A Rare English Delft Salt, Circa 1690,
Applied with a simple loop handle, decorated in blue and green, the front inscribed with a mirrored cipher; may read as MR and WR, possibly for William and Mary, it might also be a sign of a pharmacy. Attribution to a pottery factory or individual potter can be very difficult at times especially on early examples, this may be because 17th century potters moved from factory to factory and decorated items in the same styles. Also the survival rate of these earlier wares is poor, 8.6cms.
Condition - good, usual minor wear found on Delftware, slight chipping to foot. No restoration or repair
An example of similar shape from the Rous Lench collection painted with an angel head in blue, this is now in the Longridge collection.
GBP £2,200 More Images Stock No; 0001
A Liverpool or Irish Delft Guglet circa 1750,
Painted with a chinese -style garden, with a bird on a fence, large trailing flowers and an insect, flower design around the neck, a similar decorated and similar shape bottle can be seen in English Delftware by F.H Garner and Michael Archer, however this bottle is attributed to Lambeth, the difference being the typical Lambeth bottle had no distinct foot rim this example has, therefore this bottle is unlikely to be Lambeth. Whilst Liverpool bottles are of a variety of shapes and all have a distinct foot rim, so attribution to Liverpool may be More likely however Dublin should not be ruled out, 26cms.
Condition - good, usual minor wear found on Delftware, minor chips and wear to rim and foot. No restoration or repair
GBP £1,750 More Images Stock No; 0002
An exceptional Staffordshire solid Agate Teapot Circa 1750,
An exceptional Staffordshire teapot marbled in shades of blue and brown, with a plain loop handle, and standing on three lion's paw feet with lionhead masks, the domed cover decorated with a opened winged bird knop. Agate wares are made by mixing two or More Images stained slices of clays together to form a pattern , after the wares had been fired they would be sealed with a clear lead glaze, the technique and production of agate ware became popular in Staffordshire around the 1730s, 11.5cms.
Condition - excellent, minor wear to foot, very minor glaze chip to spout. No restoration or repair
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A Liverpool printed creamware mug, Circa 1765,
Cylindrical form with slightly spreading foot,
moulded handle, printed in black with' The Tythe Pig', the figures above
a full verse, (as shown below) height13cms.
In Country Village lives a Vicar,
Fond as all are of Tythes and Liquor.
For Mirth his Ears are seldom Shut,
He'll Crack a jest, & laugh at Smut.
But when his Tythes he gathers in,
True Parson then--no Corn, no Grin:
On Corn, on Hay, on Bird, on Beast,
Alike lays hold the Churlish Priest.
Hob's Wife and Sow as Gossips tell,
Both at a time in Pieces fell;
The Vicar comes, the Pig he Claims,
And the good Wife with Taunts inflames,
But she quite arch bow'd low & Smil'd,
Kept back the Pig and held the Child
The Priest look's warm, the Wife look'd big,
Zounds Sir! quoth She, no Child, no Pig.
Provenance, the John Heap Collection,
Condition -good hairline crack to side minor wear. No restoration or repair
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A Staffordshire model of a bear, Circa 1800-20,
A rare pearlware model of a seated bear wearing a harness, chain over its back, a ball and chain to the rear, coloured in Pratt style olive green and ochre, the moulded base in light green, the body is a cream-coloured earthenware with a lead glaze with a tinge of blue. Pratt style refers to the colours rather than the item; Prattware is a term commonly used to describe pearlware painted with underglazed high-temperature colours, the subject matter may suggest that production of a chained bear could have been produced for a continental market, the Staffordshire factories exported huge amounts of wares in Europe. 8cms,
Condition - good, minor chipping along bottom front edge. No restoration or repair
Provenance; the Lomax Collection.
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A Fine Yorkshire Creamware Mug, Circa 1768-70,
A fine creamware mug probably produced at Leeds of cylindrical form with moulded beaded borders to the rim and base, entwined handle with flowerheads applied at the terminals with leaves picked out in green, ochre and blue, probably enamelled in the workshops of Jasper Robinson, red and black scrollwork and the inscription 'May all true Lovers of the Barell Drink their beer and never Quarell', 12.5cms high.
