{"title":"Tableware","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"1830-s-old-paris-porcelain-large-gilded-milk-jug-carafe-jean-pierre-feuillet","title":"Vieux Paris gilded milk jug, Jean-Pierre Feuillet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVieux Paris — literally \"Old Paris\" — is the catch-all name given to fine porcelain made by the numerous small workshops operating in and around the city in the decades either side of 1800, most of them producing wares good enough to rival the grander state factories without ever bothering to establish a lasting brand name of their own. This milk jug follows a shape and colour palette that had real currency across Europe at the time: a ribbed baluster body alternating white porcelain with gilded stripes, sitting on a stepped pedestal foot, a combination popular enough that comparable examples were produced by both Royal Vienna and Sèvres.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe handle carries applied, moulded acanthus leaf decoration, a classical motif entirely in keeping with the Empire style the whole piece leans into. It's attributed to Jean-Pierre Feuillet, active as a decorator between 1814 and 1834, though the base itself is unmarked — Feuillet worked as an independent painter-decorator rather than a factory owner, which was common practice at the time and part of why so much fine Vieux Paris porcelain went unsigned despite the quality of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Firing and gilding defect to handle; small pockmark to gilding on the foot; some wear to gilding appropriate to age and use; fleabite to edge of foot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035552993613,"sku":"3265","price":235.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/307-20240309_200946-Photoroom_b5ccf4ec-e1ba-4e48-8976-e9eb5aec30b3.webp?v=1780945522"},{"product_id":"french-empire-old-paris-porcelain-set-of-3-gilded-side-dessert-plates-jean-pierre-feuillet","title":"Vieux Paris gilded dessert plates, Jean-Pierre Feuillet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis set of three plates follows the same ribbed, gilt-striped design that made this particular Vieux Paris pattern so widely copied across Europe at the turn of the 19th century — alternating bands of plain white porcelain and gold, a simple enough formula that both Royal Vienna and Sèvres produced comparable versions of their own. The restraint of the pattern is really what makes it work: no painted scenes or heavy ornament competing for attention, just the contrast between bare porcelain and gilding doing all the visual work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey're attributed to Jean-Pierre Feuillet, a decorator active between 1814 and 1834, though the bases carry no maker's mark — Feuillet worked independently as a painter-decorator rather than running his own factory, which was a common enough arrangement at the time and explains why so much fine Vieux Paris porcelain from this period survives unsigned despite its quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Some wear to gilt appropriate to age and use; small firing defect to reverse of one plate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035553124685,"sku":"3266","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/441-20240310_114710-Photoroom_9b6103cb-0b75-4443-93eb-0c53af948b2c.webp?v=1780945522"},{"product_id":"1840-s-pottery-copper-lustreware-small-wine-jug-with-bacchus-mask-and-floral-sprays","title":"Early Victorian copper lustre wine jug, Bacchus mask","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopper lustreware got its metallic sheen from a genuinely clever bit of chemistry — a thin film of copper oxide applied over the glaze and fired in a low-oxygen kiln, tricking the surface into a warm, coppery iridescence without using any actual precious metal. This jug puts that finish to decorative use around a round baluster body on a pedestal foot, with hand-painted red and yellow flower sprays and green foliage set against a royal blue ground band, the moulded relief giving the whole scene a bit of dimension rather than sitting flat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe spout is shaped as a Bacchus mask, a nod to the god of wine that turns a purely functional part of the jug into its most characterful feature — a small joke that would have been entirely obvious to anyone actually using it to pour wine. Novelty spouts like this were fairly common on jugs meant for a specific drink, matching the vessel's decoration to its intended contents rather than leaving the two unrelated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Small fleabites and chips along the edge of the foot; wear to the tip of the spout; some wear to painted flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035553157453,"sku":"1445","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_1264-PhotoRoom.jpg?v=1780945525"},{"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-georg-jensen-830-silver-lily-of-the-valley-rose-liljekonval-salad-serving-spoon","title":"Georg Jensen Lily of the Valley silver spoon","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorg Jensen introduced this pattern in 1913, and it says a lot about him that the \"decoration\" amounts to a bit of floral detail along the handle's edge and nothing more — everywhere else the silver is left to speak for itself, which took real confidence at a time when a lot of tableware seemed to be competing for who could fit the most ornament onto a single spoon. Known in Danish as \"Liljekonval,\" the pattern also went by \"Rose\" for a while, which feels like a demotion for something this specific.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a salad or berry serving spoon, cast in 830 standard silver, the fineness Scandinavian silversmiths tended to favour over the British 925 sterling standard. Jensen's early designs have aged remarkably well precisely because they refused to chase the fashions around them — a century on, this still looks like something you'd actually want on your table rather than something you'd only bring out for guests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035556663629,"sku":"2573","price":145.