Friday 31 July 2020

Goldscheider 'Madonna' Art Deco Wall Mask no.7831

Goldscheider 'Madonna' Art Deco Wall Mask model no.7831 c1939

A superb Goldscheider art deco wall mask designed by Adolf Prischl - rare to find this early version. Beautifully modelled with finely painted flesh tones framed by a rich cobalt blue veil. For more details visit Premier Antiques 

Thursday 30 July 2020

Katzhutte 'Lady in Green Dress' Art Deco Wall Mask model 1707

Katzhutte Art Deco Wall Mask model no.1707 c1938

A wonderfully stylish wall mask by Katzhutte nicely painted and in lovely condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Crown Ducal Primula Chintz


A superb Crown Ducal pierced drainer and under plate in 'Primula'. The drainer sits on three scrolled feet and the plate is shaped to match the dish. For more details of this lovely item see Premier Antiques

Crown Ducal 'Primula' Chintz Cress Dish and Stand c1930

Wednesday 29 July 2020

Minton Secessionist No.41 Vase

Minton Secessionist No.41 Vase c1908

A lovely twin handled Secessionist vase decorated with elongated flowers tube lined in dark green on a purple and turquoise ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Tuesday 28 July 2020

Royal Dux 'Lady with Blue Hat and Yellow Flowers' Wall Mask c1930

Royal Dux Czechoslovakia Wall Mask c1930

A rare Royal Dux art deco lady wall mask - hand painted and finished in a fine satin matt glaze. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques

Monday 27 July 2020

Royal Doulton - Grand National Winner Coronation Year 1937

Royal Doulton Tankard - Grand National Winner Coronation Year 1937

A one pint tankard to commemorate the winner of the Grand National in coronation year 1937. In attendance at Aintree were King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and the steeplechase was won by the aptly-named 'Royal Mail' at odds of 100/6. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Sunday 26 July 2020

Early blue and white - Toft and May 'Hare Coursing'

Toft and May 'Hare Coursing' Pearlware Dinner Plate c1820

A rare Toft & May pearlware plate depicting two riders on horseback with a pair of greyhounds chasing a hare in the foreground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Saturday 25 July 2020

Victorian Cranberry Glass

Victorian Cranberry Glass Ruffled Bowl with Applied Decoration c1880

A pretty Victorian cranberry glass bowl hand formed with a trefoil ruffled rim and applied green glass frill.  For more details and a selection of antique cranberry visit Premier Antiques

Friday 24 July 2020

William Moorcroft 'Wisteria'

William Moorcroft 'Wisteria' Plate c1920

A stunning dished plate beautifully decorated in the 'Wisteria' design. Fine tube lining and rich colours on a deep cobalt blue ground. For more details of this and other pieces of Moorcroft visit Premier Antiques

Thursday 23 July 2020

Maling 'Bambola'

Maling 'Bambola' dish c1936

An embossed range of dishes and flower jugs with a design of stylised flowers on a bamboo background. Three colourways in tan, jade and blue were produced with a matt glaze. For more details visit my website Premier Antiques


Wednesday 22 July 2020

Early Spode - 'Clobbered' Pattern 2635

Spode Dessert Dish, Pattern 2635 with Clobbered 'Italian' Border c1820

Pattern number 2635 was introduced in 1818 and uses the blue printed border used on the Italian pattern with over painted red and gold enamel decoration (known as 'clobbering') and a hand painted floral design to the centre. Here seen to beautiful effect on a perfect serving dish. For more details see Premier Antiques 

Royal Winton Chintz - English Rose

Royal Winton Chintz 'English Rose' Rosebud Basket c1951

A pretty chintz from the 1940s and 50s with pale pink roses and paler blue flowers, with green and yellow leaves against a creamy yellow background. Shown here on a superb 'rosebud' basket. For more details see Premier Antiques

Tuesday 21 July 2020

Fake Susie Cooper miniature sets

Once again these horrid little fake coffee sets seem to be appearing on auction sites - one currently has bids of £220! A good attempt at copying Tiger Lily - the fake factory mark is fuzzy and irregular when compared with the real thing. The appearance of these fakes was first reported in the Antiques Trade Gazette in 1997. They are not children's nursery ware or 1930's travellers samples. No genuine Susie Cooper miniatures have ever been recorded. I've even seen sellers claiming they are rare 'attic finds'. 






Royal Winton 'Cotswold' Chintz

Royal Winton 'Cotswold' Chintz Trefoil Cruet c1952

An unusual Royal Winton 'Cotswold' cruet on a trefoil shaped stand. Apple blossom buds and harebells surround a bouquet of pink, yellow and blue flowers which are interspersed with sprays of pink roses and smaller flowers in pale rust set on a white ground. For more details see Premier Antiques


Sunday 19 July 2020

Victorian Majolica - William Brownfield

Rustic majolica vase by William Brownfield c1880

William Brownfield began producing majolica around 1870 and it was soon being appreciated because of its high quality, especially the body and brilliancy of colour. Several people who had worked on majolica at Minton and Wedgwood joined the firm and it was soon producing impressive pieces to rival the bigger firms. Here we have a fine rustic vase modelled as ivy climbing the trunk of an oak tree. For more details see Premier Antiques


Friday 17 July 2020

Early Blue and White - Dawson Bird's Nest Pattern

Dawson 'Bird's Nest' pattern c1825

A rare pattern from the South Hylton and Ford Potteries (John Dawson) of Sunderland. Produced on tea wares and printed in medium to dark blue. A seated boy shows a bird's nest to a standing girl and her dog, set in a parkland with a large house in the distance and framed by a border of flowers and scrolls on a stippled ground. For more details see Premier Antiques

