Mochaware

  • Large Mochaware Mug

    Large Mochaware Mug

    $480.00

    This mochaware mug was made to hold a quart of beer or lager.
    It was made in England circa 1870-1880. The dark mochaware “trees” are applied by hand (see below for the details of the process).
    The colors are soft. The attractive design follows a pattern for English mochaware made for export to the European continent.
    Near the top of the mug is a band of medium blue slip. Below are two thin bands of midnight brown slip, followed by a broad band of colored slip in moss green.
    This single wide band is sparsely decorated with midnight brown mocha ‘Trees”.
    The elegant spacing of the mochaware “Trees” enhances the mug’s beauty.

    Dimensions: is 6.5″ tall x 4.25″ in diameter

    Condition: Very Good. There is a chip professionally restored on the inside of the mug.

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  • Antique American Mochaware Pitcher, Slip-Decorated Creamware, Circa 1830

    Antique American Mochaware Pitcher, Slip-Decorated Creamware, Circa 1830

    $560.00

    This antique Amercian pitcher, dating to circa 1830, is a rare example of slip-decorated creamware that evokes the spirit of mochaware but diverges from its typical look.
    Rather than featuring the dendritic or banded motifs common in mochaware, this piece is dipped in a deep chocolate-brown slip and hand-decorated with a naïve yet charming grapevine motif.
    The decoration, applied over the dark ground, includes a wavy line in ochre and iron red, interspersed with stylized clusters of orange grapes outlined in ochre, and leafy green vines.
    This folk art approach to surface decoration is rustic and expressive, created by a potter experimenting beyond standardized designs.
    The pitcher’s spout and handle are accented with hand-painted cobalt blue, adding another distinctive touch.
    Though it shares mochaware’s use of colored slip and lathe-turning techniques, its painterly, organic decoration sets it apart.
    Dimensions: 6.5″ tall x 4.5″ diameter
    Condition: Excellent

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  • Antique Mochaware Salt Shaker Made England Circa 1820

    Antique Mochaware Salt Shaker Made England Circa 1820

    $380.00

    This mochaware salt shaker has an attractive design with four bands of intricate “diamond” impressions and six bands of light blue slip. One band of impressed decoration is colored with green slip, which adds to the salt shaker’s overall appeal.
    It was made in England circa 1820 using a foot-powered, engine-turned lathe.
    After shaping and impressing, the piece was fired and then returned to the lathe to be colored with the blue and green bands of slip.

    Dimensions: 5″ tall x 2.5″ diameter at the widest point

    Condition: Excellent

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  • Early 19th Century Creil French Mochaware Coffee Pot

    Early 19th Century Creil French Mochaware Coffee Pot

    $1,995.00

    A Creil mochaware peach-colored coffee pot made circa 1810.

    This elegant coffee pot features a dark brown mocha design on a light peach body. Mochaware was developed in Staffordshire in the late 18th century, but spread to continental Europe through the Middle-Eastern moss agate trade. Moss agate stones, which sport a similar tree-like design, were exported to the West through the port of al Makha, translated in English to “Mocha.” While moss agates were used as semiprecious stones in jewelry and objets de vertu for the upper classes, their dendrite design inspired potters such as Creil to create mochawares for more quotidian usage.

    Dimensions: 10 in. H x 6 1/4 at widest point (25.4 cm H x 15.9 cm W)

    Condition: Excellent visual condition, with invisible professional restoration to cover and spout. Some minor staining to clay body under the glaze on the foot.

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  • Large Mochaware Bowl with Both Cable and Marbled Decoration

    Large Mochaware Bowl with Both Cable and Marbled Decoration

    $1,600.00

    We are pleased to offer this exceptionally large and rare mid-19th century English mochaware bowl. Each piece of mochaware is unique. Made in England circa 1840, this bowl is decorated on the inside with a three-color cable of dark brown, light blue, and light brown. The cable decoration covers most of the inside of the bowl. The ground on the inside of the bowl has two colors of brown slip. Over approximately two-thirds of the bowl, the ground is a medium brown. On the remaining third, the light brown ground is several shades lighter. The mix of colors, dark brown, light brown, and light blue, is appealing.
    The outside of the bowl is decorated with three color slip in a cable decoration with an
    unusual marbled effect on a white pearl-glazed creamware ground.
    We must say that we have never seen a mochaware bowl this large and this beautiful.

    Dimensions: 11.25 inches diameter x 5.25 inches tall

    Condition: Very Good. There is a star-shaped hairline on the underside of the bowl which does not go through to the base (see image #8).

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