Condition - exceptional, minor wear. No restoration or repair
See Donald Towner,Creamware, pl.61.129 for a similar enamelled jug.
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A Large English Delft Plate Circa 1740,
Painted with Chinese riverscape, island with houses trees and rocks, a sampan sails between them, sampan and houses repeated four times around the rim, 33.6cms.
Condition - good, usual wear found on Delftware along the edge. No restoration or repair
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A Pearlware Shakespeare jug, Circa 1790,
A large Shakespeare commemorative jug with grooved strap handle with acanthus-moulded terminals and thumbrest, the sides moulded in relief with titled portraits of the 'MISER' and the 'SPENDTHRIFT' within architectural arched panels, a portrait of 'SHAKESPEARE THE POET' beneath the spout, the moulding picked out in blue, green, brown and yellow. 23.2cms
Condition - good, minor wear to handle and spout, No restoration or repair
GBP £850.00 More Images Stock No; 0007 SOLD
A Prattware cottage moneybox, Circa 1810,
A good brightly coloured Prattware money box typically modelled with a male and female figures flanking each side of the building, and two children peeping through the top windows, the roof with money slot to the rear, by the pottery that used a Large Crown Mark, although most examples are unmarked a number of marked pots have been recorded. Prattware is a term commonly used to describe pearlware painted with underglazed high-temperature colours, the main production between c.1790-1840, common colour used were blue, brown,orange, green, yellow and black, the colours were often used to highlight relief-moulding, 13cms high.
Condition - good, minor wear along bottom edge. No restoration or repair
Provenance, the John Heap Collection
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A Bristol English Delft Plate, Circa1750-1760,
A good Bristol delft plate neatly painted with fishermen in a boat in the foreground,with a group of chinese buildings and trees, probably produced at the factory of Richard Frank at Redcliff Back, Richard continued at the factory after the retirement of his father Thomas Frank around 1741 who moved to the parish of Saint Philips and Jacobs, where he died in 1757. Although the production continued under Richard it seems likely that Richard turned entrepreneur rather than producing items he is also known to have bought and sold items from Staffordshire factories, Richards Frank, the son of Thomas, died in 1783, 22.cms.
Condition - good, usual minor wear found on Delftware, very minor chip on edge. No restoration or repair
Provenance, the John Heap Collection,
See English Delftware, F.H.Gardner and Michael Archer,page 24, 41, PLATE
85B.
GBP £390.00 More Images Stock No; 0009
A Large English Delft Plate, Circa 1750,
Painted with a chinese fisherman fishing on a riverbank with trees and plants, mountain range in the distance, within a geometric boarder, 30.5cms.
Condition - good, usual minor wear found on Delftware. No restoration or repair
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A Lambeth Delft Plate Circa 1760,
Freely painted with chinese building and trees on an island, Abagail Griffith of Lambeth High Street, 22.5cms.
Condition - good, usual minor wear found on Delftware, slight chipping along edge. No restoration or repair
Provenance ,the John Heap Collection,
see English Delftware, F.H.Gardner and Michael, page 24, PLATE 85A.
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A Creamware Satyr Mug, Circa 1790,
With moulded scrolled handle,with rosy cheeks red lips and dark manganese hair and beard black eye brows, fruiting vine in his hair picked out in green and puce,9.2cms.
Condition - good, minor wear to rim. No restoration
or repair
See quotation below from Encycopedia Mythical Satyrs by Micha F. Lindemans,
"In Greek mythology the satyrs are deities of the woods and mountains.
They are half human and half beast; they usually have a goat's tail, flanks
and hooves. While the upper part of the body is that of a human, they
also have the horns of a goat. They are the companions of Dionysus, the
god of wine, and they spent their time drinking, dancing, and chasing
nymphs. The Italian version of the satyr is the faun, while the Slavic
version is the Ljeschi."
