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English Salt Glazed Teapot Pink Enamel Hand Painted Circa 1760
$2,200.00This English salt-glazed stoneware teapot, hand-painted with enamel decoration on a rare pink ground, dates to about 1760 and belongs to a small and distinctive group of experimental Staffordshire wares.
It combines a dense, finely finished salt-glazed body with delicate overglaze enamel painting, a technically demanding pairing that was produced in limited numbers.
The form is compact and assured.
The rounded globular body sits firmly on a small foot.
The branch-molded spout and handle introduce movement and a naturalistic quality.
The domed cover completes the composition with balanced proportion.
The pink ground is hand-painted with enamel flowers in green, yellow, and blue.
The palette is soft, and the drawing has a relaxed softness typical of enamel work on salt-glazed stoneware, with a slightly looser line characteristic of enamel decoration on salt glaze.
The colors sit gently on the surface, allowing the form and modeling to remain primary.
Salt-glazed stoneware represents one of the earliest fully developed ceramic industries in England, valued for its hard body and refined finish.
The addition of enamel decoration required a second firing at a lower temperature, increasing both cost and risk in production.
As a result, enamel-decorated examples are significantly less common than undecorated wares.
Teapots of this type are generally associated with Staffordshire and often linked to the Whieldon circle, though precise attribution remains uncertain.
A closely related example is held in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, confirming the form and decorative approach within a recognized group.
What makes this teapot especially interesting is the combination of its sculptural branch-molded form and its rare pink enamel ground, bringing together two of the most distinctive features of this small group of mid-18th century English salt-glazed wares.
Dimensions: 8.5″ from spout to handle x 5.5″ tall x 5″ diameter
Condition: Excellent with a small restored chip to the underside of the spout tip
Decoration: Overglaze enamel floral decoration on pink ground
Material: Salt-glazed stoneware
Style: Mid-18th century English Chinoiserie
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1760 -
18th C. Whieldon Creamware Tortoiseshell Plates Pair Circa 1765
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18th C. Whieldon Creamware Tortoiseshell Plates Pair Circa 1765
This pair of Whieldon creamware plates features a tortoiseshell surface, with color freely applied across a warm cream ground. The spontaneous glaze effects define mid-18th century Whieldon production.
Each plate is thrown with a broad well and finished with a raised, gadrooned rim. The molded edge frames the freely applied glaze effects.
The decoration is built from a classic Whieldon palette.
Iron-brown sponging is joined by splashes of green, blue, and yellow that feather and pool in the firing.
Dark manganese clouds move through the composition, adding depth and contrast.
The color remains vivid and clearly articulated.
Each plate shows individual variation, yet the pair reads cohesively.
Dimensions: 9 inches diameter
Condition: Excellent
Decoration: Tortoiseshell glaze with iron-brown sponging and green, blue, and yellow splashes
Material: Creamware
Style: Mid-18th-century Whieldon style
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1765 -
Large Antique English Pottery Whieldon Charger Tortoiseshell Glaze 18th Century
$1,400.00This massive Whieldon creamware charger has an immediate physical authority.
Thrown with a wide, flat well and a generous rim, the form allows the dramatic surface to take full advantage of its size.
The creamware body is finished in a rich tortoiseshell palette, with iron-brown sponging over a warm cream ground and boldly applied green and blue splashes that pool and feather naturally in the firing.
Despite its mid-18th-century origins, the charger’s freely applied colored glazes give it a surprisingly modern visual presence.
The reverse retains strong kiln character, with firing marks entirely consistent with mid-18th-century English creamware pottery.
Tortoiseshell chargers of this scale are increasingly scarce, and this example stands out for both its size, design, and excellent state of preservation.Dimensions: 15.25 inches diameter
Condition: Excellent
Decoration: Tortoiseshell glaze with green and blue splashed decoration
Material: Creamware (Whieldon pottery)
Style: Mid-18th-century Whieldon style
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1765
Notable Details:
Massive charger with commanding scale
Classic Whieldon tortoiseshell palette
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Antique English Pottery Plate Scenic Landscape Red Transfer Country Scene c.1825
$245.00This antique English pottery plate, made at Don Pottery circa 1825, is crafted from buff earthenware with a clear glaze that enriches its warm, earthy tone.
The surface is printed in red with a scenic country landscape: tall trees frame a distant estate while figures walk along a winding path.
The design captures the calm beauty of rural life in early 19th-century England.
