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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Click for more detail... 9102	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.	Your Price: $400.00

Creamware

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Click for more detail... 4044	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.	Your Price: $55.00
Click for more detail... 4045	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.	Your Price: $85.00

Cup and Saucers

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Click for more detail... 10267	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.	Your Price: $65.00

Cups and Saucers

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Click for more detail... 10265	Staffordshire Porcelain Handleless Cup and Saucer, Floral Pattern Here is a Staffordshire handleless cup and saucer in a sprig or floral pattern. The cup is 3 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches. The saucer is 5 1/2 inches wide by 1 1/4 inches tall. Both pieces are in excellent condition, free of all flaws. The hand-painted designs are bright and free of wear. This set dates to the mid-1800's.	Your Price: $65.00
Click for more detail... 10269	Staffordshire London Shape Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer This early cup and saucer dates to the mid 1800's. The cup measures 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 3/4 inches tall. The saucer is 5 1/2 inches wide by 1 1/4 inches tall. Both pieces are in excellent condition, free of chips and cracks. The floral sprig design is done in magenta, yellow, and light green - very pretty.	Your Price: $65.00
Click for more detail... 10279	Staffordshire Sprig Porcelain Cup and Saucer Here is a sprigged porcelain cup and saucer. The pattern of field flowers with red and blud petals with green folliates was done both by women of leisure for pleasure and by country women for profit during the nineteenth century. Because the scale and color is the same with different painters, pieces done by different artists work well together. The cup is 4 inches wide excluding the handle by 2 inches tall. The deep sipping saucer is 6 inches wide by 1 inch tall. Condition is excellent - no flaws. We have several of these, so if you want multiples, please contact us.	Your Price: $45.00

GAUDY DUTCH, WELSH & IRONSTONE

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Click for more detail... 540	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.	Your Price: $85.00

Hand-Painted China

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Click for more detail... 10259	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.	Your Price: $75.00
Click for more detail... 10271	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.	Your Price: $125.00
Click for more detail... 10264	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.	Your Price: $45.00
Click for more detail... 10263	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.	Your Price: $50.00

HAND-PAINTED PORCELAIN & IRONSTONE

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Click for more detail... 10266	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.	Your Price: $175.00

Lids

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Click for more detail... 10050	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.	Your Price: $25.00

Lustreware

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Click for more detail... 10257	Scroddled Teapot, Pewter Lid Offered is a unique Staffordshire teapot measuring 9" wide by 7" tall. It has a pewter lid which works but is partially split at the hinge. The teapot has a scroddled design in brown with yellow lustre. It is in fine condition. There are no cracks. The lip of the spout shows one tiny flake on the bottom, and the yellow luster has some minor wear on the handle.	Your Price: $95.00
Click for more detail... 10261	Staffordshire Pink Lustre Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer, Thistle Design The cup and saucer offered is a charming set. Both the deep sipping saucer and cup have a band of thistle designs with arched stems connecting them. The colors are bright green and orange-red with magenta four-dot and one-dot berry designs. Luxurious bands of pink luster luster are also present. This is a porcelain set. It dates to the 1820 - 40 period. Condition is excellent. There is a bit of wear to the lustre but no chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, or repairs.	Your Price: $75.00

Pitchers

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Click for more detail... 10299	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.	Your Price: $25.00

Plaque

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Click for more detail... 10058	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.	Your Price: $400.00

Plates

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Click for more detail... 10808	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.	Your Price: $25.00