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Item Ships From: England
Rare Pair of Irish Silver Sauce Boats Dublin 1772 by Richard Williams
By Richard Williams
Located in Cornwall, GB
A very fine and important pair of heavy Irish silver sauce boats of typical form. The body heavily embossed and chased with floral and foliage desig...
Category
1770s British George III Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Meissen German Weiss Porcelain Garden Bird Figure
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a collection of white and blanc de chine figures we are pleased to offer this fine German porcelain figure of a garden bird by renowned maker Meissen ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Gucci Solid Sterling Silver Lion
s Paw Letter Opener
By Gucci
Located in Bath, GB
I have only ever had one other of these and it was silver over bronze; I was amazed to find this heavy solid silver example fully marked "925" on the underside and signed by the famo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
1930s Art Deco Tropical Style Ceramic Jug by Burleigh Ware, Burgess
Leigh
By Burgess
Leigh
Located in Glasgow, GB
A highly decorative Art Deco ceramic jug by Burleigh Ware, produced by Burgess & Leigh in England around the 1930s. This striking example of tropical revival style merges bold form w...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Manual Coffee Grinder, German, Oak, Rotary Bean Mill, Art Deco, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage manual coffee grinder. A German, oak and brass rotary bean mill, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.
Appealing, tactile German example in working order
Disp...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Silver Toast Rack, 4 Slice Breakfast Bread Stand With Handle Sheffield
Located in Wembley, GB
English Silver-Plated Toast Rack, Art Deco Style, Sheffield, Circa 1930s
A charming English silver-plated four-slice toast rack, finely crafted in Sheffield during the early 20th cen...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
$320 Sale Price
35% Off
Set of 24 Silver Underplates
Located in London, GB
Set of 24 silver underplates
Continental, 20th Century
Height 1.5cm, diameter 30cm
This very refined set of twenty-four underplates (also called charger plates) was crafted in the...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
$30,294 / set
Moser Large Pair Amethyst Pedestal Glass Vases with Chinese Designs
By Moser Glassworks
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and large pair Moser amethyst glass vases with gilded chinoiserie patterns dating from around 1910. These tall glass vases Stand on...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Art Deco Karl Palda Glass Decanter Set with 6 Matching Glasses, circa 1930
By Karl Palda
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish Art Deco decanter set comprising decanter, stopper and six glasses. Really attractive shaped to this set, ideal for shots, whiskey and liqueurs. Free from damage, just o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
Antique George III Quality Copper Kettle
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality copper kettle having an oval shaped copper kettle with a shaped handle and spout
Dimensions:
Height 24 cm
Width 26 cm
Depth 16 cm
Dated 1800
Category
19th Century English George III Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper
XL Murano Glass Round Fruit Bowl Table Plate Yellow Brown Italian Vintage 1970s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in London, GB
A large handblown Murano glass fruit bowl measuring at 45cm diameter from the 1970s space age period with its UFO-like silhouette.
Its wide, shallow dish gently slopes upward, crea...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Silver Toilet Set for the Duke of Parma by Josef Carl Klinkosch
By Josef Carl Klinkosch
Located in London, GB
Antique silver toilet set for the Duke of Parma by Josef Carl Klinkosch
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Largest (mirror): Height 57cm, width 53cm, depth 4cm, depth when open 36cm
Case: Height 21cm, width 60cm, depth 66cm
Crafted by Josef Carl Klinkosch (Austrian, 1822-1888), the imperial silversmith to Emperor Franz Joseph (1830-1916) and Empress Sisi...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Spode Three Georgian Imari Pattern 967 Decorated Porcelain Plates
By Spode
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine set of three Georgian Imari pattern decorated porcelain cabinet plates by Spode and dating from around 1810. The small side plates are of...
Category
1810s English George III Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Sarreguemines Majolica Seaweed and Shell Barbotine Oyster Plate
By Sarreguemines
Located in London, GB
Creating a wonderful display for Oysters or sea food this French Majolica oyster plate in lustrous deep colouring, but the well thought of maker Sarreguemines, circa 1890. Six scall...