Dawson of Sunderland 'Bird's Nest' Tea Cup and Saucer c1825

Thursday 16 July 2020

19th Century Majolica Butter Dish

Majolica butter dish and stand c1870

A rare item to find complete and in such good order. For more details see Premier Antiques

Wednesday 15 July 2020

Early Burleigh Ware

Burgess & Leigh 'Squirrel' jug c1880

An unusual squirrel jug from around 1880 which reflects one of the first design styles, namely the Aesthetic Movement which evolved into Arts and Crafts, and later Art Nouveau and Art Deco. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Tuesday 14 July 2020

Clarice Cliff Budgerigars

Large Clarice Cliff 'Budgerigar' Shape 978 Vase c1936

A large and impressive Clarice Cliff art deco 978 vase modelled with two budgerigars hand painted in lovely shades of blue and pink. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Monday 13 July 2020

Walter Moorcroft 'Anemone' design

Walter Moorcroft Small Blue 'Anemone' Bowl c1960

Finely tube lined, a single Anemone flower fills the centre of this lovely Walter Moorcroft bowl. Rich colours on a deep cobalt blue ground. For more details see Premier Antiques

Sunday 12 July 2020

Carlton Ware Boxed Sets

Carlton Ware 'Water Lily' Butter Dish and Knife Boxed Set c1939

A lovely green water lily butter dish and knife with original gift box. Rare to find complete and in such good condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Saturday 11 July 2020

Royal Winton 'Cheadle' Chintz

Royal Winton 'Cheadle' Chintz Preserve Pot and Base c1951

A pretty post war chintz with a profusion of briar roses and harebells on a cream background. For more details of this rare preserve pot and base visit my website Premier Antiques 

Friday 10 July 2020

Royal Doulton Nursery Ware 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred'

Royal Doulton Daily Mirror 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' Mug c1930

Based on the Daily Mirror comic strip, this charming Royal Doulton series was only in production from 1927 to 1935. Featuring Pip the dog, Squeak the penguin and Wilfred the rabbit created by Uncle Dick (B J Lamb) and drawn by A B Payne. This rare children's mug shows scene four of five 'Hullo Popski and Auntie - going to join the Gugnuncs?'. The name 'Gugnunc' came about because Wilfred spoke only in baby talk and 'gug' and 'nunc' were his favourite words. The Gugnunc club was formed and held parties and an annual rally at the Royal Albert Hall, raising funds for children’s hospitals and charities. For more details see Premier Antiques

Royal Doulton 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' Child's Mug c1930

Thursday 9 July 2020

Shelley Harmony


A large 5-bar Harmony toast rack in stunning shades of orange and yellow. For more details see Premier Antiques

Wednesday 8 July 2020

Grimwade's WW1 Bairnsfather Ware 'Coiffure in the Trenches'

Grimwade's WW1 Bairnsfather Ware Old Bill Wall Plaque c1919

A superb Grimwade's Bruce Bairnsfather large plaque printed in sepia with 'COIFFURE IN THE TRENCHES - KEEP YER 'EAD STILL, OR I'LL 'AVE YER BLINKIN' EAR OFF' (as a massive shell whizzes overhead) and a picture border of helmets, plum tins, buckets, flasks, etc. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Tuesday 7 July 2020

Copeland Spode's Italian pattern

Copeland Spode's 'Italian' tankard c1910

Based on a later sketch taken from a Claude Lorraine landscape of 1638 (now in Parham House, Sussex), the famous Spode Italian pattern was introduced in 1816. Here we have a good one pint tankard produced almost a hundred years later (1910) and an antique in its own right. For more details see Premier Antiques

Monday 6 July 2020

Walter Moorcroft 'Hibiscus' design

Walter Moorcroft Small Blue 'Hibiscus' Bowl c1955

A small inverted rimmed bowl beautifully decorated in the deep cobalt blue ground colourway of 'Hibiscus'. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Sunday 5 July 2020

Carlton Ware Primula

Carlton Ware Yellow 'Primula' Cruet c1939

Carlton Ware produced the green and yellow Primula ranges just before and just after the Second World War. The war stopped production of 'luxury' items, which perhaps explains why this pretty design isn't seen as often as some others. Here is a lovely yellow cruet which is quite a rarity. For this and a selection of Primula see my website Premier Antiques

Saturday 4 July 2020

Richardson's 'Horse Chestnut Leaf' Vaseline Glass

Richardson's 'Horse Chestnut Leaf' Vaseline Glass Vase c1890

A rare example of vaseline glass by the old Stourbridge firm of Richardson's. Beautifully worked in their horse chestnut leaf design with good opalescence. For more details and a selection of vaseline glass visit Premier Antiques

Friday 3 July 2020

Royal Doulton Series Ware 'A Hundred Years Ago' D5499

Royal Doulton 'A Hundred Years Ago' Quorn Jug D5499 c1934

A rare Quorn shape jug from 'A Hundred Years Ago' series featuring a family drinking tea in a garden. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Thursday 2 July 2020

Royal Winton 'Summertime'

Royal Winton 'Summertime' Chintz Egg Cruet c1935

A beautiful little Summertime breakfast set, comprising two egg cups with salt and pepper on a decorative stand. Rare to find, especially complete and in such good condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques


Wednesday 1 July 2020

Clarice Cliff 'Crocus' Lynton Sugar Shaker

Clarice Cliff Bizarre Autumn 'Crocus' Lynton Sugar Shaker c1934

A superb Lynton sugar shaker, beautifully painted with bold autumn Crocuses - with the Bizarre mark it's a nice early example of the shape. For more details and a selection of crocus pieces visit Premier Antiques