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A blue and white transfer printed child
feeder, Circa 1825-1830
An exceptionally well decorated child or invalid feeder; to the front
of the feeding compartment well decorated with a bird above and below
with fruits and vegetables; with a basket of fruit inside a cartouche,
the basket repeated to both sides, the rear with fruit, vegetables and
a bird. The spout with a raised rim,
19cms long
Condition - good, No restoration or repair
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A transfer printed Davenport plate Circa 1820-30,
Blue and white from the " Rustic Scenes Series" this plate is known as "Returning Home" printed with a man with a walking stick with a bundle over his back holding a small child's hand, large thatched cottage and farm building surrounded by trees and shrubs, boarder decorated with flowers and leafs, impressed Davenport anchor mark,
Condition - good, minor wear to edge. No restoration or repair
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A Rare transfer printed Spode Plate Circa 1810,
Blue and white Spode plate from the "Indian Sporting Series" this plate is known as the "Groom Leading Out" printed with the groom with a whip in is hand leading the horse out,with building trees, figure behind him, impressed and printed spode marks and no 5.
Condition -good, No restoration or repair
GBP £490.00 More Images Stock No; 0015
A small redware teapot of globular shape with a high loop handle with top picked out in white, and tapering faceted spout with white to the tip, the glazed redware body and lid with applied white clay reliefs of plants and leaves,10.5cms.
Condition -minor wear to spout rim of teapot and rim of lid No restoration or repair
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A good pair of Prattware portrait plaques,Circa 1810-20,
A good pair of oval plaques moulded in relief with a quarter length profile portrait of a classical man and a woman, the ground painted with flowers and sprigs in blue, beaded borders surmounted by ribbon bows, Prattware is a term commonly used to describe pearlware painted with underglazed high-temperature colours, the colours were often used to highlight relief-moulding, the main production between c.1790-1840, 27cms high.
Provenance Licht collection. also see John and Griselda Lewis,' Pratt Ware 1780-1840', p210.
Condition -good minor wear to both, female with firing fault to glaze,No restoration or repair
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A large Pearlware jug of 'Dutch' shape, lower body engine-turned, applied with an angular handle, inscribed in gold J Wood Emperor of Dog island and King of the Rummons 1806' within a green wreath, the sides printed in puce with 'Bacchanti' and 'love at liberty.'23cms,
Jugs of this shape are known to have been made at Herculaneum, see Alan Smith ,Liverpool herculaneum pottery, pls 30a,30b and 31. The significance of the inscription remains obscure, although it is possible the jug was a jokey present to the (dog loving?) J. Wood. J. Wood might be the John Wood noted as baptizing a daughter in 1798 at St. Nicholas's church, Liverpool, living at Harrington in the Park, very near to the Herculaneum pottery, so possibly a potter there. A letter from the Staffordshire deputy County Council Archivist cites the Staffordshire Advertiser for 18th October, 1806 recording the marriage of Mr James Wood of Rugeley marrying a Miss Marke in St. Paul's Church, Liverpool. Although, it was not possible for the Liverpool Record Office to substantiate this reference, the vendor's family do hail from Rugeley, so it is possible this is the Wood in question. (Bonhams 2004)
Condition -good, No restoration or repair
GBP £635.00 More Images Stock No; 0018
A transfer printed Davenport plate Circa 1820-30,
Blue and white from the " Rustic Scenes Series" this plate is known as the Watermill, with two men talking outside of the mill with a horse and cart to the side, surrounded by trees, shrubs and a mountain range in the distance, boarder decorated with flowers and leafs, impressed Davenport blue anchor mark
Condition - good, No restoration or repair
GBP £78.00 More Images Stock No; 0019
A transfer printed Davenport plate Circa 1820-30,
Blue and white from the " Rustic Scenes Series" this plate is known as the Gothic ruins, with three figures one kneeling in front of the ruins with a large lake to the side with small sailing boat, surrounded by trees and shrubs, boarder decorated with flowers and leaves, impressed Davenport blue anchor mark.
