Vintage Small Brass Thistle Jug - 871817

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Small and heavy cast brass jug in the shape of a Scottish thistle with an ornate handle. Marked on the base "Reg No 871817 Britain". I have seen these dated variously as antique or 1953 but I am afraid I am unable to be more precise.

5.5cm x 5cm (dia)

Weight incl packaging: 250g

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Round Trinket Jar - Autumn Fruit and Nut - Sadler

Mid-sized, round trinket box by Sadler. It's the same pattern as once used by Palissy and is a pair of apples, gooseberries and redcurrants on the lid, with berries and walnuts around the side of the base. It's late era Sadler with the embossed mark on the base and apart from a little bit of crazing it's in excellent condition.

9.5cm x 7cm (h)

Weight incl packaging: 600g sp

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Vintage Small Lidded Trinket Box - Fruit - Royal Worcester Palissy

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Small, six sided trinket box from the Fruit range by Palissy, this one being an apple, gooseberry and redcurrant design on the lid and various fruit and nuts around the pot sides (the same design later being used by Sadler). This item dates from between 1958 when Palissy became part of Royal Worcester Group and 1976 when RW merged with Spode. It's in excellent condition with only a tiny speck of gold missing from around the rim.

8.5cm x 4.5cm

Weight incl packaging: 300g

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Vintage Double Woven Basket Dish with Fruit - W.H. Goss - Collectable

Vintage cream coloured double dish in the shape of a pair of baskets with a handpainted orange on one edge and a bunch of different coloured berries opposite. It's by WH Goss but in the post sale period of 1930 - 1938. It's faintly crazed and there are a couple of stains beneath the glaze but otherwise it's in very good condition and would make a good addition to any collection.

16.5cm x 13cm x 3cm

Weight Including Packaging: 400g

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Vintage Rington's Tea Petit Pierre Vase - Crown Ducal

Dating from the 1950s/60s this is a mid-sized urn type vase featuring "Petit Pierre", a young street urchin, produced by Crown Ducal for Rington's Tea. It has the Rington's emblem on the base and bar a few dark marks inside is in excellent condition.

15.5cm x 11cm

Weight incl packaging: 1.2kg.

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Antique Large Langley Ware Brown Lidded Jug - Lovatt's Langley Mill

Absolutely beautiful large brown earthenware jug by Lovatt's of Langley Mill. It has a strainer at the spout and an additional one in the lid so could also pass muster as a teapot. From the marks on the base and with reference to a Lovatt's collector's site it has a probable date of 1905, which if true makes its condition - mint or museum quality - remarkable.

22cm x 17cm (across handle)

Weight with packaging - in excess of 2kg

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Vintage 12 piece Cup and Saucer Set - Palissy Red Maple

Fantastic complete set of six cups and saucers in the green version of the Red Maple design by Palissy. They are also in the original box. The probable manufacturing date for this set is early 1950s. Palissy is often difficult to date with a lot of deliberate misleads but this would chime well with what the previous owner told me as he thought they had been in his family for at least 50 years. Bar some crazing to each item the general condition is excellent. I haven't found any chips or cracks and the previous owner tells me the box was rarely opened let alone used. The box itself is faded and cracked at the corners but internally it's fine with all slots in place and it holds the cups and saucers very securely.

Cup: 7.5cm (h) x 6.5cm (8.5cm with handle)

Saucers: 13cm

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Vintage Studio Pottery Vase - Gansey Pottery, Isle of Man

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Interesting small wide vase from Gwen Foulger's Gansey Pottery on the Isle of Man, one of the few that takes some of its clay from the sea It's a mottled beige on the outside, speckled sky blue on the inside and shaped a bit like a pint beer glass but shorter and wider. It's in pretty good condition although crazed on the inside towards the bottom. The mark on the base is more of a blown bubble than a chip and looks to be original. I have no idea of the age, it could be anything up to 50 years old.

13cm x 10cm

Weight Incl packaging: 1kg

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Large Vintage Green Jug/Ewer - Celtic Ceramics/Kilrush Pottery

Very large angular jug/ewer made by Celtic Ceramics in the 1960s/1970s. Although it's Irish made it has definite German influences which is not surprising as the pottery was Irish/German owned. It ceased production 30 years ago so these are increasingly rare. There is a little bit of crazing and there are a couple of little casting flaws but no damage and condition is otherwise excellent.

This is a very bulky item and I would prefer local pick up as it is not something I feel entirely confident in trusting to a shipping service. I will post but it will be around £13.10 for Parcelforce so please ask if you wish to take the risk. If the buyer is within a reasonable distance it is possible I could deliver for the equivalent postage cost.

28cm (h) x 22cm max diameter

Weight incl packaging: 3.5kg

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Antique Engraving of Manchester Free Trade Hall - AW Scott

A framed and mounted print of the world renowned Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Now a hotel, it's past home of the Hallé Orchestra and venue for some of the most famous rock performances of all times, including Bob Dylan's "Judas" gig and The Sex Pistols' seminal 1976 performance in the lesser Free Trade Hall. It's by AW Scott, the engraving is initialled "EJW". Similar listings claim the original date to be 1898 and the provenance to be "Our Own Country Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial" Published by Cassell and Co. Ltd, although this book was actually mentioned in a Spectator article of 1880 so there's an immediate anomaly! Late 19th Century it is then. The plate is coloured although I cannot tell whether this is original and is annotated "Free Trade Hall, Manchester". There's also a plate or page number, 25. It's framed in a good quality gilded plain frame with wire and eyes and apart from a little edge of the backing tape peeling away the whole item is in excellent condition.

