{"title":"Edwardian","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"1900-s-daisy-makeig-jones-for-wedgwood-porcelain-double-gourd-celestial-dragon-vase","title":"Daisy Makeig-Jones Wedgwood Celestial Dragon vase, 1910's","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaisy Makeig-Jones built her reputation at Wedgwood on exactly this kind of fantastical, densely worked design, mottled pearl grounds populated by dragons, flames, and imagined creatures that had little precedent in the factory's more restrained neoclassical output up to that point. This double gourd-shaped vase, dated to the 1910's, carries her Celestial Dragon motif across a mottled blue pearl ground, the dragon worked in bold gilding against the mottled surface, flame motifs threading through the composition around it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe double gourd form itself borrows from a much older Chinese ceramic tradition, a shape built from two stacked spheres of differing size, and pairing that traditional silhouette with Makeig-Jones's distinctly fantastical dragon imagery makes for an interesting collision of restraint and excess in a single object. A continuous gilded band runs along both the top rim and the base, framing the central design without competing with it. Fairyland Lustre and related dragon-pattern pieces by Makeig-Jones remain some of the most actively collected Wedgwood work from the twentieth century, prized specifically for the imaginative range she brought to a factory better known for its classical restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Light wear to gilding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035556041037,"sku":"2874","price":765.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/2874-Photoroom_42d00532-24d3-466a-a5f2-9a0b2769ca2d.webp?v=1780945554"},{"product_id":"1917-royal-worcester-chinoiserie-blue-willow-porcelain-14-piece-coffee-service-for-6-persons-with-tazza-cups-saucers-and-coffeepot","title":"1917 Royal Worcester Blue Willow coffee service","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBlue Willow is one of the most widely reproduced patterns in English ceramics history, originally developed in the late 18th century as a Chinoiserie design borrowing loosely from Chinese landscape motifs — pagodas, willow trees, a bridge with figures crossing it — and by 1917, when Royal Worcester produced this service, the pattern had already been in continuous production across multiple factories for well over a century. This set brings together everything needed for six people: cylindrical demitasse cups sitting in deep saucers, a matching coffeepot, and a pedestal-footed tazza for serving alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe porcelain itself is genuinely thin, trimmed with gilded edges that add a bit of formality against the blue-and-white transfer decoration. Fourteen pieces surviving together as a complete, matched service is worth noting in itself, since coffee sets from this period tend to lose individual pieces to breakage or separation over the decades far more often than they survive intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaucers - 8.5 cm diameter, 1.5 and 2 cm tall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCups - 5 cm tall, 4.5 cm across the top\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTazza - 5.5 cm tall, 25.5 cm across the top\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoffeepot - 19 cm tall, 17 cm spout to handle, 8.5 cm across widest point\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eGood overall antique condition. Crazing and light wear to gilt commensurate with age and use; one saucer slightly lower than the others; two cups have hairline cracks, one of these also has a fleabite to rim; one cup has crack and chip to rim; losses to rim of coffeepot; small losses to white glazing on the coffeepot's spout; large crack along the edge of the tazza and a chip to the underside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035556368717,"sku":"1954","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/ChatGPT_Image_Jul_31_2026_09_15_12_PM.png?v=1785528927"},{"product_id":"1920-s-royal-worcester-porcelain-jack-stanley-hand-painted-cabinet-plate","title":"Jack Stanley Royal Worcester cabinet plate, autumn flowers","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJack Stanley began his apprenticeship at Royal Worcester at just fourteen, in 1918, training under Ernest Phillips before going on to specialise in landscapes, florals, and genre scenes across a career at the factory that ran until 1933. This plate falls within that working period, dated to the 1920's and the George V era, and carries a hand-painted central medallion depicting a large bouquet of autumn flowers, worked in polychrome enamel against an ivory cream body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wide green band surrounding the medallion carries raised paste gilding in scrollwork, a technique using real gold built up in relief rather than applied flat, giving the border genuine texture alongside its