Condition - good, No restoration or repair
GBP £78.00 More Images Stock No; 0020
A rare Cockpit Hill creamware sauce boat Circa 1765,
A Cockpit Hill (Derbyshire) moulded creamware sauce boat with basketweave reserved on the sides with a foliate scroll edged cartouche containing a pineapple growing in a pot, the moulding to both side is picked out in green, iron red and yellow, Creamware was developed by Josiah Wedgwood in response to the huge demand for tableware which could be durable and attractive, It was first introduced in 1761, 14.5cms
For similar basketweave moulding on a teapot, see Donald Towner, Creamware, pl, 46a, p 103.
Condition -minor wear slight discolouration to interior,No restoration or repair
GBP £375.00 More Images Stock No; 0021
A large pearlware Parson, Clerk and Sexton jug with a rustic handle, the sides moulded in relief with the said individuals drinking and smoking, the figures and the trees in between them picked out in brown, green and blue, within stiff leaf border, a feathered edge below the rim, 22.4cms
Fragments of a similar jug were recovered from the site of the Delftfield pottery Glasgow.
Condition -good some minor wear chip to top edge,No restoration or repair
GBP £655.00 More Images Stock No; 0022
Blue transfer-printed plate
Circa 1790-1800
A slightly different version of this print is illustrated in Coysh &
Henrywood 1982, 22.5 cms
Condition -nice example staining grazing to front chip and wear to edge,No restoration or repair
GBP £55.00 ( Three available ) More Images Stock No; 0023
A good Staffordshire tortoiseshell whieldon
type octagonal plate with ribbed rim, Circa 1765,
These plates are sometimes referred to as Wheildon or Whieldon type wares,
the correct terms is Tortoiseshell ware which have the same body as Creamware,
but were decorated with metallic oxides. When the wares were fired the
colours mixed and produced a streaky or mottled effect. These types of
wares were produced by various manufacturers in the Staffordshire area
and should not be referred to simply as Whieldon. The excavation of Whieldon's
factory at Fenton Vivian uncovered several examples of this type of pottery
which made it possible to attribute only a few wares of tortoiseshell
toWhieldon, 22 cms.
See Bergesen's British ceramics (1992) p.60
Condition - No restoration or repair Stock No; 0024
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The tall conical neck with multi-rings and a plain roll lip, looped and grooved handle with pointed lower terminal , small beaded or ridge around the foot rim dipped in a dark brown freckled glaze, these ale bottle played an important part in the export of strong ale, and many potteries in and around London found that producing stoneware bottles was a lucrative business; known to have been produced at Vauxhall, Fulham, Southwark, and Lamberth potteries, 21.7cms.
Provenance The Mavis Bimson collection
Condition -good minor firing fault associated with stoneware,No restoration or repair
GBP £1,450 More Images Stock No; 0025
A Rare London ( Lamberth or Southwalk) Stoneware ale bottle circa 1700
Of typical swelling shape, tall conical neck with multiple rings and a plain roll lip, looped and grooved handle with pointed lower terminal, small beaded or ridge around the foot rim,dark brown freckled glaze, 21.4cms.
Condition -good minor firing fault associated with stoneware,No restoration or repair
Provenance The Mavis Bimson collection
GBP £1,450 More Images Stock No; 0026
A large Northern scenery blue & white transfer printed mug Circa 1840,
Printed with boating scenes of a Scottish lock with a bank with large trees and a castle in the distance, three boats sailing and a large mountain range with sky above, handle decorated with small diamond shapes in scrolls , inside rim with floral decoration, attributed to John Mier and son , northern scenery blue printed mark to base height 15.5cms
Condition -good minor wear, No restoration or repair
GBP £345.00 More Images Stock No; 0027
English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects, 13cms
Condition -good minor wear and chipping to edge, No restoration or repair
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cm
Condition -good minor wear and chipping to edge, No restoration or repair
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Stock No; 0029
English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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English delft tile circa 1740 ( probably Bristol ),
Painted in manganese with biblical subjects,13cms,
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