On this earthenware body, the red transfer takes on a rich, tonal depth, adding warmth and character to the scene.
Just a beautiful plate!Dimensions: 9″ diameter
Condition: Excellent
Decoration: Red transfer landscape with estate, trees, and strolling figures
Material: Buff earthenware with clear glaze
Style: Georgian
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1825 -
Pair Black and Gold Staffordshire Pottery Vases Circa 1880
$780.00This pair of black Staffordshire pottery vases has a bold, architectural presence.
The glossy black ground and burnished gold handles create immediate contrast, while mythological scenes of Zeus and Hera in chariots introduce movement and narrative across the surface.
The tall amphora form, rising from a pedestal base, gives the pair a structured neoclassical silhouette that reads clearly across a room.
Made circa 1870, they reflect the Victorian appetite for classical imagery, yet their strong black and gold palette feels surprisingly modern.
At 13.5 inches tall, they have enough scale to command attention without overwhelming a mantel or console. The decoration remains crisp, the gilding bright, and the overall impression is confident and dramatic rather than delicate. This is a pair that works through presence and contrast.
Dimensions: 13.5 inches tall x 5 inches diameter
Condition: Excellent antique condition with very minimal wear
Decoration: Mythological scenes of Zeus and Hera in chariots with gold ornament
Material: Staffordshire pottery with polychrome enamel and gilding
Origin: Staffordshire, England
Date: Circa 1870 -
Antique Staffordshire Deer Spill Vase Stag and Fawn Circa 1860
$280.00This large Staffordshire spill vase features a proud stag with a fawn at its side, modeled in a naturalistic Victorian pastoral style.
The deer are hand-painted in warm orange-brown tones with gentle shading that gives depth and life to the figures.
A hollow tree trunk forms the spill holder behind them, finished with a subtle gilt rim.
The shaped white base is edged with a fine gilt line.
The decoration is concentrated on the front, as is typical for Staffordshire figures of this type.
Dimensions: 11.75 inches tall x 7.25 inches long x 2.75 inches wide
Condition: Excellent, with slight rubbing to the gilt on the rim of the tree trunk
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835–1875, Book 2, p. 243
Decoration: Hand-painted with gilt accents
Material: Glazed earthenware
Style: Victorian pastoral
Origin: Staffordshire, England
Date: Circa 1860
Notable Details:
Classic stag and fawn grouping
Tree trunk spill holder form
Warm naturalistic coloring
Referenced in Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835–1875 -
Antique Staffordshire Pottery Cat England Victorian Era Ca. 1860
$580.00This antique Staffordshire cat features a beautiful coat that is white with large black spots. Created around 1860, this cat is hand-painted with enamels in a pattern resembling the fur of a typical household cat.
Dimensions: 5.75′ tall x 5.75″ long x 3.25″ wide.  Condition: Some light craquelure in the antique glaze
This charming cat is searching for a cozy home. As many cat lovers know, a home without a cat is simply not a home. -
8 Antique Blue and White Staffordshire Large Soup Plates by Don Pottery Circa 1820
$400.00This set of eight large soup or pasta plates was made by Don Pottery circa 1820.
The design is part of Don Potery’s series of dishes, ” Italian Views”.
The center is decorated with a neoclassical scene of couples relaxing near a ruin while a pair of cupids fly above.
The wide border is filled with flowers and leaves, which overflow into the dish’s well.
The dishes are made of pearlware, most of which was produced in England from 1790 to 1830.Dimensions: 9.75″ diameter x 1.25 deep
Condition: Good. The dishes have small original firing faults and very little wear to the enamel (see images).
For an image of this Don Pottery pattern, see page 143 of the Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, Vol. II
by A. W. Coysh and R. K. Henrywood | Jun 1, 1989. -
Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Leopard Figure Samuel Alcock & Co. Circa 1835
$680.00This antique porcelain figure of a leopard is small but ferocious.
It is modeled grappling with something in its jaws, recumbent on a rocky base that is picked out in green and edged with a gilt line.
The leopard’s coat is washed in yellow with black markings,
It was made by Samuel Alcock in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, circa 1835.
Alcock was renowned for producing fine-quality porcelain animals, and this leopard figure is one of the best.
It is a quality piece with good attention to detail, a little gem!
Dimensions: 3.5 inches long x 1.8″ wide x 2″ tallMarks: an impressed factory mark and # “256.”
Condition: Excellent
Ref: Geoffrey Godden illustrates a very similar pair of leopards, noting the excellent quality of the porcelain and coloring, in his chapter on Alcock in Staffordshire Porcelain (1983), p.308, fig.471.