colour. Royal Worcester began letting its artists sign individual pieces around 1900, a practice that turned painters like Stanley into named, collectable figures in their own right rather than anonymous factory hands, and this plate carries that signature, tying the piece directly to a documented artist working at the factory during its most celebrated hand-painting decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035556925773,"sku":"A4184","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/3-IMG_8213_jpg-Photoroom_707ad98b-2d68-4dab-ab30-47b29f988495.webp?v=1780945562"},{"product_id":"antique-9ct-gold-oval-openwork-brooch-with-sapphire-and-seed-pearl-bow","title":"Edwardian 9ct gold openwork brooch, sapphire bow","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBow motifs turn up constantly in Edwardian jewellery, a holdover from 18th century French design that got a fresh lease of life once the period's taste for delicate, ribbon-like forms took hold — and this brooch gives the motif genuine dimensionality rather than treating it as a flat decorative flourish. A yellow gold bow sits raised against the white gold body, a round-cut sapphire anchoring its centre and seed pearls scattered along the ribbon ends, the kind of detail that rewards a closer look over a passing glance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body itself is pierced throughout in a geometric, snaking wave pattern, openwork done finely enough to read as lace rather than metalwork from any distance, which was rather the effect Edwardian jewellers were chasing. The reverse retains its original C-clasp, a fastening style consistent with the period and one more small confirmation that this hasn't been reworked or reset since it was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat antique condition. One of the pearls is slightly nibbled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035571507533,"sku":"2748","price":155.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/39-40-20231212_181241-PhotoRoom_254fd811-7d1f-4a0f-8fe5-0d937a332567.webp?v=1780945666"},{"product_id":"antique-indian-silver-fluted-oval-pill-snuff-box-with-domed-floral-lid","title":"Indian silver oval pill box, domed floral lid","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis oval silver box has cut corners and a domed lid that hinges open with more resistance than its size suggests, as if it takes its job seriously. The cover is hand engraved with a scrolling floral pattern rooted in Indian folk art traditions, the sort of motif passed down through a silversmith's family rather than invented fresh for a single commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoxes like this one belong to the long tradition of Indian silverwork produced during the British Raj, when local craftsmen adapted their own decorative vocabulary to small Western forms — snuff boxes, pill boxes, card cases — meant for both domestic use and export. The ornament stayed distinctly Indian even as the shape bent toward European taste, which is part of what makes these pieces worth a second look rather than a passing glance. Whatever you keep in it now almost certainly wasn't what the original owner had in mind, and that's half the fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece has been XRF tested and confirmed as 900 silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Soldering to hinges; deep surface groove at the back; tiny ding to the front of the lid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035579601229,"sku":"2480","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/1_a94e59f5-cc03-4042-8da5-9a73d9ba151f.jpg?v=1780945737"},{"product_id":"antique-knights-of-pythias-10-ct-gold-watch-fob-pendant-with-ruby-skull-and-crossbones","title":"Knights of Pythias gold watch fob, ruby skull and crossbones","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Knights of Pythias have a genuinely notable claim to fame buried in the fraternal-order noise of 19th century America: founded in Washington, DC in 1864, it was the first such organisation to be chartered by an act of Congress, which is a slightly more official pedigree than most secret societies bother collecting. Their motto boiled down to the initials FCB — Friendship, Charity, Benevolence — values that sit a bit oddly alongside the skull and crossbones motif taking centre stage on this piece, though fraternal jewellery has never been shy about mixing solemn ideals with properly gothic imagery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe skull's eyes are set with rubies, worked in fine enamel alongside crossed swords and a knight's helm, the whole composition rendered onto 10ct gold with the kind of density of detail that rewards a magnifying glass rather than a glance. Early 20th century fraternal regalia like this occupies a strange, underappreciated corner of collecting — part jewellery, part membership badge, part secret handshake made solid — and pieces this well preserved, with genuine gemstone and enamel work rather than cheap stamped brass, don't turn up especially often.