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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

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.


Manufacturer: Staffordshire Potter  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.


Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.

Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

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.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

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.
Manufacturer: John Moses & Co., American potters  

Early Staffordshire Hand-Painted Plate, Virginia Pattern This early plate dates to the 1840 - 50 period. It measures 9 1/4 inches wide and is ine excellent condition, free of chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, and restoration.

This is Virginia Pattern, a design of red blooms, blue leaves and bright green leaves with black stems. The edge is banded in red.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Staffordshire Hand-Painted Sprig Cake Plate, 9 Inches Here is a hand-painted cakeplate measuring 9 inches in diameter. The hand painted pattern is the classic sprig design in red, green, and blue.

It is in excellent condition, free of all flaws.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Staffordshire Three Color Spongeware Plate, Red, Black Green Here is a fine Staffordshire spongeware plate in red, black and green. It measures 9 inches wide and is free of all chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, and restoration.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Early English Ironstone Plate, Hand Painted Floral Design Offered in this auction is an early ironstone Staffordshire plate with bordering and paneling on the surround. It has been skillfully painted in light green, red, blue and black. The stems and foliates in black add vividness to this great oak leaf type pattern. One sometimes spongeware elements on plates with hand-painted floral patterns; however, this one is done in brushstroke painting entirely. This pattern is usually referred to as Virginia. Since, however, many firms made such wares, the hand painting varies. In this rendition, the flowers are blue. Usually the image done here is blue is red while the red on this plate is usually done as a green foliate.

The plate measures 9 3/4 inches wide. Condition is excellent. There are no chips or cracks, and almost no scratching. The design has lost none of its vividness or enamel - a super example of mid-nineteenth century hand-painted Staffordshire at its best!!

Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

Early Gothic Octagonal White Ironstone Platter, Green Dotted Additions This double-bordered white ironstone platter has everted ribs. This gothic shape was made during the 1840's in the W. Adams and Sons pottery as well as in these: E. Challinor & Co., J.Heath, T. Goodfellow, John May, and E. Walley. Since it is not marked, I cannot tell you which is the pottery, but it does date to the 1840's.

It measures 13 inches long and is just shy of 10 inches wide. Condition is excellent - no chips, cracks, hairlines, stains, or restorations. It bears only a dot pattern from the artist who decorated it on the underside.

Love the decoration! It consists of hand-painted enamel green dotted circles - so crisp and perfect. We have appreciated the way this early design has been incorporated into Martha Stewart decorating ideas over the years. This platter would look great in a country kitchen, a French cottage design, or as part of a Staffordshire collection.
Manufacturer: Adams  

Maestricht Large Stick Spatter Spongeware Plate Dramatic and large chop or grill plate measuring 10 1/2" in diameter. It has great applied cut sponge cobalt decoration around the rim, small cut sponged flowers in cobalt, and brushstroke rose and leaf decoration. The particular rose design is known as the Virginia pattern.

Note also the great band of cut sponge dark blue flowers on the surround with bullseyes in the center of each. Marked with the Maestrict, Holland, stamp. Very good condition. Foot rim shows a slight crack, only viewed when upended.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

Staffordshire Hand-Painted Nineteenth Century Sugarbowl, Oak Leaf The Staffordshire sugarbowl or sucrier pretented dates to the mid 1800s. It is a footed and embossed sugar bowl with hand painted decorateions of red flowers and black / grey oak leaf designs. Note the pretty bud handles indicative of its early potting.

It measures 7 1/2 inches long by 6 inches tall. It is in great shape. The only flaws are two tiny dings to the lid underside which are shown in close-up.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Staffordshire Hand-Painted Sprig Sugarbowl This sprig sugarbowl measures 8 inches wide by 6 inches tall. It is octagonal in shape with sharply molded loop handles and finial.

Condition is very good. There are no chips except for some nibbles to the lid ledge which is covered when the lid is in place. The sugarbowl has a 1 inch line on the side where it must have taken a sharp blow at one time. See the picture.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Early Creamware Teapot The creamware tea pot presented dates to the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century. The body of this teapot is creamware. It measures 9 inches long by 5 1/2 inches tall. Note the recessed lid the prominent, trumpeting collar.

Items of this vintage are seldom in good condition, but this one is the exception. There are no cracks or hairlines, The tip of the spout shows a few little nibbles. There is a shallow flake to the underside of the collar as pictured, a flake to the underside of the lid, and a miniscule nip to the edge of the lid.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

Staffordshire Octagonal Sprig Teapot, c. 1850 The teapot presented has hand-painted sprig designs. It is very well molded and measures 10 1/2 inches long by 8 inches tall. It has blue pooling of its pearlware glaze, a sign of its early potting. It dates to the 1840 - 50 period.

There is a chips on the top as pictured. The lid has a little chip on the interior flange, also pictured. It is not seen unless the lid is upended. There are no other flaws.

Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Very Large Staffordshire Sprig Teapot, c. 1850 Here is an octagonal, hand-painted Staffordshire teapot measuring 12 1/2 inches long by 7 1/2 inches tall. Its hand painted sprig pattern is done in tones of red, blue and light green.

It is in very good shape with a couple of nibbles. One is to the very tip of the spout as pictured. Another is to the lid ledge, covered when the lid is in place. The lid has a small flaw which does not penetrate the earthenware. See the picture. It is well molded and serviceable.

We have other Sprig items such as cups, saucers, and a sugarbowl offered separately.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire  

Staffordshire Hand-Painted Teapot, Serpent Handle The tea pot presented dates to the 1820 - 40 period. Note the flower finial, footed base, and serpent handle. It measures 11 3/4 inches long by 7 inches tall.

The hand-painted embellishments consist of a band of green filiates along with red and blue flowers and dark brown stems.

The teapot is in good shape. It has some rubbing to some of the high points, a chip on the inside top edge that is covered by the lid, a small ding to the tip of the spout as pictured,and two star lines that are visible only with very close inspection. The lid has two chips on the underside and one on the outer edge. See the pictures. Given the flaws, the price for this early teapot is low.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter  

Nineteenth Century Staffordshire Tea or Cake Service for Eight Here is a set of nineteenth century porcelain Staffordshire white dishes with gold banding that would be perfect for serving tea or dessert. It includes two cake plates, eight plates, and eight cups and deep sipping saucers. All pieces are in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, hairlines, or restoration. Some pieces show some wear to the gold banding,but most show little wear.

The two handled cake plates, each 10 inches wide across the handles. They are embossed and have gold embellishments on the embossing.

The eight plates are each 7 inches in diameter. The saucers are 5 1/2 inches wide by 1 1/4 inches tall. The elegant cups are 3 inches wide excluding the pretty looped handle by 2 3/4 inches tall.

These lovely pieces date to the mid 1800's. It is rare to find so many pieces that are still in great condition.
Manufacturer: Staffordshire potter