 July 2017

Clarice Cliff Pink 'Celtic Harvest'

Clarice Cliff Pink 'Celtic Harvest' Preserve Pot c1939

A lovely 1930s Celtic Harvest preserve pot by Clarice Cliff in the rarer pink colourway. It's painted in pastel shades and sits on three cherry feet. For more details see Premier Antiques 

Wemyss Ware Jazzy 'Cabbage Roses'

Wemyss Ware Jazzy 'Cabbage Rose' Octagonal Bowl c1925

A vibrant 1920's Wemyss Ware octagonal bowl painted with a cabbage rose on a 'Jazzy' coloured background of red, green, blue and yellow. For more details and other pieces of Wemyss see Premier Antiques

Sunday 9 July 2017

Royal Doulton Miniatures

Miniature Royal Doulton 'Blue Daffodil' Tyg c1905

Two lovely old Doulton miniatures in excellent condition. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Miniature Royal Doulton 'Blue Iris' Jug c1905

Minton Parian Ware Figure 'Dorothea'

Minton Parian Figure 'Dorothea' by John Bell c1859

A large and impressive Minton parian ware figure of 'Dorothea' dressed as a youth and capturing the moment when she stops to bathe her feet in a stream, casting aside her disguise. The original life-sized marble figure was commissioned from the designer John Bell in 1838 and shown at the Royal Academy in 1839. For more details see Premier Antiques

Saturday 8 July 2017

Henry Greener Purple Slag Glass

Henry Greener Purple Malachite Slag Glass Comport c1880

A lovely purple slag glass tazza by Henry Greener of Sunderland with a moulded fan and circle motif. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Copeland Spode 'Aesop's Fables'

Copeland Spode 'Aesop's Fables' Ewer c1860

A large and impressive ewer printed in medium blue with two scenes from Aesop's Fables, first introduced by Spode in the 1820's. One side features 'The Wolf and the Crane' and the other 'The Ass, the Lion and the Cock'. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Friday 7 July 2017

Antique Minton Majolica

Minton Majolica White Ground Strawberry Serving Plate c1870

A lovely Minton majolica serving dish with strawberry fruits, leaves and flowers on a white ground with a turquoise well - impressed Minton with pattern number 1330 and diamond registration mark for 3rd April 1867, patented as a strawberry set. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Carlton Ware Handcraft 'Delphinium' Pattern 3273

Carlton Ware Handcraft 'Delphinium' Biscuit Barrel c1928

An unusual Handcraft low biscuit barrel painted with sprays of delphiniums in blue and mauve - printed Handcraft mark with Registration Number 742986 and painted pattern number 3273. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Thursday 6 July 2017

Clarice Cliff 'Gayday'

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Gayday' Octagonal Sandwich Tray c1930

A lovely Clarice Cliff octagonal sandwich tray, beautifully painted in the early version of 'Gayday'. For more details visit my website  Premier Antiques

Spode Hand Painted Miniature Porcelain Basket Pattern 3979

Spode Hand Painted Miniature Porcelain Basket Pattern 3979 c1820

A fine quality early Spode miniature porcelain basket beautifully painted with sprays of flowers in bright enamels. A rare little gem in remarkable condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques