Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood founded his pottery factory in 1759 and created many famous ceramic types, such as creamware, black basalt, jasperware, and caneware. Wedgwood’s craftsmanship and innovation in ceramics in unparalleled, making his one of the greatest names in English pottery.
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Wedgwood Porcelain Vase Hand Painted and Gilded England Circa 1900
$450.00This small Wedgwood porcelain vase (7.25″ tall) was hand painted in England circa 1900.
Its tall, faceted form has a square, flared mouth, a slender, waisted neck, angular shoulders, and a spreading, hexagonal foot.
The decoration is particularly rich for a vase of this size.
Alternating cream-colored and gilt panels are decorated with transfer-printed floral motifs, hand colored in enamels and enriched with gilding.
Deep cobalt-blue bands around the mouth, shoulder, and foot are highlighted with gilt dashes and dots, providing a strong architectural frame for the floral decoration.
The flattened floral motifs, gilt grounds, and saturated cobalt reflect the continuing influence of Japanese and Aesthetic Movement design on Wedgwood decorative ceramics at the turn of the 20th century.
The faceted shape and alternating panels make the decoration especially eye-catching.
The underside bears the printed Wedgwood mark incorporating the Portland Vase.
Dimensions: 7.25″ tall x 2.5″ across x 2″ deep
Condition: Excellent
Material: Porcelain
Maker: Wedgwood
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1900
Price: $450 -
Wedgwood John Goodwin Caneware Copper Lustre Planter Circa 1925
$1,600.00This Wedgwood planter was designed by John Goodwin and made in England circa 1925.
The glazed caneware body is hand painted in copper lustre with a deep purple tone.
Tall arches divide alternating panels decorated with spirals and wavy lines. A border of diagonal copper lustre stripes circles the upper rim, while palmettes form a repeating border around the base.
Tulip motifs crown the arches on the exterior, and stylized tulips decorate the inner rim.
The four applied handles are also picked out in lustre.
The underside is marked with the Wedgwood factory mark and the painted pattern number C5159/A, identifying this as a documented John Goodwin copper lustre caneware design.
John Goodwin was appointed Art Director of Wedgwood in 1904 and was an important figure in the factory’s early 20th-century design work.
Dimensions: 5.25 inches high × 7.5 inches diameter across the top × 8.75 inches diameter at the base
Condition: Excellent Material: Glazed caneware with copper lustre decoration
Maker: Wedgwood Designer: John Goodwin Pattern: C5159/A Origin: England, Circa 1925 -
Set of Twelve Antique Wedwood Dinner Plates with Yellow Borders
$880.00This set of twelve Wedgwood dinner plates, impressed with date marks for 1879, is distinguished by its cheerful yellow borders and elegant band of stylized fleur-de-lis.
The combination of radiant color and refined ornament gives these plates a lively presence at the table, perfectly balancing warmth with sophistication.
The design captures the traditional neoclassical taste that inspired Wedgwood’s finest tablewares, here enlivened by a bright and optimistic yellow palette.Dimensions: 10.25″ diameter
Condition: Excellent, with only the very slightest signs of age
Marks: Impressed Wedgwood mark and date letters for 1879
Decoration: Fleur-de-lis and line borders on a soft yellow ground
Material: Refined Earthenware
Style: Neoclassical Revival
Origin: England
Date: 1879
Notable Details:
• Cheerful yellow borders with stylized fleur-de-lis pattern
• A beautiful harmony of warmth, brightness, and classical design
• Excellent condition
• Classic late 19th-century Wedgwood interpretation of neoclassical motifs -
Pair Antique Wedgwood Blue and White Soup Tureens Mared Pattern Circa 1830
$2,700.00This exquisite pair of Wedgwood blue and white Mared pattern soup tureens was made in England circa 1830.
The design features a loop of delicate “pearls” encircling the center, complemented by a beautiful blue shell edge.
The rippled surface of the shell edge adds visual interest as light plays across it (see images).
Josiah Wedgwood supervised the creation of this pattern in the latter half of the 18th century.
Similar to our set, the original 18th-century Mared pattern was made of pearlware, also known as pearled creamware.
Blue enamel was applied for decoration, and the pearlware was then glazed with a slightly blue-tinted glaze to permanently seal the design.
This glazing protects the decoration from scratches, flaking, and general wear, keeping it as fresh today as when it was first applied.
The tureens would look fabulous on a side table in a dining room.
Marks: The reverse of both the underplates and the tureens features the impressed “WEDGWOOD” mark of the period.
Dimensions: The tureens measure 12 inches across the handles, 8.5 inches wide, and 7 inches tall.
Condition: Excellent -
Three Wedgwood Creamware Plates 18th Century with Landscapes of England
$580.00This rare set of three creamware plates was made in England by Wedgwood in the 18th century, circa 1780.
One plate retains a paper label for the “Josiah Wedgwood Jubilee Exhibition 1980, no. 33.1b, 1st Bank of the U.S.