32cm x 27cm

Weight incl packaging: 1kg

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Vintage Gold Lustre Milk Jug - Price and Kensington - Hamilton

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Vintage milk/cream jug in gold lustre finish by Price and Kensington. It's the Hamilton pattern and is also numbered 1228 on the base. In largely excellent condition with only one small spot near the front of the base where the gilding has slightly worn away.

14cm x 7.5cm (h) x 9cm

Weight incl packaging: 600g

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Unusual Vintage Earthenware Wine Bottle - JM da Fonseca - Portugal

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Interesting and unusual wine bottle from Jose Maria da Fonseca of Portugal. They are well known for their Lancers brand that comes in ceramic bottles but this is a full blown earthenware one. Use as an ornament or add a drizzler and use for olive oil. It's in excellent condition.

Measurements: 22cm x 10cm

Weight with packaging: approx 1.8kg. UK bidders only.

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Large Studio Pottery Charger - Porthmadog Pottery

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Beautiful handpainted charger from Porthmadog Pottery in Wales. Lovely blues and aquamarines in a rosette pattern and signed on the back with what looks like "D.Chishom". Beautiful condition.

32cm diameter.

Weight once packed securely is going to be around 3kg. Pick up preferred for obvious reasons!

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Vintage Yellow and Red Cheese/Butter Cloche - SylvaC - 2327

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Unusual and fairly rare cheese/butter cloche dating, I think, from the 1940s/50s by SylvaC. Rhubarb and custard coloured with a yellow dish and maroon lid, both decorated with white wavy lines. The dish is marked on the base with the mould number, 2327. In very good condition. There is some crazing to the dish and there's a hairline crack near one corner of around 3cm long although this doesn't appear to be too bad as its discolouration would indicate it's been there for a while without any problems. There is a drip in the glaze near one bottom corner of the cloche and this gives the appearance of being cracked but I think this is an original fault. Condition otherwise is fine, colours are still bright.

20cm x 14cm (w) x 10cm

Weight incl packaging: 1200g UK Bidders only.

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Vintage Large White BonBon Basket - SylvaC 1829

Plain white bon bon basket by SylvaC, pattern number 1829. Lovely art nouveau lines (although considerably later!) with nice textured surface to the basket and smooth handle. The pattern number and a number 4 plus Made in England are impressed on the base, SYLVAC being stamped on. Apart from crazing, which could be deliberate crackle glaze, it's in excellent condition.

22cm x 12cm x 10cm

Weight, incl packaging 1kg

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Dragonfly and Rushes Stoneware Planter - Studio Pottery

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Very nice studio pottery designed stoneware planter. It features an appliquéd reedmace and dragonfly design with an all-over light grey wash glaze. There is a small round stamp on the base but we've been unable to work it out. Condition is excellent.

10.5cm x 10.5 cm

Weight incl packaging: 900g

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Vintage Posy/Candy Basket - Crown Ducal/A.G. Richardson

Typical Crown Ducal posy or candy basket, pale green on the outside, yellow inside. Can't date this accurately, it's a common pattern, 2, produced in a variety of colours and over a while. It's in great condition though with no chips, cracks or marks.

16cm x 14cm x 11cm

Weight with packaging: approx 800g.

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Vintage Studio Pottery Three Cornered Bowl - Saul, Ventnor

Vintage mustard coloured three pointed bowl, pattern number 25, from Saul Brothers of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Very 70s. Great condition although there is a small chip on the base (see pic).

11cm x 5cm (h)

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Vintage German Jug

This is a vintage German jug/vase. I have no idea of the maker or date as the base just says "Germany 557". This could easily be from any era - some manufacturers' marks took no notice of partition but the design suggests 50s/60s. It's quite striking, with a run brown/damson glaze over white with a spot of bright orange and green on the handle.

15.5cm (h) x 9cm (h)

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Vintage Art Deco Pewter Tea Set by Craftsman, Sheffield

An Art Deco three-piece tea set by Craftsman of Sheffield. It comprises a squat oriental, magic lamp style tea pot, milk/cream jug and a sugar bowl. They are of a hammered finish, each with a studded band around the waist. The pot has an ornate Bakelite handle and knob. All items are in pretty good condition with the jug having only the most minor bumps, dents and scratches. The bowl is slightly flattened around its waist for about 1.5cm but is otherwise very good. The pot is also in very good condition although the base has suffered a few knocks. This is quite normal as pewter will become malleable with heat and as this has been used many times (tannin stains inside attest to this) it goes without saying that the hot surfaces will doubtless be more prone to some distortion. This may also explain why the handle is slightly off-kilter by a degree or so. Despite this it appears sound; I can't see any cracks and I have tested it with cold water which didn't reveal any leaks. The Craftsman mark was used by Viner's between 1926 and 1939 so this set can be considered a genuine vintage piece and consequently any marks and damage are consistent with its age.

All measurements approx:
Pot: 12cm tall, max diameter incl handle: 24cm
Jug: 7cm tall, 11.5 cm, max diameter,
Sugar bowl: 8cm tall, 13.5 cm max diameter incl handles.

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