Category
1890s French French Provincial Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Rare sterling silver caviar dish made by Garrard
Co. in 1968
By Garrard
Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Crafted by Garrard & Co. and hallmarked in London in 1968, this sterling silver caviar dish is a refined example of mid-century British silver. The form draws on the shape of a class...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Piero Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni Lina Cavalieri Torso Porcelain Plate
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
Vintage Italian porcelain plate by Piero Fornasetti (Italian 1913-1988) decorated with the face of his muse, Lina Cavalieri, printed on a nake...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Patrick Mavros Solid Silver Set Of Four Novelty Animal Coffee Spoons
By Patrick Mavros
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A set of four Patrick Mavros solid silver coffee spoons, each topped with a finely cast figure of an African animal: a chameleon, leopard, elephant, and hippopotamus. The spoons are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Other England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Vintage Sterling Silver Candlesticks by Gerrard
Co Ltd
By Garrard
Co. Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive set of four of vintage English sterling silver candlesticks made by Garrard
Co Ltd; an addition to our antique candle holder collection.
These fine and impressive vintage sterling silver candlesticks have a circular panelled form, in the antique George V style.
The plain panelled capital of each retains the original hallmarked detachable push fit sconce, ornamented with a moulded border to the rim.
The capitals are supported by a plain tapering panelled column, encircled with circular knops.
The lower portion of each column features a plain rounded knop to a spreadingbase.
Each of these impressive sterling silver candle holders have filled bases and bear green baize coverings to the undersides.
These impressive candlesticks were crafted by the renowned silversmiths Garrard
Co Ltd.
Condition
These vintage silver candle holders...
Category
1970s English Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Set of Five German Pewter Defregger Beer Stein Decorative Cup Bowl
Located in Wembley, GB
A set of Antique Five German Pewter Defregger Beer Stein Decorative Cup Bowl decorative objects , decorative beer cup or beer glass with lid, pressed, cast and chased. Circular, curv...
Category
1950s German Rococo Revival Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver, Pewter
$1,559 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Horn Beaker or Stirrup Cup with Internal Copper and Glass Base Made in England
Located in London, GB
A beautiful decorative Horn Beaker or cup with wonderful decorative markings, benefitting from and interior copper and silver or tin lining interior sleeve...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper, Silver, Tin
Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set with Tray
By Mappin
Webb
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver Art Deco café au lait set with matching tray; an addition to our collectable teaware collection
This exceptional vintage George VI sterling silver café au lait set consists of a coffee jug, hot milk jug and covered sugar bowl, with matching tray.
Each piece of this vintage silver service...
Category
1950s British Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Port Decanter, English, Cut Glass, Silver, Sherry, Hallmark, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Port decanter. An English, cut glass and silver collared sherry or spirit vessel, hallmarked for 1952.
Elegant mid-century decanter with strong drawing room or buf...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Czech Kralik Art Deco Tropical Elephant
Landscape Cameo Glass Vase circa 1925
By Wilhelm Kralik Sohn
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Super Kralik acid cut back cased - cameo vase - in deep red cased over clear, depicting an exotic tropical scene with a spectacular rampaging Elephant with olive trees and fronds, w...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Table Bell
By Ludwig Neresheimer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver figural table bell; an addition to our range of ornamental silverware.
This exceptional antique Edwardian cast sterling silver table bell...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Betjemann’s Coromandel Miniature 3 Bottle Tantalus 19th Century
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian coromandel and silver plated three decanter Betjemann’s patent action tantalus, Circa 1870 in date.
The bottles each with hobnail cut decoration a...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Three 19th Century Cobalt Blue Glass Decanters or Serving Bottles c1860
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, GB
Three 19th Century Cobalt Blue Glass Decanters or Serving Bottles c1860 for display purposes. These rare bottles have a unique look with the...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Art Nouveau Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
$385 Sale Price / item
56% Off
Decorative Ceramic Tray by Charles René Neveux for Cerenne Workshop, c. 1950s
By Charles René Neveux
Located in London, GB
Mid-century ceramic hors d'oeuvres tray by Charles René Neveux for Cerenne Workshop (circa 1950s). This rare ceramic with abstract motif is signed by Neveux himself. A tomato-red base is complemented by a yellow repeating pattern at the edges and a dash of turquoise from the abstract in the recess of the tray. An eye-catching piece from the South of France. When it was created, the 1955 film, Et Dieu Créa la Femme...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
$349 Sale Price
27% Off
Unusual Vintage Melon Shaped Glazed Art Pottery Jug
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning quality vintage melon shaped streak glazed art pottery jug, possibly Scandinavian and believed to date from the mid-century or earlier. The stoneware jug stands on a narro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Stoneware
Exquisite and Complete French 19th century Cave à Liqueur Drinks Box
Located in London, GB
An Exquisite and Complete French Ormolu-Mounted Cave à Liqueur
The frame of gilded bronze with well cast and hand-chased details; the sides and top set with bevelled glass panels; s...