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Minor wear to corners of pendant and \"pages\" of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035579896141,"sku":"3231","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/34-IMG_2804-Photoroom_78344c51-eddd-4561-962b-575a84716d2d.webp?v=1780945740"},{"product_id":"continental-solid-silver-edwardian-bonbon-candy-basket-pedestal-bowl-with-pierced-decoration","title":"Continental silver bonbon basket, pedestal foot","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bowl sits on a stepped pedestal foot with real structural thinking behind it. The base is weighted and fitted with a black Bakelite disc, keeping the whole piece stable despite the openwork body above being pierced through with a geometric pattern that removes a fair amount of material. Without that weighted base, a bowl this light in the upper section would likely tip too easily to be practical on a table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rim is finished with beading, a small but consistent detail that runs the whole way round and gives the piece a defined edge against the pierced pattern below. It's unmarked, which isn't unusual for Continental silver of this period, but it has been tested and confirmed as silver, which is worth knowing given the absence of a formal hallmark to rely on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat antique condition. The outline of the foot is very slightly visible in the bowl; few tiny dings to foot; the bowl is not perfectly round.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035596968269,"sku":"2150","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_283_29-PhotoRoom_63d93db5-9bb6-4179-ab08-cda671e19910_1.jpg?v=1786111243"},{"product_id":"early-20th-century-italian-micro-mosaic-round-floral-brooch","title":"Early 20th century Italian micro mosaic brooch","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMicro mosaic work took the grand tradition of Roman and Florentine mosaic and shrank it down to a scale that's genuinely difficult to comprehend until you've seen one in person — thousands of individual glass tesserae, some barely a millimetre across, set by hand into a design small enough to sit on a lapel. This brooch works entirely in blue tones, a floral bouquet filling the centre with a ring of small stars set around the border, the kind of density of detail that rewards a magnifying glass over a glance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItalian micro mosaic jewellery reached real heights of popularity with 19th century Grand Tour travellers, who brought pieces like this home as souvenirs of Rome and Florence, and production continued well into the early 20th century as demand held steady. The round body is finished with a twisted rope border, and the reverse carries a C-clasp, a fastening style consistent with the period and useful for confirming the piece hasn't been altered or remounted since it was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Some tiny losses to mosaic around the edge; tarnishing to metal; the twisted rope border var not evenly applied by the maker of the brooch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035598573901,"sku":"1255","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_282_29-PhotoRoom_b16aec16-0b52-43f9-a1ea-ac57221910b6.webp?v=1780945944"},{"product_id":"boxed-edwardian-2-10-ct-rose-old-cut-diamond-drop-trefoil-cluster-earrings","title":"Boxed Edwardian diamond drop earrings, 2.10ct total","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRose-cut diamonds had largely fallen out of high fashion by the Edwardian era, elbowed aside by the brighter, more light-hungry old and cushion cuts — which makes their survival here, alongside old-cut stones, a small window into how jewellers of the period mixed cuts pragmatically rather than treating them as strictly interchangeable. Each earring centres on an old-cut diamond ringed by five rose-cut stones, with three more worked into the trefoil tops above, eighteen diamonds in total across the pair, totalling roughly 2.10 carats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe mounts are silver with a yellow gold wash, a combination chosen for the same reason it turns up throughout fine Edwardian diamond work — silver flatters pale stones, gold protects the skin from tarnish — and the latch-back fastenings are original to the period rather than a later replacement. The earrings come in a fitted case from Carrington \u0026amp; Co, a well-regarded name among London jewellers, though the case itself postdates the earrings, so treat it as a handsome later addition rather than part of the original commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCentral diamonds approximately 4.48 x 4.51 x 2.81 mm. 32 mm overall length.