Each plate is decorated with a finely detailed black transfer-printed landscape by Sadler and Green, rendered in delicate monochrome. The rustic English countryside views are delightful, featuring cottages, ruins, and tree-lined paths.
The shaped rims are bordered with elegant black enamel vine and berry motifs, unifying the trio with matching decorative style.
These plates exemplify the neoclassical refinement and technical innovation of early Wedgwood wares.
Ref: For an image and discussion, see The Dictionary of Wedgwood, p. 305, by R. Reilly and G. Savage, and 18th Century Wedgwood for Collectors and Connoisseurs, p. 27, by R. Reilly.
The landscape scenes were printed by Sadler and Green, Liverpool-based pioneers who developed ceramic transfer printing in the 1750s.
Their collaboration with Wedgwood brought fine engraving and mass production together for the first time, revolutionizing 18th-century decorative ceramics.
Marks: The “WEDGWOOD” mark of the period.
Dimensions: 10″ diameter
Condition: ExcellentDecoration: Black transfer landscapes by Sadler and Green; vine and berry borders
Material: Creamware
Style: Neoclassical
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1780
Key Features:
– Rare matched set of 18th-century Wedgwood creamware plates
– Black transfer landscapes by Sadler and Green
– Elegant black enamel vine border decoration
– One plate with 1980 Josiah Wedgwood Jubilee Exhibition label
– Published in two standard Wedgwood references
– Features work by the pioneers of ceramic transfer printing -
Pair of Antique Wedgwood Creamware Sauce Tureens with Original Ladles
$800.00Made in England circa 1820, this pair of Wedgwood creamware sauce tureens retains its original attached underplates and matching spoons.
The low rounded bodies, domed covers, and finely modeled floral finials establish a composed Neoclassical design.
Each element is controlled and deliberate, forming a continuous silhouette from the base through the dome to the finial.
The attached stands extend the line outward and anchor the form, while the integrated ladle notch is handled cleanly within the profile.
The warm cream tone allows the form to read clearly without reliance on painted decoration.
Wedgwood creamware of this period reflects the Neoclassical preference for balance and restraint.
In this pair, that approach is handled with precision.
The set presents with clarity and completeness.
Dimensions: 8.5″ x 6″ x 5″ tall
Condition: Very good, with light kiln burn along the top edge of each tureen, not visible when the covers are in place and does not interrupt the presentation
Decoration: Plain creamware with molded floral finials and subtle leaf detail
Material: Creamware
Style: Neoclassical, Regency
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1820 -
18th Century Wedgwood Creamware Bowl with English Strapwork Design Circa 1780
$620.00This 18th-century Wedgwood creamware bowl is defined by its dramatic reticulated strapwork, formed as radiating open spokes that create a basket-like architectural structure. Fine brown enamel highlights the rim in a twisted band and outlines the central medallion, emphasizing the geometry and giving warmth to the pale cream body.
At the center, a molded medallion features a hand-painted songbird perched on a branch, surrounded by a subtle basketweave ground and small floral sprigs in brown and green.
The restrained palette and open construction reflect the refined Neoclassical taste of the late 18th century.
The underside bears the impressed Wedgwood mark of the period.
Dimensions: 8.5 inches diameter x 2.35 inches tall
Condition: Excellent
Price: $620
Decoration: Reticulated strapwork with hand-painted bird and brown enamel detailing
Material: Creamware
Style: Neoclassical
Origin: Staffordshire, England
Date: Circa 1780 -
Wedgwood and Bentley Black Basalt Cassoulette Urns and Candlesticks c.1775
$3,600.00This pair of Wedgwood and Bentley black basalt cassoulette urns was made at the Etruria factory circa 1775. Their ingenious design allows each urn to serve two purposes.
When the reversible top is positioned with its domed cover and finial facing upward, the piece is a classical covered urn. When the top is removed, flipped, and replaced, the reverse side provides a socket for a candle, turning the urn into a candlestick.
The pair can be displayed as covered urns, candlesticks, or one of each.
The urns have elegant ovoid bodies raised on square pedestal bases.
Their deep black basalt surfaces have a soft sheen that emphasizes the finely modeled decoration.
Rope-twist handles curve from the shoulders, framing beautifully detailed garlands that hang in swags across the bodies.
A band of vertical fluting adds texture and definition, while the domed covers, with their simple finials, complete the classical form.In 1774, Josiah Wedgwood wrote this praise of black basalt: “The Black is sterling & will last for ever.”
Wedgwood and Bentley’s partnership, established in 1769, produced some of the finest ornamental ceramics of the 18th century. Their black basalt wares reflected the growing fascination with ancient Greek and Roman art and the Neoclassical taste fashionable in Georgian England.
These cassoulettes’ classical proportions, restrained ornament, and rich black surfaces reflect the artistic ambitions of the early Etruria factory.
