COLLECTION OF DECORATIVE CERAMICS - LATE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN ERA

A CHARMING ASSEMBLARY OF DECORATIVE CERAMICS SPANNING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, COMPRISING TRANSFERWARE PLATES, A STONEWARE CHARGER, AND NOVELTY CERAMIC WARES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PERIOD'S DIVERSE CERAMIC PRODUCTION.

LOT CONTENTS:

1. TRANSFERWARE PLATE WITH BLUE BORDER AND GILT METAL MOUNTS
A CREAM-COLOURED CERAMIC PLATE FEATURING HAND-COLOURED TRANSFERWARE DECORATION DEPICTING A ROMANTIC SCENE WITH FIGURES IN PERIOD DRESS. THE PLATE IS MOUNTED WITH A BLUE ENAMEL BORDER AND ORNATE GILT METAL MOUNTS TO THE RIM, CHARACTERISTIC OF VICTORIAN DECORATIVE TABLEWARE. THE TRANSFERWARE TECHNIQUE AND COLOUR PALETTE SUGGEST ENGLISH MANUFACTURE, CIRCA 1870-1890.

2. STONEWARE CHARGER WITH MOULDED KANGAROO RELIEF
A SUBSTANTIAL STONEWARE CHARGER IN SOFT SAGE-GREEN GLAZE FEATURING A MOULDED RELIEF OF A KANGAROO BENEATH A STYLISED TREE, SET AGAINST A NATURALISTIC LANDSCAPE. THE PIECE DEMONSTRATES THE VICTORIAN FASCINATION WITH COLONIAL AND EXOTIC FAUNA. THE MOULDED TECHNIQUE AND GLAZE COLOUR ARE CONSISTENT WITH ENGLISH STONEWARE PRODUCTION OF THE 1880S-1900S PERIOD. THE CHARGER IS MOUNTED ON A CERAMIC TRIPOD STAND.

3. DECORATIVE PLATES WITH TERRIER DOGS AND CASTLE SCENES
TWO CERAMIC PLATES FEATURING HAND-COLOURED OR TRANSFER-PRINTED DECORATION: ONE DEPICTING THREE WHITE TERRIER DOGS IN A LANDSCAPE SETTING WITH CASTLE RUINS IN THE BACKGROUND, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST; THE OTHER SHOWING SIMILAR PASTORAL AND ARCHITECTURAL THEMES. BOTH PLATES FEATURE SCALLOPED RIMS AND DEMONSTRATE THE PERIOD'S INTEREST IN SPORTING AND COUNTRY HOUSE IMAGERY.

4. NOVELTY CERAMIC HEAD VESSEL
A STRIKING NOVELTY CERAMIC VESSEL MODELLED AS A MALE HEAD WITH BLACK GLAZE, FEATURING EXAGGERATED FACIAL FEATURES CHARACTERISTIC OF LATE VICTORIAN NOVELTY WARES. THE INTERIOR IS GLAZED CREAM, INDICATING FUNCTIONAL USE AS A DRINKING VESSEL OR DECORATIVE CONTAINER.

5. DECORATIVE FRAMED JEWELLERY BOX
A SMALL FRAMED DECORATIVE BOX WITH BLACK LACQUERED FRAME AND GILT INNER BORDER, FEATURING A JEWELLED CLASP DECORATION ON BLACK GROUND, TYPICAL OF VICTORIAN DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES.

Item Size: Height: 30cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 7Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

656445+4

Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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