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVery good antique condition. On reverse, tiny splits to silver mounts around the rose-cut diamonds, barely visible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035599425869,"sku":"2277","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_2816_29-PhotoRoom_e96ed277-537d-4a50-9b02-69219bf2aa49.webp?v=1780945953"},{"product_id":"edwardian-american-sterling-silver-brandy-saucepan-warmer-pipkin-with-turned-wooden-handle-inscribed-gail","title":"American sterling silver brandy warmer, \"Gail\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrandy warmers, sometimes called pipkins, kept following the same basic Georgian silhouette for well over a century after the design first became standard, a plain baluster body with a flared rim and sparrow-beak spout built specifically for pouring warmed brandy with control rather than a splash. This American example from the 1910's carries that inherited form faithfully, with the original turned wood handle still detachable, exactly as intended, keeping the handle cool to the touch while the body itself sat over heat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body carries a personal inscription, \"Gail,\" a small detail that shifts the piece from anonymous silverware into something with a name attached to it, even if the specific story behind that name is lost now. American silversmiths working in this period regularly drew on English Georgian forms as a source of legitimacy and tradition, which is part of why a piece made in the USA in 1910 can look, at a glance, like it belongs to a much earlier English original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat antique condition. Light scuffing commensurate with age and use, very small ding near base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035599688013,"sku":"2174","price":145.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_289_29_63f7a62c-b0db-4ec1-b527-69817f709482.webp?v=1780945954"},{"product_id":"edwardian-reverse-painted-intaglio-essex-crystal-and-mother-of-pearl-cufflink-of-ballerina-and-jockey-on-horse","title":"Edwardian Essex crystal reverse painted cufflink, ballerina and jockey","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssex crystal — properly called reverse intaglio crystal, though the \"Essex\" name stuck after a 19th century engraver made his reputation on the technique — involves carving an image into the back of a rock crystal dome and painting it in reverse, so the finished picture is viewed the right way round through the convex front of the stone. It's a fiddly, unforgiving process: every brushstroke has to be planned in mirror image, and mounting the painted crystal onto mother-of-pearl gives the finished image a soft, pearly glow behind the colour that flat glass simply can't replicate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis cufflink pairs two entirely different worlds on its two halves — a ballerina mid-dance on one side, a jockey astride his horse on the other, which is a properly odd combination unless you assume the original owner had genuine enthusiasms in both directions. Both halves carry a stamped mark on the reverse, set within a silver-plated mount, and the level of detail achievable in such a small format is a decent argument for why reverse intaglio work has stayed collectible long after most Edwardian novelty jewellery fell out of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Some light scuffing to the crystal and tarnishing to mounts commensurate with age and wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035601162573,"sku":"1681","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/PhotoRoom_025_20220617_094750-PhotoRoom.webp?v=1780945972"},{"product_id":"edwardian-royal-crown-derby-porcelain-shell-shaped-butter-or-caviar-serving-dishes","title":"Royal Crown Derby shell butter\/caviar dishes, pair","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese serving dishes take a shell form rather than a plain round or oval bowl, fluted edges and decorative moulding carrying the theme through, with looping scroll handles on either side. Royal Crown Derby's decoration sits within that shape: a white ground bordered in cobalt blue, gilded throughout, and hand-painted with floral garlands and bouquets in pink, yellow and blue polychrome enamel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe backstamp used here was in production between 1891 and 1921, narrowing the dating to c. 1910's within that window, and the pattern is numbered 4998, a useful reference if you're ever trying to track down matching pieces from the same run. Given the size and the shell form, these work well for butter, scallops, or caviar, small enough for a single portion without looking sparse on the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035601424717,"sku":"4094","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/1-IMG_7291-Photoroom_f81e675a-f44a-4a5a-8f48-2372b1b9da22.webp?v=1780945975"},{"product_id":"edwardian-royal-doulton-rosalind-porcelain-cabinet-plate-shakespeare-series-ware-1912-1928","title":"Royal Doulton \"Rosalind\" Shakespeare series plate","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal Doulton's Series Ware ran through dozens of themed collections between the Edwardian period and the interwar years, each built around a different literary, historical, or decorative subject transferred onto