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique Victorian Staffordshire Dogs
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire dogs having matching
brown and white coats, collars & padlocks.
Both of these charming seated Spani...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
17th Century Dutch Delft Snuff / Patch Box
By Delft
Located in Basildon, GB
17th Century Dutch Delft Snuff / Patch Box, decorated scrolls flowers and a possible scene of the Nativity. Base is white with crown and makers mark.
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Delft
1894 Mikado Porcelain, Bone China, Blue White Gild border Set of 4 Dinner Plates
Located in Worcester Park, GB
This image shows the back of a plate with a "MIKADO ENGLAND" set of 4 dinner plates, pieces of the Royal Crown Derby's Mikado collection.
The Mikado pattern was designed in 1894 by ...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ceramic Teapot Elephant shape Celadon Glaze, Mid 20th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese handcrafted ceramic teapot with an elephant shape and a celadon glaze, which we date to the 20th century, circa 1930s.
The Teapot is handcrafted of a heavy ceram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
A 1960s Val Saint Lambert crystal and silver plated champagne bucket
By Val Saint Lambert
Located in London, GB
A 1960s Val Saint Lambert crystal and silver plated champagne bucket, with ring handles on each side.
There is also a matching Ice bucket with grabbers (not included with this) but ...
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Neoclassical Sterling Silver Teapot
Stand - Hallmarked in 1793 - Henry Chawner
By Henry Chawner
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1793 by Henry Chawner, this handsome, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot & Stand, is oval in shape, and feature...
Category
1790s English George III Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Sterling Silver
Charming DeSimone, Italy, Small Hexagonal Ceramic Plate c1960
By DeSimone
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delightful small hexagonal ceramic plate by DeSimone of Italy
Creatively decorated with a hand painted woman in a grape hat and edged with a sea green stippled rim
Circa 1960's
Signe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
Walker
Hall 1926 Sterling Silver Napkin Rings
By Walker
Hall
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique George V English sterling silver napkin rings, boxed; part of our dining silverware collection.
These exceptional antique George ...
Category
1920s British Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Original Art Deco Ceramic Vase by Keith Murray, C.1930
By Keith Murray
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely shaped and good size cream / pale yellow ceramic vase made by Wedgwood.
Designed by Keith Murray
Makers marks and facsimile signature on base
Tiny imperfection to the rim o...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Henri Delcourt French Art Deco Porcelain Figural Bonbonnerie
By Henri Delcourt Boulogne
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and finely made French art deco porcelain lidded bonbonnerie formed as a flapper girl dating from around 1930. The bonbonnerie is of...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pair of English Old Sheffield Plate Wine Coolers 18th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptional pair of antique English Old Sheffield Plate, silver on copper, wine coolers, circa 1780 in date.
The wine coolers stand on widespread circular pedestal bases...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver, Copper
Staffordshire Pottery Flatback Model of Balmoral Castle
By Staffordshire
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
The hollow potted castle is mounted on a long oval shaped base molded in relief with swirl patterning with a raised molded banner reading BALMORAL CASTLE...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Guangxu Hand Painted Millefleur Porcelain Saucer Dish
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Chinese Guangxu mark and period porcelain dish hand painted with a millefleur design dating between 1875 and 1908. The small rounded dish h...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Edwardian Mahogany
Brass Tantalus With A Set of Three Square Glass Decanters
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Edwardian Mahogany & Brass Tantalus With A Set of Three Square Cut Glass Decanters With Cut Glass Stoppers & Brass Decorative Elements
Features A Pl...
Category
19th Century British Edwardian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Glass Plate "Ondines" René Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in London, GB
A highly visual and attractive Art Deco glass plate with raised pattern of swirling sea nymphs exhibiting excellent deep sky blue opalescence and ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
Chinese Kangxi period Porcelain Plate Kakiemon-Imari decoration, Qing Ca 1690
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautifully hand painted Chinese Export porcelain Plate from the Qing, Kangxi period, 1662-1722.
The plate is finely potted with a carefully cut base rim and a lovely rich...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique George III Quality Copper Kettle
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality copper kettle having a quality antique George III copper kettle with a shaped handle and spout with a lift off lid.
