Ceramics
Ceramics are among the most frequently collected antiques. Items made from earthernware (pottery) or porcelain (hard or soft paste) can serve functional roles such as tablewares, serving implements, vases and jugs or as ornaments, especially figures.
They usually have some form of decoration, either painted or transfer-printed, that is covered in transparent or coloured glaze. Ceramics are often catalogued by the name of their manufacturer or factory such as Meissen, Worcester, Doulton, Wedgwood and Sèvres.
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Bidders on the alert to spot a Doulton Sentinel
08 January 2024In the early years of the HN collection in the 1920s several companies commissioned Doulton figures to advertise their products.
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The web shop window: temperance movement Staffordshire figures
02 January 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Micromosaic plaque with maximum decorative effect
02 January 2024Estimated at $2500-3500, this micromosaic plaque depicting the Rape of Europa hammered for $13,000 (£10,300).
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Ceramics expert and the Antiques Roadshow’s ‘favourite uncle’ Henry Sandon dies
28 December 2023Ceramics specialist and Antiques Roadshow expert Henry Sandon has died aged 95.
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‘True masterpiece’ bowl brings a new auction high for studio potter Lucie Rie
18 December 2023The market for Lucie Rie ceramics continues to reach new heights.
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Smoking causes healthy results: tobacco related items
18 December 2023Corporate collection of British American Tobacco includes choice antique items related to the habit
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Copeland dinner service came from Lowther sale
18 December 2023There were many massive English country house sales in the 20th century but the largest by volume was the contents sale at Lowther Castle during April, May and June 1947.
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Call for UK museum to buy rare Hans Coper bottle vase owned by Henry Moore
13 December 2023A bottle vase by the famed studio potter Hans Coper which was owned by the world-renowned sculptor Henry Moore has been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the £600,000 price tag.
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Top stories this week including a major sleeper as Chinese plaques make 500 times estimate
10 December 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included news of a sleeping ‘imperial poem’ panel of plaques awakened at a New Jersey auction.
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Copeland dinner service stars in our pick of five auction highlights
08 December 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a hand painted ornithological dinner service that featured in the famous Lowther Castle sale in 1947.
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Yasuyuki masterpiece makes £11,000 in Shropshire
04 December 2023This silver and enamel vase by Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927), the great master of Japanese cloisonné, sold to an English collector for £11,000 at Halls (24% buyer’s premium).
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Factory focus pays off for H&R Daniel porcelain collection
27 November 2023Porcelain from short-lived Staffordshire firm comes from collector and dealer who revived the market
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Pilkington’s ceramics provide good starter for North Yorkshire auction
27 November 2023A 43-lot private collection of Pilkington’s ceramics from Manchester opened Tennants’ (24/22% buyer’s premium) sale of 20th century design held in Leyburn on October 7.
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Ancient and modern works united at Forge and Lynch
27 November 2023Archaic and Contemporary works are often considered suitable bedfellows in the world of modern collecting, and buyers may find both at Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch’s next exhibition.
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Top stories this week including a warning for Cornishware collectors
26 November 2023The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a conviction for ‘fake’ Cornishware jars.
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Warning for Cornishware collectors following ‘fakes’ convictions
20 November 2023Vintage Cornishware collectors and dealers have been warned to be aware of possible fakes on the market following the conviction of a couple for fraud.
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Friends reunited? Estranged Lowestoft jug and cover to appear in same auction
20 November 2023Two rare documentary Lowestoft lots - both made for a Norfolk farmer - could be reunited after years apart. Both have been consigned to Keys in Aylsham.
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Doulton genius from Tinworth and Noke comes to Florida auction
20 November 2023Works by the Doulton dominate the two-day British Ceramics and Pottery Auction at Lion and Unicorn in Hollywood, Florida.
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Doat’s exhibition vase the pick of Kovel collection
20 November 2023On November 1, Rago and Toomey & Co in Lambertville, New Jersey sold property from the “duke and duchess of the North American antiques world”, Ralph and Terry Kovel. In the US, the Kovels are renowned as authors and experts who published over 100 books on collecting.
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Octavius bust crowns US architect's maiolica collection
20 November 2023The first day of the Annual Thanksgiving Auction at Kaminski Auctions in Beverly, Massachusetts on November 25-26 is devoted to the collection of Robert ‘Bob’ Eigelberger.
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