standard blank ware rather than modelled from scratch. The Shakespeare series, produced from 1912 to 1928, worked through the playwright's best-known characters one plate at a time, and this one carries Rosalind, the disguised heroine of As You Like It, set in the forest of Arden where most of her half of the play actually takes place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe palette leans into that woodland setting: a pale yellow and blue ground behind Rosalind herself, painted in warmer earthy reds and greens that read as distinctly separate from the background rather than blending into it, a fairly deliberate way of keeping the figure legible against a decorative rather than purely naturalistic scene. Cabinet plates like this one were made to be displayed rather than used, and a Shakespeare series plate identified to a specific character and production window tends to appeal as much to Doulton collectors working through the full set as to anyone drawn to the subject on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Some crazing and yellowing commensurate with age; 2 cm crack near the rim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035601457485,"sku":"1973","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/https_253A_252F_252Fi.etsystatic.com_252F29579960_252Fr_252Fil_252Fedfaaa_252F4540670000_252Fil_fullxfull.4540670000_q5bp.jpg?v=1780945975"},{"product_id":"edwardian-royal-doulton-porcelain-bird-of-paradise-jug","title":"Royal Doulton \"Bird of Paradise\" jug, Edwardian","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal Doulton was producing genuinely ambitious decorative work by the Edwardian period, well beyond the tableware the name is often associated with today, and this jug shows that ambition in full — exotic birds of paradise worked into the design on both sides, surrounded by foliage and set against generous gilt spraying across the whole surface. The wavy rim and narrow lip give the form a slight asymmetry that keeps it from reading as a purely standard jug shape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo medallions sit above the birds, each outlined elaborately in gold: a bee on one side, a butterfly on the other, small enough details that they'd be easy to miss on a first glance but reward a closer look. Bird of paradise motifs had a particular appeal in this period, tied up with a broader Edwardian fascination with the exotic and the far-flung, filtered through decorative arts rather than any real firsthand encounter with the birds themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Wear to gilt appropriate to age; repair to handle; crazing on body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035601686861,"sku":"3156","price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_1461-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780945979"},{"product_id":"edwardian-sterling-silver-engraved-mother-of-pearl-folding-pocket-pen-fruit-knife-william-needham-1907-inscribed-amy","title":"Edwardian silver pocket fruit knife, \"Amy\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFolding fruit knives were a practical bit of Edwardian personal kit, small enough to carry but proper enough to use at the table, the mother-of-pearl handle here chosen specifically for the way it catches light. The nacre has a deep, rich lustre to it, and the surface is engraved with flowers, scrolls and leaves in an Art Nouveau style that suits the material's natural shimmer better than a plainer handle would.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the centre of the handle sits a cartouche inscribed \"Amy,\" a small personal detail that turns an otherwise anonymous piece of silverware into something with a specific owner attached to it, even if her story is lost now. Made by William Needham, 1907.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition, no damage to the mother of pearl. There are nicks along the blade and the very tip is dented and has tiny loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035603587405,"sku":"2182","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/https_3A_2F_2Fi.etsystatic.com_2F29579960_2Fr_2Fil_2Fffd360_2F5028793441_2Fil_fullxfull.5028793441_pbhv.jpg?v=1780945995"},{"product_id":"george-v-large-gilt-sterling-silver-vesta-case-with-vacant-cartouche-and-engraved-scrolls","title":"George V gilt silver vesta case, vacant cartouches","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vesta case is decorated on both faces rather than reserving detail for one side, engraved throughout with Art Nouveau scrolling foliage over a slightly curved body that sits comfortably in the palm. Gilding to the interior is a nice practical touch too, since it resists tarnishing better than plain silver would after repeated contact with matches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA side bale allows it to hang from an Albert chain, and a strike plate on the base means it's a functional object rather than purely decorative, built to be used rather than simply carried. Two vacant cartouches sit on either side, left blank for personalised engraving, which makes this a natural choice for anyone looking to give it as a gift with initials or a message added before it changes hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Tiny ding along one side; some wear to gilt inside.