Measures: H 28.5 x W 26 x D 22cm
D...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Copper
Doulton Burslem Art Deco Silver Mounted Coffee Cup Set
By Doulton Burslem
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and exceptional Doulton Burslem Art Deco silver mounted coffee cup set complete with saucer and original spoon and dated 1929. The porcelain tr...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Set of TWO (B) Georgian Masons Ironstone Desert Plates Basket Japan Ptn, Ca 1818
By Mason
s Ironstone
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good set of TWO early desert plates, all in the Basket Japan pattern, made by Mason's Ironstone, Lane Delph, England and dating to circa 1815-1820.
The plates are well pot...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ironstone
French Art Nouveau Red and Clear Signed Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase circa 1920
By Émile Gallé
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Beautiful signed French Art Nouveau Emile Gallé botanical cameo vase depicting flowers in reds over frosted clear. A good size; the oval profile vase has ...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Empoli Green glass carafe
By Biot
Located in London, GB
A fabulous small French green handblown glass vase.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Champagne Cooler Ice Bucket 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a gorgeous vintage nickelplated champagne cooler dating from the late 20th century.
It is engraved Cuvee De Prestige Champagne Du Louvois boldly on to the side.
The cooler...
Category
Late 20th Century England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Nickel
Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Oval Plate, Neoclassical Relief Design
By Wedgewood
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Elevate your collection with this exquisite vintage Wedgwood Jasperware oval plate, a timeless piece that embodies the artistry and craftsmanship of one of Britain’s most celebrated ...
Category
1960s English Neoclassical Vintage England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ceramic
18thC Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Famille Rose, Qing Ca 1780
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hand painted Chinese export bowl from the late 18th century, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1736-1795. We date this piece to...
Category
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, French, Mouth Blown Glass Cloche,
1422
Located in Hook, Hampshire
19th Century French mouth blown glass cloche (1422)
19th Century French mouth blown glass cloche (1422). Beautiful original late 19th Century mouth blown glass cloche from France. T...
Category
19th Century French Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Glass
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Mount Parnassus
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Figural Group of Apollo and the Nine Muses on Mount Parnassus.
Comprised of sixteen interlocking parts. Apollo standing holding a lyre and with Pegasus besides a tree, atop a rocky outcrop detailed with foliage and waterfalls above nine goddesses:
Calliope, seated and shown writing, representing eloquence and epic poetry.
Clio, seated with an open book and blowing a trumpet, representing history.
Erato, seated and holding a kithara, representing science and the arts
Euterpe, seated and holding a flute, representing music.
Melpomene, seated holding a knife and with one hand to her head, representing tragedy.
Thalia, seated and holding aloft mask, representing comedy and idyllic poetry.
Urania, seated with telescope and globe, representing astronomy and astrology,
Polyhymnia, standing with one hand raised and holding a book, representing sacred poetry.
Terpsichore, standing, representing dance.
Each piece exceptionally finely detailed and painted. The base portions with rocaille edges. On a later black polished wooden base.
Multiple blue crossed swords marks. Each piece titled to underside.
German, Circa 1880.
Mount Parnassus, is a spur of the Pindus Mountains in central Greece and was sacred to the ancient Greeks and in mythology to Apollo, the god of music and poetry and of the Sun and light. Mount Parnassus the mythical centre of poetry, music, and learning in ancient Greece was a popular theme in Barqoue and Rococo art, often substitutable with Athena’s arrival at Mount Helicon from the fifth book of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, where she asks the Muses to show her the new spring which gushed forth from the spot where Pegasus “with his hoof of horn opened the earth” (V, 250-260).
Here, the mountain, formed from rugged rock cliffs, culminates in a plateau on which the youthful Apollo stands and plays the lyre. The Castalian spring flows from beneath Pegasus’ hoof, representing the source of inspiration and attracting the nine muses, who embody the arts and inspire creation through song, music, and dance.
Mount Parnassus was created at the Meissen porcelain manufactory as a table centrepiece and an earlier version, apparently with only five muses, is listed in the inventory of the pastry shop of the Meissen manufactory manager and cabinet minister Heinrich Graf Brühl in 1753. The storage in the pastry shop of approximately 3,000 objects and dishes, including many individual parts for centrepieces, is related to their function as table decorations, replacing decorations previously made by the confectioner from perishable materials such as sugar or wax.