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/138-DSC_0785-PhotoRoom_70cb3ce3-0ad4-4d74-a3c0-ded11909b669.webp?v=1780945559"},{"product_id":"1930-s-copeland-spode-porcelain-blue-italian-serving-salad-bowl","title":"Copeland Spode \"Italian\" pattern serving bowl, blue","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"Italian\" pattern is one of Spode's longest-running designs, first introduced in the early 19th century and still in production today, which makes any single piece bearing the pattern part of a production run that's spanned close to two centuries. This bowl carries the pattern in its standard blue and white transferware treatment, a landscape scene bordered by dense floral and scroll decoration that's become one of the most recognisable blue and white patterns in English ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade under the Copeland Spode mark in the 1930's, this is a large serving bowl rather than an individual place setting piece, suited to salads or any dish that benefits from a substantial serving vessel at the table. The pattern's consistency across decades means a piece like this can usually be mixed with other Italian pattern pieces from different production periods without an obvious mismatch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition. Tiny firing defect to rim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035557777741,"sku":"3272","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/258-20240309_192756-Photoroom_07bfd337-a289-49c7-b572-450ac3ba21f6.webp?v=1780945569"},{"product_id":"19th-century-meissen-porcelain-pair-of-small-floral-saucers-with-gilt-scalloped-rims","title":"Meissen 19th century floral saucer pair, gilt rims","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeissen has spent nearly three centuries as one of Europe's benchmark porcelain names, and this small pair carries the hallmarks of that reputation in miniature: fine hand-painted floral work against a crisp white ground, finished with a gilt band running around each scalloped rim. Each saucer carries its own floral design, individual rather than identical, the kind of small variation Meissen painters used to keep even a matched set from feeling mechanically repeated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePieces this size were almost always made as part of a larger tea or coffee service, and the vast majority of those services have long since been broken up and scattered across different collections over the decades. A pair surviving together, rather than as single orphaned saucers, is the harder find, and makes a neat addition on its own even without the rest of the set behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Minor wear to gilt and paint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035562529101,"sku":"3204","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/96-IMG_2363-Photoroom_5f96e22c-d369-41a0-99d3-558f7f524580.webp?v=1780945610"},{"product_id":"large-silver-plated-art-nouveau-tall-bottle-coaster-with-fluted-rim-and-pierced-body","title":"Art Nouveau silver plated brass bottle coaster","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilliam Suckling \u0026amp; Sons worked out of Birmingham through the early 20th century, producing decorative metalware that leaned into Art Nouveau's fondness for organic, flowing pattern even as the movement was giving way to Art Deco's harder geometry elsewhere. This coaster shows both influences at once, pierced scrollwork arranged into triangular geometric sections rather than the fully free-flowing curves Art Nouveau is best known for, a transitional style that suited the 1920's moment it was made in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fluted, serpentine rim adds movement around the edge, and the whole piece stands on a stepped pedestal foot, giving it real presence rather than sitting as a flat, purely functional disc. The body is brass, originally finished with a silver plate coating, a common combination for decorative metalware of this kind, giving the appearance and shine of silver at a fraction of the material cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. The brass was originally silver plated; tarnishing and some rusting to the interior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035564265805,"sku":"3650","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/93-DSC_0152-Photoroom_9efc055a-ad17-45a0-b60b-87e764a77c69.webp?v=1780945628"},{"product_id":"american-19th-century-p-l-krider-pair-of-large-gilt-silver-table-salts-with-ram-horn-handles-and-palmettes","title":"19th century American Egyptian Revival silver gilt table salts","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Lewis Krider ran a genuinely significant Philadelphia silversmithing operation through the mid-19th century, working in coin silver, a slightly lower fineness standard than sterling that was common in American silver before the industry largely standardised on 925 later in the century. This pair of table salts carries his work in a distinctly Egyptian Revival mode, with palmette engraving covering the inverted baluster bodies, a motif borrowed from ancient Egyptian architecture and decorative art that had a genuine surge of popularity through the 1860's.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe handles are shaped as ram horns, curling outward from each side rather than sitting as a plain loop, which gives the pieces a sculptural quality beyond most table salts of the period. Both interiors are gold-washed, a practical as well as decorative choice, since gilding resists the corrosive effect salt has on plain silver far better than leaving the interior untreated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. One pot has a shallow indent and a small ding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035569574221,"sku":"2289","price":235.