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035610534221,"sku":"3304","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/39-20240310_142725-Photoroom_a529c462-51d8-4c6e-9f68-9d11a73aba59.jpg?v=1780946086"},{"product_id":"george-v-royal-doulton-kingsware-proverb-pitcher-with-sterling-silver-rim","title":"Royal Doulton Kingsware proverb jug, silver rim","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKingsware was Royal Doulton's answer to a growing early 20th century taste for pub and drinking-related pottery, a dark treacle-brown glaze applied over relief moulding that gave the pieces a suitably tavern-appropriate warmth. This jug leans fully into that theme: one side carries John Barleycorn, the folk-song personification of barley and the drinks made from it, a figure who's been getting symbolically cut down and revived in English and Scottish song for centuries as a stand-in for the harvest and brewing cycle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other side carries a different kind of wisdom entirely, quoting Benjamin Franklin: \"Would you know the value of money? Try to borrow some.\" It's a slightly wry pairing with a jug otherwise decorated around drink and folklore, and a reminder that Doulton's proverb wares often mixed genuinely disparate references rather than sticking to a single theme. The sterling silver rim is by George Betjemann \u0026amp; Sons, hallmarked for London, 1917.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035610796365,"sku":"4049","price":185.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/1-DSC_0169-Photoroom.webp?v=1780946087"},{"product_id":"german-porcelain-sitzendorf-figurine-of-georgian-peasant-girl-with-tambourine-and-sheep-at-her-feet","title":"Sitzendorf Georgian revival peasant girl figurine, 1910's","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSitzendorf leaned on Georgian pastoral subjects for decades after the actual Georgian era ended, an idealised rustic scene, comfortable and a little wistful, that kept selling long after the fashions it depicted had gone out of use. This figure sticks close to the formula. A young peasant girl holds a tambourine, a sheep settled at her feet, standing against a moulded base worked with floral bouquets, scrolls and gilt, backed by a tree trunk support that keeps the figure stable while reading as part of the pastoral scenery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe palette leans heavily on emerald green and pale yellow, with the skirt hand-painted in blue, purple and orange florals against the more restrained ruffled collar and headscarf, a fair amount of colour packed into a single figure without it tipping into clutter. Made in Thuringia and dated to the 1910's, the piece belongs to the domestic, pastoral genre-figure tradition Sitzendorf built its reputation on, one that stayed decades removed from the period it depicts, which was always rather the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Tiny fleabite to one flower petal; sheep missing one ear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035632554317,"sku":"1538","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/PhotoRoom_001_20220316_204051-PhotoRoom.webp?v=1780946109"},{"product_id":"large-edwardian-sterling-silver-sugar-shaker-sifter-caster-chester-1906","title":"Edwardian silver sugar shaker, Chester, 1906","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChester's assay office ran for over 250 years before it finally closed in 1962, one of only a handful of provincial English offices to survive that long, marking silver with a distinctive town mark of three wheatsheaves and a sword. That closure means the total supply of genuine Chester-hallmarked silver is fixed. No more has been made since 1962, which gives pieces bearing that mark a collectability that Birmingham or London silver, still actively produced today, simply can't match.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis caster carries a full Chester hallmark from 1906, right in what's often considered the office's Edwardian sweet spot for quality output. The design itself is fairly restrained. A round baluster body narrows into a waisted top, sits on a circular pedestal foot, and carries a ribbed girdle band round the middle, with a domed lid finished in a fluted cone finial. It's a substantial piece, properly heavy in the hand, the kind of weight that tells you something about the silver content before you've even checked the marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Small ding to base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035665027405,"sku":"3580","price":380.