Minton Secessionist ware

Two fine plates from a series of embossed wares featuring plants and flowers in their natural habitat.

Minton Secessionist Ware 'Thistles' Plate c1904

Stylised thistles against ears of corn and a yellow sun - hand painted in shades of green, turquoise and yellow on a cream ground. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Minton Secessionist Ware 'Narcissus' Plate c1904

Stylised narcissi beside a stream - hand painted in shades of green, sepia, salmon pink, white and yellow. For more details visit Premier Antiques 

Sowerby Opalescent Vaseline Glass 'Swan' Vases

Sowerby Opalescent Vaseline Glass 'Swan' Vases c1879

A rare pair of Sowerby aesthetic movement vases each finely moulded with three swans amongst reeds and bullrushes. Listed in the 1882 pattern book as shape 1436 with Sowerby peacock trademarks and registration diamonds for 14 August 1879. For more details visit Premier Antiques - a single example can be seen here in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection.

Susie Cooper Kestrel shape

Susie Cooper Crown Works 'Sea Anemone' Kestrel Teapot c1950

A lovely flowing 'Sea Anemone' design on a classic Kestrel shape teapot. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Susie Cooper Crown Works Yellow 'Nosegay' Kestrel Teapot c1939

and a fine Susie Cooper Crown Works yellow 'Nosegay' Kestrel Teapot c1939. For more details see here 

Early Blue and White - Spode's Japan Pattern

Spode 'Japan' Pattern Tea Cup and Saucer c1820

A fine Spode pearlware tea cup and saucer in the uncommon 'Japan' pattern. An early Japanese inspired design with bamboo and other stylised plants and flying birds within a narrow scroll and scale border. For more details see Premier Antiques

Spode's 'Japan' pattern c1820

Grainger Worcester 'Blue Tits on Mutton Bone' Wall Pocket

Grainger Worcester Wall Pocket c1880

A rare 19th century wall pocket by George Grainger of Worcester in the form of a mutton bone being picked clean by three blue tits. Fine modelling with a mixture of tinted parian and hand enamelled finishes. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Green Glazed Majolica 'Vine Leaf and Strawberry' Pattern

Green Majolica 'Vine Leaf and Strawberry' Plate c1880

A fine green majolica plate with vine leaf and strawberry decoration - good depth of colour and in excellent condition. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Thomas Webb 'Bronze' Glass

Pair of Thomas Webb 'Bronze' Glass Iridescent Vases c1890

A rare pair of iridescent glass 'Bronze' vases by Thomas Webb - a classic baluster shape with good depth of colour. On a visit to Goode's Audley Street showrooms in 1878, Queen Victoria remarked 'we noticed a fine selection of the new Bronze glass, discovered and made by Messrs. Thomas Webb and Sons of Stourbridge. Its purple bronze surface shines with the hues of the rainbow, such as they appear on molten lead, or on pieces of steel which have been tempered..... it has already attracted considerable attention at the Paris Exhibition.'
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Parian Ware 'Una and the Lion'

Parian Ware 'Una and the Lion' Miniature Figure Paperweight c1890

A fine Parian miniature study of Una and the Lion from Edmund Spenser's 'Faerie Queene' - closely associated throughout the 19th century with Queen Victoria and the British lion after the image was used in 1839 for a gold £5 coin. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Copeland Parian Ware Crystal Palace Art Union Bust of 'Miranda' by W C Marshall

Copeland Parian Ware Bust of 'Miranda' c1860

A finely modelled Parian bust by Copeland of Miranda, the daughter of Prospero from Shakespeare's The Tempest. First issued in 1859 for the Crystal Palace Art Union, one of several associations set up to promote and allocate affordable works of art to members who paid a subscription fee. For more details visit Premier Antiques

Moorcroft Macintyre 'Rose and Poppy'

William Moorcroft Macintyre 'Rose and Poppy' Chocolate Jug c1900

An early William Moorcroft jug designed for James Macintyre with finely tube-lined blue roses and yellow poppies on a lovely cream ground. For more details and a selection of old Moorcroft visit Premier Antiques