The purpose of this table decoration was as a feast for the eyes to accompany the feast of the banquet. The sculptural figurines often depicted a particular theme, with characters drawn from theatre and opera, from classical mythology or pastoral idylls. Allegories and mythological themes, such as the glorification of fine arts, were also popular. Stylistically, Mount Parnassus fits Kändler’s style of the 1740s, and was sold by Brühl in 1762 to Frederick the Great of Prussia who used mythology as a means of self-expression and had already ordered individual figures of Apollo and the Muses as table decorations in 1744. Today it is in the Museum of Applied Arts, Frankfurt (inv. no. M.L. 41). There is another version of Mount Parnassus, from the collection of Prince Alexander Dolgorukoff, in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.
The present version dates to the second half of the nineteenth century when there was a great revival of Kändler rococo figurines which were reissued and a “Second Rococo”. Another nineteenth century example is in the collection of the Museo Francesco Borgogna, Italy (inv. 1906, XIII, 19-20). These nineteenth century versions were made by the Meissen factory using Kändler's period models. It is recorded that a new version of Mount Parnassus, dating to the 1880s, was part of the Royal Porcelain collection in Dresden:
'In the porcelain collection there is a new version from the 1880s based on the old models, the largest group of this genre, the Parnassus, which shows the named muses all around on the lower part of the rock, each practising their own art, while on the top there is Apollo with the lyre and next to it the Castalian spring rises from the hoofbeat of Pegasus. Each figure is executed individually with its rocky background, and all the pieces are then fitted together, as we have already seen in his earlier, larger compositions. The rock pieces are finished off like a pedestal at the bottom with Rococo ornaments.' (Jean Louis Sponsel, Kabinettstücke der Meissner Porzellan-manufaktur von Johann Joachim Kändler, Leipzig, 1900, pp. 203-204).
Kunst und kunsthandwerk; monatsschrift herausgegeben vom Österreichischen museum fuer kunst und industrie, Vienna, 1894, v.7 pt.1, p.133.
Kari Berling, Das Meißner Porzellan und seine Geschichte. Leipzig 1900, S. 99, 187-200.
Helmuth Gröger, Johann Joachim Kaendler. Dresden, 1956.
Peter W Meister, Franz Adrian Dreier, Figürliche Keramik aus zwei Jahrtausenden. Kat Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt. Frankfurt 1964, Nr. 90.
Rainer Rückert, Meißener Porzellan, 1710-1810. Kat. Ausst. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München. München 1966.
Stefan Bursche, Tafelzier des Barock. München 1974, Abb. 300.
"Tafelaufsatz, Der Parnass", Auswahlkatalog, Museum für Kunsthandwerk (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1987, pp. 86-87.
Alfred Ziffer, ‘Meissener Porzellanplastik für fürstliches Interieur und Zeremoniell’, Keramos, Issue 241/242, pp. 29–52.
MEISSEN
The production of Meissen porcelain began in 1710 at the manufactory at Meissen...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Fratelli
Toso Millefiori Glass Vase, 20th Century
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage Italian Murano twin handled millefiori vase by Fratelli & Toso. The hand blown glass vase stands on a clear glass petal shaped foot each impressed with a grid patte...
Category
20th Century Italian England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Large Antique Austrian Silver and Glass Garniture by Schwarz
Steiner
By Schwarz
Steiner
Located in London, GB
Large antique Austrian silver and glass garniture by Schwarz & Steiner
Austrian, Late 19th Century
Centrepiece: Height 29cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm
Candelabra: Height 39cm, width 2...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Rococo Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Silver
Set of 12 Cut Crystal Dessert Plates
Located in Worcester, GB
Set of 12 Unused Bohemian Cut Crystal Dessert Plates
Bohemia (Czech Republic), Early 21st Century
A fine set of twelve unused cut crystal desse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Cut Glass
$819 / set
Chinese Export Porcelain Plate or Dish Celadon Glaze Hand Painted, Qing Ca 1820
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good 19th century Chinese Export, (Canton) deep plate or dish, which we date to the early 19th century, circa 1820 of the Qing dynasty.
The plate has a light green,...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century mahogany cellarette of sarcophagus form
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th Century mahogany cellarette of sarcophagus form, the hinged and gadrooned lid opening to reveal a large compartment space, panels to all sides, raised on gadrooned feet with con...
Category
1840s British William IV Antique England - Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Mahogany
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