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/126-DSC_0127-Photoroom_3e868f48-0336-4e24-8933-226b94288f7a.webp?v=1780946174"},{"product_id":"ornate-art-nouveau-silver-plated-fruit-bowl-pierced-with-scrolls","title":"Edwardian silver plated fruit basket, Sheffield","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis basket sits right at the crossover point between two design languages: it's dated to the Edwardian period, but decorated throughout in Art Nouveau's flowing, organic style, a combination that turns up often enough on Sheffield silverware from this window that it's less a contradiction than a genuine snapshot of the era's overlapping tastes. The oval body is pierced with scrolling openwork, fluted along the rim, and the swing handle picks up the same fluted treatment, tying handle and body together rather than treating them as separate design decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFour ball feet raise the whole piece slightly off the table, giving it a bit more presence than a flat-bottomed basket would manage, and the piercing throughout keeps the design light rather than heavy despite the amount of decorative work involved. Made in Sheffield around the 1910's, it's a good example of how far Art Nouveau's visual vocabulary had spread into everyday domestic silverware by the time the style itself was already starting to give way to Art Deco elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGood antique condition. Wear to silvering inside the bowl commensurate with age and use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035673547085,"sku":"1305","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_6966-PhotoRoom_89e4b639-25d2-44d7-9d47-3717bf20fe97.webp?v=1780946256"},{"product_id":"rare-royal-worcester-candle-snuffer-confidence-jenny-lind-swedish-nightingale","title":"Royal Worcester \"Confidence\" snuffer, Jenny Lind","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenny Lind earned the nickname \"Swedish Nightingale\" for a remarkable voice that made her one of the most celebrated sopranos of the 19th century, performing across Sweden and the rest of Europe to audiences who, by most accounts, were thoroughly won over. Royal Worcester took that nickname literally rather than figuratively for this piece, modelling her as a bird-headed figure, half opera singer, half nightingale, a strange bit of Victorian visual wit that turns straightforward hero-worship into something closer to caricature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Confidence\" was originally made as one half of a pair, paired with a companion piece called \"Diffidence,\" the two presumably meant to sit together and play off each other's contrasting mood. This example is unmarked, though comparable pieces with printed marks have been dated to the early 20th century. It's white glazed porcelain throughout, letting the sculptural detail of the bird's head and the figure's dress carry the design without any additional colour competing for attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Tip of beak is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035677610317,"sku":"2002","price":105.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/PhotoRoom_002_20221104_222244-PhotoRoom_f2cf34d3-18c6-4ca8-a898-9d6023528fb7.webp?v=1780946299"},{"product_id":"royal-copenhagen-hand-painted-flora-danica-fig-dinner-plate","title":"Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica fig plate, early 1900's","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlora Danica set an unusual standard when Royal Copenhagen began the service in 1790: rather than repeating a single decorative motif across every piece, each item in the set carries a different botanical illustration, drawn from a Danish flora reference work of the same name, so a complete service amounts to a working catalogue of the country's native plant life rendered in porcelain rather than a matched pattern in the conventional sense. This plate carries two ripe figs, hand-painted with the same botanical precision the service is known for, right down to the kind of detail that would satisfy an actual botanist rather than just a decorator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plate dates to the early 1900's and carries a gilded edge, a restrained finishing touch against the botanical illustration rather than competing with it. Individual Flora Danica pieces are collected on their own as often as they're sought to complete an existing service, since each one is effectively a self-contained study of a single plant, this one happening to be figs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Wear to gilt; professional repair to reverse; surface crack to glaze.