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Large English Salt Glaze Stoneware Charger Plate 18th Century Ca. 1765
$1,280.00Â Â Â Â This large English salt glaze stoneware plate, made circa 1765, shows the crisp molding and controlled geometry that define the Cartouche and Diaper pattern at its best.
The broad rim is worked in a tight lattice diaper, punctuated by raised cartouches that create a steady rhythm around the edge.
The surface has that characteristic salt-glaze skin, lightly pitted, with a soft sheen that catches the light evenly across the molded detail.
The body fires to a clean pale tone, reflecting the use of refined clay bodies developed in the mid-18th century.
The form is direct and confident. The wide rim frames the well cleanly, giving the plate strong presence on the table.
Pieces of this type were both practical and current in Colonial America, with archaeological examples of this exact pattern recovered in Williamsburg.
The connection to documented shipments of English stoneware to figures such as George Washington places this form firmly within the material culture of the period.
The appeal here rests in the clarity of the molding, the evenness of the glaze, and the scale. It is a piece that reads immediately, both as an object of use and as a record of a turning point in English ceramic production, when whiter-bodied salt glaze stoneware became widely desirable.Dimensions: 16.5″ diameter
Condition: Excellent with minimal original firing anomalies
Decoration: Cartouche and diaper molded rim
Material: Salt glaze stoneware
Style: Georgian Neoclassical
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1765 -
Large English Salt Glaze Stoneware Charger 18th Century Ca. 1765
$650.00“Provenance: The Collection of Sir Samuel Hoare* This large and exquisite salt-glazed charger was made in Staffordshire, England, in the 18th century circa 1765. The design is elegant and straightforward: the only decoration is the lobed and gadrooned edge. Press-molded, salt-glazed chargers, plates, dishes, and other service pieces filled the cupboards and dining rooms of middle and upper-class English and American homes from the mid-1740s until the end of the 18th century. The advent of this white stoneware dinnerware instigated a tabletop revolution. Diameter: 15″” *A paper label on the back of the charger (see image #6) **J Skerry “”Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.”” ***For an image of this type of charger recovered archaeologically at Colonial Williamsburg, see J Skerry “”Salt-Glazed Stoneware in Early America.”” page 231.”
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Pair of Antique English Porcelain Dishes Decorated with Flowers England c-1830
$320.00A pair of Antique English porcelain dishes hand-painted with beautiful pink peonies and other flowers was made in England circa 1830. Placed by the front door this pair of dishes would give you and anyone walking into your home a cheerful greeting every time. If not at the front door these lively dishes would brighten any room in the house.
Dimensions: Diameter 8.5″
Condition: Excellent
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Antique Hand Painted Pottery Plaque with Pair of Lions England Circa 1800
$450.00This hand-painted Prattware plaque depicts a pair of lions resting side by side, modeled in bold relief with great vitality and charm. Made in England around 1800, the piece captures the early Staffordshire fascination with both natural history and decorative exuberance. The lions, likely content after a hearty meal, are rendered with expressive brushwork and lively texture. Their bodies are painted in a warm light brown, their manes and tails in a deeper shade, and their muzzles finished in a near-black brown that adds striking contrast. The vigorous painting style enhances the tactile quality of the molded forms, giving the scene a sense of immediacy and warmth. Prattware pieces like this were celebrated for their raised designs painted with underglaze oxides, which produced vivid and enduring colors when fired. The plaque, pierced at the top for hanging, is a fine example of late 18th-century English earthenware that blends folk energy with sculptural precision. Examples of this subject are illustrated in John and Griselda Lewis, Prattware: English and Scottish Relief Decorated and Underglaze Colored Earthenware 1780–1840, page 208, and in the Burnap Collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (b.851).
Dimensions: 11″ x 9″ x 2″ height
Condition: Excellent
Price: $450
Decoration: High-relief depiction of two reclining lions, hand-painted in light, dark, and near-black brown underglaze oxides
Material: Prattware, pearled creamware body with underglaze decoration
Style: English folk art earthenware, relief-molded and underglaze-painted
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1800
   Notable Details:
Provenance: The Rouse Lench Collection
Vivid hand-painted relief showing a pair of lions at rest
Characteristic Prattware underglaze oxides in warm brown tones
Pierced for hanging, typical of decorative plaques of the period
Comparable examples recorded by John and Griselda Lewis and in the Burnap Collection
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