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SPATTERWARE. LUSTERWARE, SPONGEWARE, SPRIG, & OTHER HAND-PAINTED STAFFORDSHIRE
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Hand decoration of china dates back hundreds of years. Prior to the development of the transfer process, it was the only way dinnerware could be decorated. Hand painting of china later became popular as an avocation of well-to-do English ladies. The practice spread to the country women when they learned that they could make money by producing hand-painted wares. We offer several types of Staffordshire hand-painted porcelain, soft paste and ironstone - lustreware, sprigware, occasional gaudy Dutch and gaudy Welsh designs and lovely floral designs from the garden and the field. |
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Sunderland Pink Lustre Religious Plaque, THOU GOD, SEE'ST ME.
Here is a grade pink lustre plaque measuring 9 by 8 inches. These grand old relics hark to a time when most of the mottos were hellfire and brimstone quotes. This one, however, bears a biblical verse full of faith and hope, "THOU GOD, SEE'ST ME." Also included is a trumpeting angel and Psalms XXXI, Verse 1, "In Thee O Lord do I put myu trust, let me never be confounded." Brushstroke lustre foliates are added to each corner. A band of foliates in black transfer have been embellished with hand-painted red and green coloration.
This piece dates to the 1815 - 30 period. It has two little chips on the edge of the lustre, left side. See the close-up. Thse are the only flaws.
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Creamware
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4044
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Creamware Soup Plate #1, Late 1700s
Here is an early creamware soup plate measuring 9 inches wide by 2 inches tall. On first glance, one might think this a 19th Century white ironstone rimmed soup, but upon closer inspection, its creamware body makes clear that it quite a bit earlier. It is in excellent condition, free of chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, and restorations. It is offered to the discriminating collector who is drawn to very early Staffordshire china.
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Creamware Soup Plate #2, Late 1700s
Here is an early creamware soup plate measuring 9 inches wide by 2 inches tall. On first glance, one might think this a 19th Century white ironstone rimmed soup, but upon closer inspection, its creamware body makes clear that it quite a bit earlier. It is in fine condition, free of chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, and restorations. There is one indentation on the face, done in the potting. It is offered to the discriminating collector who is drawn to very early Staffordshire china.
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Cup and Saucers
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10267
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Staffordshire Adam Buck Bat Print, Pink Lustre Handleless Cup & Saucer
This black transfer pink luster cup and saucer has a charming transfer of a mother and child at play.
The handleless cup measures 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches tall. The print shows the two on a chaise lounge playing a racket and ball game.
The saucer is 5 1/2 by 1 1/4 inches. It has the same print.
Both pieces are free of all chips and cracks. The saucer shows some wear to the pink lustre. The saucer shows just a bit of wear on the top rim.
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Cups and Saucers
GAUDY DUTCH, WELSH & IRONSTONE
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Gaudy / Imari Type Fluted Bowl
This is a rather unusual Staffordshire bowl which we found in England recently. The transferware pattern is a composition of fans, flower vines, and geometric medallions - aesthetic in nature. It is unusual to find such a transferware design with imari type hand painted accents in cobalt blue, salmon, pink, and orange-red, with a tiny bit of overglaze gold. The dramatically fluted shape is most unusual and attractive. It measures 8" wide by just shy of 2" tall. Though unmarked except for its artist's number, it looks like the work of either Mason, Ashworth, or Charles Meigh. Condition is excellent. It has no flaws.
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Hand-Painted China
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10259
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Staffordshire Pink Lustre Handless Cup and Saucer, Dahlia Pattern
This luster item is a 19th Century tea bowl and sipping saucer. The teabowl measures 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/3 inches tall. The sipping saucer is 5 1/2 inches wide by 1 inches tall. Both pieces are in fine condition with no chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, or repairs. They are unmarked except for the artist's numbering - typical for their vintage period. The brush stroke floral pattern is done in pink with pink luster centers. Additions of clover leaves in green the orange-red flowers are present. The pink petals of the cup are somewhat darker than the saucer.
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10271
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Early Queen's Rose Hand-Painted Teapot
This lovely teapot measures 11 inches long by 7 inches tall. Hand painted roses in pink and magenta with light to medium green foliate decorate it. This Staffordshire tea pot dates to the mid 1800s. It bears only the number mark of the artist who painted the roses. Condition is excellent. There is a little stain on the foot.
We also have a cup and saucer from this teaset. it is available separately.
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10264
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Early Staffordshire Queens Rose Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer
Offered is a porcelain cup and saucer in this charming queens rose pattern. The cup measures 3 1/2 across the top including the handle and 2 3/4 inches tall. The deep sipping saucer is 5 1/2 wide by 1 inch tall.
Condition is excellent- no flaws. We are offering also the matching teapot of this set in a separate listing.
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10263
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Colorful Sprigged Staffordshire Cup and Saucer
Here is a porcelain cup and deep sipping saucer dating to the mid 1800's. The colorful sprigged pattern is done is blue, yellow, magenta, and green - more colorful than the usual blue and green.
The cup is 4 inches across the looped handle by 3 inches tall, and the saucer is 5 1/2 inches wide.
Both pieces are in fine condition, useful for tea or display.
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HAND-PAINTED PORCELAIN & IRONSTONE
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Large Hand-Painted Stilton Stand Pedestal
This large pedestalled dish was probably used for cheese, though it would be perfect as a large cake pedestal as well. It measures 12 inches wide by 3 inches tall
The hand-painted design is known as Persian Rose. All colors are quite deep: red, green and blue. The pearlware glaze is quite blue and irregular, evidence of its early potting.
Condition is very good. There is a small chip on the foot rim as pictured. Glaze is somewhat irregular as is often found with early pieces.
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Lids
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Staffordshire Porcelain Pink Lustre Sugarbowl Lid
This porcelain lid measures 5 inches long by 2 3/4 inches wide. The hand-painted design of fruit and flowers decorates both sides. The flower finial and the rim is decorated in pink lustre.
It is free of chips and cracks. On the inside, there is a small clay separation, done in the firing process.
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Lustreware
Pitchers
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Staffordshire Yellow Lustre Cream Pitcher
This pitcher measures 3 1/4 inches tall. Yellow lustre decorates the black transfer band of geometrics on the interior and handle as well as on the foliates and branches of the fruit and flower design. Hand-painted embellishments have been added to the fruit and flowers in green, pink, and yellow.
There are no chips or cracks on this little pitcher. The rim shows a few points of rubbing.
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Plaque
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Rare Staffordshire Yellow Lustre Motto Plaque, PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD
Here we feature a unique Staffordshire motto plaque, 8 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches. The central religious message is a biblical quote from Amos, VI, XIL: PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD. The daunting command is surrounded by fruit and foliates that have been hand painted in yellow, red, and green. At the top of the circle is a trumpeting angel. The surround has faded yellow lustre on an embossed design of scrolling.
Plaques such as this always have two holes at the top for attaching a ribbon or wire so that the plaque or tray can be hung on the wall.
It looks great. There was damage to one corner which we had professionally restored with excellent results. There are no other chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, or restorations.
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Plates
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Spongeware 9 Inch Plate, Green Cut Sponge Designs
Here is a sponged plate, 9 1/4 inches wide, from the pottery of John Moses & Co., c. 1863. This pottery operated in Trenton, New Jersey. Cut sponge star and diamond designs band the surround.
It is in fine condition, crazed but free of chips and cracks.
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