Creamware Transfer Printed Bowl Sailors Prayer 18thCent
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A rare 18th century Creamware black transfer printed bowl C 1760 with 3 bucolic scenes on the front. Lovers are talking, resting, and in company of a dog pledging their love. Dressed in 18th century fine clothing. Inside the bowl is printed within a cartouche:
From rocks and sands
and every ill
May God preserve
The Sailor still.
The bowl stands 3 1/2' and is 5 1/2" wide. the condition is excellent, there is a very slight hairline at 2 o'clock and a small chip to the rim at 10 o'clock. This is acceptable and I mention it only for accuracy. Transfer printed Creamware of this quality is rare and is usually in the hands of museums and a few collectors.
this is folk art at its best, and the sailor's prayer appears on later pottery on mugs, and tankards. Bowls are early and this is part of the history of England's naval power and its history.
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English Creamware 18th Century Transfer Printed Bowl
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Pre 1800 item# 334655
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What a pleasure it is for me to list this 18th century English Creamware Transfer printed bowl. I love these rare sentimental early English pieces of Creamware. This is really a museum quality piece and i use that description sparingly. The bowl is transfer printed on four sides. One transfer depicts people in a boat obviously going towards a ship. The reverse is printed with 3 women in 18th century dress, celebrating or seeing them off. Another transfer reads;
My love is fix'd
I cannot range
I like my Choice
Too well to change.
The other side reads;
Long may we live,
Happy may we be
Bleft with content,
and from misfortunes free.
I have had these verses rarely and never both on one piece. They are in the Old English spelling. I have seen them on mugs and teapots. The center of the bowl shows the points of a compass so it was obviously made for a sailor or to commerate service in the Royal Navy. The condition is excellent, the piece dates about 1760, and there is a hairline to the right inside the bowl. this is acceptable considering the age and rarity of this very special piece.
there are always things that dealers like to keep for themselves and this is one of those. By the way, the bowl stands 3 1/2" and is 6 1/2" wide.
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A delft plate C 1740 Liverpool
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Pre 1800 item# 311027
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For the lovers of delft and I am one, this is the best delft plate I have seen in a long time. The plate is blue and white and has an octagonal border which is very pretty. The plate is C 1740 and probably Liverpool. The delft plate is detailed with a bowl of flowers, oriental emblems including rhinoceros horn cups with ribbons. this oriental influence is correct for the period. The back of the plate is decorated with three simple scrolls.
The delft plate is 9" and the condition is excellent. No chips or crackling, no restoration. I show close ups of two very minor flakes on 2 of the octagonal sides. But considering its age, I have to say this is acceptable.
See Archer, pg 178 B1274 for a similar plate.
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Seaweed Mocha Creamware Mug, Rare
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Pre 1837 VR item# 309400
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This is one of the nicest and clearest mocha creamware mugs I've seen in a long time. Light blue, deeper blue and black bands and decoration on a creamware mug. the mug stands 3 1/2" tall and is perfect despite its age which is considerable. It dates 1820 and is unmarked as most mocha is. The name comes from the mocha stone or moss agate which the design resembles.
Mocha decoration is made by the potters using a mixture called "tea" that was put onto the slip while still damp. this caused the color to spread out like tree like fronds that contrasted with the white earthenware. An acidic solution formed patterns like tree,fern, shrub and seaweed. On some mocha pieces black rings were added as in this one.
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Staffordshire Creamware Sponge Decorated Mug
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Pre 1837 VR item# 309397
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A Staffordshire creamware sponge decorated mug with blue and red flowers seperated by narrow black bands on a cream ground. The sponge mug is creamware and is 3" tall. This creamware mug is early C 1820, and probably Llangly who did this type of sponge decoration. The mug is well proportioned and the condition is good. One flake to the rim a slight hairline to the inside, which is in the making. Appropriate wear to the bottom to be expected with its age. This mug is listed without reserve.
Sponge decoration was done by dipping a cut sponge into color and applying it to the ware. A single dip of color produced about 1 dozen decorations with gradations in shades; a good tip to avoid reproductions. This technique was invented in Scotland and brought to England about 1845. Spongeware was made mostly for export.
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A Staffordshire Child's Alphabet Mug Fishing Motif
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This is a wonderful old Creamware child's mug with a brown transfer showing 3 boys in a rowboat and dressed in 19th century costume. The letters of the alphabet are on each side of the transfer. The transfer is clear and without imperfections. These were made my laying a tissue thin paper on which the design was drawn over a blank mug or plate, the piece was fired and the design was transfered to the blank mug or plate. Then it was colored or painted whichever was to be done. glazed and sometimes painted again over the glaze.
Teaching aids for 19th century children these are highly valued and in demand today. this is a excellent example of the best of the children's category. the mug dates 1840 and is perfect. Three inches tall and 3" wide. the condition is excellent. A great gift for the fishing enthusiast.
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Staffordshire Feeding cup
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Pre 1837 VR item# 304524
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This is a very pretty Staffordshire feeding cup dating 1840. The condition is perfect. It is painted in colored enamels with flowers, all within gilt line borders. The bowl is 6" from spout to end and is 2 1/2" tall. These were used when a member of the houshold was ill with flu and all houses had them. Infants were fed from a similar type of bowl called a pap boat. Very collectable now, this is a very pretty one.
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A Staffordshire Tobacco Jar
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This is a real treat. Its a tobacco jar in the form of the English Lion with the flag of Brittania and the words English Lion at the base. The lion is a cream color at the bottom and changes to yellor and then to an almost orange color for the mane. The jar is perfect, no repairs or chips and the face and figure are well formed. there are some paint losses to the sides of the head, which is where the head would be lifted to fill the pipe, so these losses make sense. A touch of paint if it bothers you, but I wouldn't touch it.
He's very handsome and is 7" tall and 4 3/4 at the base. His paw is over the flag and this is a very nice piece of pottery. I date this one late 19th century about 1885.
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A Childs Transfer Plate For A Good Boy
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This is one of the most charming childrens plates i have ever had and I have had a few. the size of a cup plate and done in a clear brown transfer the plate shows 2 boys in 18th century dress, one of they riding a sheepdog. the transfer reads For A good boy. Three and 1/2" of charm and nostalgia with this little treasure. I believe this plate to date pre 1800.
Childrens plates were made in 44 different sizes and I belive this plate was not part of a set but made as a token of affection, commonly given to English children as rewards of merit. The transfer is a this tissue like sheet of paper which was transferred to the plate and fired. then the basic color was added. If addidional colors were used thenthe plate was fired again. In a seminar I took with Geoffrey Godden he said that 10,000 lbs of coal was needed to fire the kiln to a temperature to fire the plate. Lots of work going into these little trinkets. They were often decorated by women and children.
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A Sunderland Lustre Tureen, Ladle and Stand
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This is a beautiful two handled covered tureen, tray and ladle all in perfect condition with no chips or flakes. this is another of what I call cabinet pieces, pieces which were admired but seldom used. The tureen dates 1860. Lustre decoration was used in english pottery from the early 19th century and different metals are used to achieve the various colors. Pink lustre comes from " purple of cassis"
Sunderland lustre is done on a white body and to achieve the splash effect oil was sprayed on the wet lustre. the oil expanded in the firing to form bubbles and splashes. Factories who used this technique were Southwick, dixon & austin,and Bails. Most lustre was produced in Newcastle on Tyne.
The set stands 9 " and is 11" wide. I have taken seperate pictures of the pieces so that you can see the condition.
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