Georgian Serving Bowls

This is a very rare square dish from the famous "Earl of Camden" service made by the Derby Porcelain Company in 1795. The service was painted with typical English roses by William Billingsley, one of Britain's most famous painters, and responsible for exactly this type of rose painting on British porcelain. There are more items available in this pattern, see separate listings. To keep these items together we'd be happy to offer a discount on multiple purchases - please ask! The Derby Porcelain Company, later called Royal Crown Derby, is currently the oldest British porcelain factory still in production. The Derby pottery was one of the most prominent potteries right from the start of English porcelain production in the mid 1700s to today, and the factory went through many iterations. In the 1820s, it was called "Bloor Derby" as it came under the ownership of Robert Bloor; this factory later closed but its legacy was continued under the ownership of a group of employees, and later this was merged into a new factory called Royal Crown Derby, which is still in operation today and still carries forward some of the oldest patterns that have made it famous over the centuries. William Billingsley was a brilliant but notoriously difficult man who left behind a trail of debts, broken hearts and mystery - but he was also one of the most important people in the history British porcelain. Billingsley revolutionised the way British decorators painted flowers; he added a freedom and artistry that now singles out British flower painting, and he created a new technique for painting roses, which you can see in this design. Billingsley worked at Derby, Worcester and Mansfield. He also set up his own potteries in Pinxton and Nantgarw and created some of the best porcelain ever made, but racking up great debts, before running off in the dead of night and ending his days at Coalport painting flowers. Items painted by William Billingsley are rare and very much in demand - together with Thomas Baxter's work they are probably among the most desired pieces of British porcelain. The Earl of Camden service was a huge service ordered by Lady Camden in 1795. It had to be produced under great, and unrealistic, time pressure and was notoriously late, much to Lady Camden's chagrin. She wanted the service to be produced by only the best artisans and therefore William Billingsley was tasked with painting all items - but it is thought that when it was clear the deadline was impossible to make, he enlisted the help of John Brewer for some of the last items, such as the ice pails. This plate shows the typical "Billingsley" roses: a beautiful naturally flowing garland of English roses interspersed with buds, trailing around a crisp gilt ribbon. The way the roses link into each other, the way each individual one is completely different, the light effects achieved by rubbing out some of the pink paint, and the very fine buds and foliage all point to these being from Billingsley's hand. This dish came together with a plate that bears labels that point to a rich provenance: the Doris Wheatley Collection, the Daniel Collection, Derek Gardner...

This is a very good antique large Dinner Plate, made by the Derby factory, hand painted and gilded in the beautiful Partridge Pattern, duri...

Irish Glass Fold Over Rim Pedestal Bowl, 1800-10 A Fine Irish pedestal bowl with hand blown bowl and pressed glass lemon squeezer foot. The turned over...

We are delighted to offer this spectacular Georgian solid silver tazza/bowl made by Charles Reily & George Storer in London, 1835. Featuring an except...

This is a beautiful oval dish or stand made by Flight in Worcester probably around the year 1785. The dish is decorated with a mazarine and gilt rim and has beautiful hand painted fl...

Set of 2 matching antique British Georgian Wrythen glass bowls. Dating from the turn of the late 18th /early 19th century, circa 1800. Textured ribbed...

Reference : The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain Volume One,1751-1851 (John Sandon, 1993) page 113 Sandon concludes that pieces of this nature were either caudle or chocolate cup...

Georgian Silver Sauceboat Newcastle 1774 John Langlands 1st The plain bodied sauceboat on three shell knuckle legs, plain body, everted upper border, foliate capped double scroll han...

Dutch Delft Savoy cabbage Tromp L'oeil bowl, Circa 1755-65 The Dutch Delft (tin-glazed earthenware) bowl is in the form of a Savoy cabbage with the interior well painted in underglaze blue and white with a scene of a stone or brick farmstead by the water's edge with thatched roofs. In the middle-ground, off to the left, are two sailing ships and other buildings off into the background. The cabbage bowl...

An elegant Antique George IV solid Silver Bowl or Dish with a shaped rectangular form. This Dish is decorated with a elaborate chased floral and scroll design and has complementary o...

This is a rare dish made by Worcester around 1770 in their 1st or "Dr Wall" period. It was originally a stand for a chestnut basket but it serves beautifully in its own right. Wor...

A magnificent Antique Victorian Silver Dish Ring with matching Bowl / Dish created in the typical antique Irish Georgian Silver Dish Rings. This a particularly fine example with a go...