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035678822733,"sku":"3070","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/3-IMG_0491-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946314"},{"product_id":"sitzendorf-porcelain-pair-of-figurines-of-a-flower-girl-and-her-cavalier","title":"Sitzendorf pair, flower girl and cavalier, 1910's","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorgian-dress genre pairs like this one were a stock subject for German porcelain factories well into the twentieth century, decades after the actual Georgian era they depict had ended, because the idealised rustic peasant and her attentive gentleman caller made for reliably good sellers regardless of when they were modelled. This pair leans into the type fully: a flower girl in a version of peasant dress that owes more to stage costume than to anything an actual eighteenth-century flower seller wore, paired with a gentleman of leisure whose fashion sense doesn't entirely match his rank, a green overcoat worn with red-bowed stockings being the kind of combination that suggests Sitzendorf's modellers had a sense of humour about the genre they were working in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth figures stand on fluted, gilt-decorated bases finished with applied flowers, straightforward Rococo Revival styling rather than anything more restrained, and the two were clearly designed as a matched set from the outset rather than paired up later. Sitzendorf built its reputation on precisely this kind of domestic and pastoral figure work, and pairs that have stayed together this long, rather than being split up and sold separately over the decades, are the harder half of the market to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Girl has restoration to basket and losses to the flower she's holding in her other hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035680559437,"sku":"1210","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/20211116_053343-PhotoRoom_10e62a6c-a6ab-422b-b1f1-a0de064e86d9.webp?v=1780946335"},{"product_id":"sterling-silver-edwardian-vesta-case-engraved-with-art-nouveau-scrolling-foliage","title":"Edwardian silver vesta case, Art Nouveau scrolls","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vesta case carries decoration on both faces rather than reserving detail for the front alone. Bright cut and hand-chased scrolling foliage covers the rectangular body, engraved deeply enough to catch light from multiple angles, with a central cartouche on the front holding a set of initials, presumably belonging to the original owner. The style leans firmly into Art Nouveau's flowing, organic vocabulary rather than anything more restrained.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mechanics are all present and original: a suspension loop and ring on the side for attaching to a chain, a match striker built into the base, and a hinged lid that closes tightly against its original leaf spring, a small but important detail on a piece this age, since replacement springs rarely fit as well as the originals. It's fully hallmarked on the inside rim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035681542477,"sku":"2836","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/2836-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946349"},{"product_id":"edwardian-wood-sons-sheraton-chinoiserie-polychrome-blossom-tree-cylinder-pair-of-vases","title":"Wood \u0026 Sons Chinoiserie cylinder vase pair, Edwardian","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrederick Rhead designed a considerable range of patterns across his career, moving through several English potteries before landing at Wood \u0026amp; Sons, and \"Sheraton\" is one of the results: a chinoiserie blossom tree worked in polychrome against a black ground, the kind of dramatic colour contrast that makes the pattern instantly recognisable even at a distance. This pair carries the design across simple cylindrical bodies, keeping the shape restrained so the pattern stays the clear focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe colour palette runs rich, pink, orange, lilac, and blue all appearing against that black ground, a combination bold enough that it wouldn't have suited every Edwardian interior, though it's exactly the kind of confident chinoiserie revival that was fashionable in the 1910's.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Crazing commensurate with age; nibbles and fleabites to the base of one vase; the other vase has a chip to rim that has been over painted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035834339661,"sku":"1934","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/29-20220917_015129-PhotoRoom.webp?v=1780946667"},{"product_id":"wwi-sterling-silver-vesta-case-engraved-with-scrolls-on-a-victorian-watch-curb-albert-chain","title":"WWI sterling silver vesta case, Victorian Albert chain","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVesta cases carried early friction matches safely in a pocket, the slightly concave body here helping the case sit flush against the body rather than poking out awkwardly. Scrollwork and foliage cover the surface in an Art Nouveau style, engraved rather than embossed, a treatment that suited the movement's flowing lines without needing the added weight of relief decoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case and chain weren't made together. William Hair Haseler produced the vesta case, hallmarked for Birmingham in 1914, right at the start of the First World War, while the heavy sterling Albert curb chain is Victorian, hallmarked in 1902 and missing its original T-bar. 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