Both urns bear the Wedgwood and Bentley Etruria mark, used during the partnership from 1769 to 1780. Their early manufacture, excellent condition, and ingenious reversible design make this a particularly desirable pair for collectors of early Wedgwood and Neoclassical decorative arts.
Maker: Wedgwood and Bentley, Etruria Factory, England
Date: Circa 1775
Material: Black basalt stoneware
Marks: Wedgwood and Bentley Etruria mark
Dimensions: Each urn measures 8.75″ tall × 3.5″ diameter; 5″ across the handles.
Condition: Excellent
Price: $3,600 -
Wedgwood Egyptian Jug Decorated in Black Basalt and Rosso Antico
$1,100.00This Wedgwood Egyptian Revival ale jug commands attention through its dramatic decoration: a sphinx to either side of a firebird in flight, rendered in the spirit of Greek black figure painting, with carefully placed touches of white enamel that heighten contrast and precision.
The oviform black basalt body serves as the stage for this bold composition, where warm rosso antico figures advance sharply against the matte ground, creating a powerful interplay of silhouette and line.
Produced as a special edition for Woollard and Hattersly of Cambridge, the jug combines archaeological imagination with the disciplined refinement that defines Wedgwood’s mid-nineteenth-century Egyptian Revival work.
The rim and base are finished with rosso antico piping, which visually anchors the composition and reinforces its classical structure.
The form rises from a rounded foot and terminates in a pinched trefoil spout with a loop handle, compact yet substantial in the hand.
The impressed mark beneath reads “Wedgwood” and “The Egyptian Jug Sold Only by Woollard and Hattersly, Cambridge,” confirming both authorship and exclusivity.
Comparable examples are held in the Birmingham Museum of Art, Gift of Dwight and Lucille Beeson, 1982.185, and in the British Museum, 1385-6, titled “The Egyptian Jug.”
Dimensions: 6.5″ tall x 5.5″ deep x 5″ diameter
Condition: Excellent
Decoration: Egyptian Revival sphinxes flanking a firebird in rosso antico with white enamel highlights and rosso antico piping to rim and base
Material: Black basalt stoneware with rosso antico decoration
Style: Egyptian Revival
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1854 -
Antique Wedgwood Creamware Basket and Stand England Circa 1820
$460.00This elegant Wedgwood creamware basket retains its original matching stand, an increasingly difficult combination to find together.
Made in England circa 1820, both the basket and stand are decorated with matching pierced arcades highlighted by fine midnight brown slip borders, while the basket’s gracefully curved handles are accented in the same rich brown.
The body is decorated with crisply molded horizontal bands that contrast beautifully with the openwork borders.
Whether displayed empty or filled with flowers or fruit, the basket is equally attractive as a centerpiece or displayed on a shelf, mantel, or console.
Dimensions: Basket 4 inches tall x 9.25 inches long x 5 inches wide; stand 10.75 inches long x 8.75 inches wide
Condition: Very good with a few small kiln burns where the glaze did not fully cover during firing (see photographs).
Date: Circa 1820
Origin: Origin: Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Maker: Wedgwood
Material: Creamware
Decoration: Matching pierced arcades, midnight brown slip borders, crisply molded horizontal bands, and brown-accented handles -
Wedgwood 18th Century Pierced Creamware with Painted Decoration England C-1785
$580.00This Wedgwood pierced creamware dish was made at the Wedgwood factory in Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1785. The elegant piercings are hand-made. The cavetto is decorated with a band of eye-catching red up-down squiggles. The edge of the plate is decorated with a thin band of brown slip. The overall effect is exquisite! This plate is one of my favorites.
On the underside is the impressed mark “WEDGWOOD.”
Dimensions: 9″ in diameter
Condition: Excellent
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Pair of Wedgwood Pierced Creamware Dishes Hand Painted c. 1810
$600.00This pair of Wedgwood creamware dishes was made in England circa 1810.
Each dish has a diamond-shaped form with gently curving sides and a central design of finely pierced leaf forms.
The borders are hand-painted with a continuous band of colorful pansies in rich purple, yellow, and green.
The lively flowers provide a delightful contrast to the warm ivory-colored creamware.
A fine black line follows the outer edge, emphasizing the elegant shape of the dishes.The dishes were made to serve as drainers, allowing liquid to pass through the pierced openings when food was served.
The carefully arranged piercings create a beautiful, symmetrical pattern at the center of each dish, combining practical function with decorative refinement.Displayed together, the two dishes make a beautiful decorative pair, combining the refinement of Wedgwood creamware with the charm of early 19th-century hand-painted pottery.
Maker: Wedgwood
Mark: Both dishes impressed WEDGWOOD
Origin: Staffordshire, England
Date: Circa 1810
Material: Creamware (refined earthenware)
Decoration: Hand-painted pansies and pierced foliate designs
Dimensions: Each 11.25″ × 9.25″ × 2.5″ high
Condition: Excellent
Price: $600 for the pair
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