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_2828_29_34fc4df7-8197-4110-abd7-8363ee772e40.webp?v=1780945649"},{"product_id":"1810-s-chetham-and-woolley-georgian-blue-jasperware-cider-jug-featuring-putti","title":"Georgian era Chetham \u0026 Woolley jasperware jug, putti relief","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChetham and Woolley ran their Longton factory from 1793 to 1821, producing the kind of fine, semi-transparent stoneware that Wedgwood had made famous but that several Staffordshire potteries went on to produce in their own right. This jug takes the classic blue jasperware format — pale relief figures against a deep blue ground — and puts it to properly playful use: putti riding dogs, a sheep-drawn carriage, and a goat-pulled sleigh complete with its own tiny brazier, all sprigged onto the baluster body in crisp bas relief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe functional details get the same attention as the decorative ones: acanthus leaf motifs cover both the thumb piece and the pouring lip, and lathe-turned borders frame either side of the body, a nice bit of mechanical precision set against the freehand quality of the figural scenes. Cider jugs like this were practical objects as much as decorative ones, so the fact that this level of detail went into something meant for actual daily use says something about the standards Staffordshire potteries were working to at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Crazing and hairline cracks to base; tiny hairline cracks to the sprigging in one place; fleabite to the rim of the lower border.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035570360653,"sku":"1975","price":150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/PhotoRoom_000_20221104_000653-PhotoRoom.webp?v=1780945656"},{"product_id":"1820-s-georgian-moulded-creamware-teapot-with-black-transfer-print-panels-of-lady-with-a-birdcage","title":"Georgian moulded creamware teapot, transfer print lady","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreamware had already been around for decades by the 1820's, but pairing its pale, warm-toned body with black transfer printing was a combination that stayed popular precisely because the contrast worked so well — dark, finely detailed scenes standing out clearly against a light ground in a way that painted decoration couldn't always match for crispness. This teapot uses that technique for its central medallions, a scene of a lady and small girl with a birdcage repeated across the panels, likely lifted from a popular print source rather than composed specifically for ceramics, as was common practice at the time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe moulding does its own separate work: the round baluster body is covered in overlapping scale relief, with floral detailing carried through to both the spout and the handle terminals, so the transfer scenes sit within a genuinely textured surface rather than a flat one. The hinged lid is pewter rather than matching ceramic, a practical substitution that turns up often enough on teapots of this type and period, generally because a metal lid holds up to daily handling better than a ceramic one would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChips along the tip of the spout; crazing; crack along the base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035570393421,"sku":"1429","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_1527-PhotoRoom_1dbb0ac7-7124-456f-a7b8-e83c0a273dc6.webp?v=1780945657"},{"product_id":"rare-doulton-lambeth-aesthetic-movement-stoneware-teapot-with-sterling-silver-mounts-birmingham-1880","title":"Doulton Lambeth Aesthetic teapot, silver mounts","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDoulton Lambeth's stoneware production in this period was doing something genuinely different from the factory's earlier, more purely functional output — this teapot's body is moulded with applied beading and stylised foliate motifs set within diamond panels, glazed in cobalt blue, olive green and ochre, the kind of naturalistic, textured colour scheme the Aesthetic Movement favoured over the brighter, more literal decoration of earlier Victorian ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe sterling silver mounts on the spout and hinged lid are by John Grinsell \u0026amp; Sons, fully hallmarked for Birmingham, 1880, and the domed ceramic lid picks up the same floral decoration as the body, tying the whole design together rather than treating the lid as a separate afterthought. Pairing stoneware with silver mounts like this reflects a wider late 19th century impulse to treat even everyday objects — teapots, jugs, tankards — as worth genuine artistic attention rather than purely functional design, which says something about Victorian ambition: even the humble teapot wasn't safe from a bit of high-minded artistry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDoulton Lambeth pieces from this period sit at the crossover between the Aesthetic Movement and the early Arts and Crafts movement, which makes them a reasonable point of interest for collectors working across either category rather than strictly one or the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eSigns of previous damage and repair where the spout meets the body. The handle has been repaired. Minor wear to gilt and enamel consistent with age and use. Presents well with vibrant glazes and finely preserved detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035576815949,"sku":"3738","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_2820_29-Photoroom_b0eeafb1-6508-47ca-988b-56445c0ac517.webp?v=1780945709"},{"product_id":"george-iii-sterling-silver-mustard-pot-and-spoon-duncan-urquhart-naphtali-hart-1809","title":"George III silver mustard pot, blue glass liner","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDuncan Urquhart and Naphtali Hart worked together as a genuinely unusual partnership in London silversmithing, a rare Jewish-owned firm active in the trade at a time when it was still fairly closed to outsiders. This mustard pot dates from 1809, the baluster body raised on ball feet with a ribbed girdle and gadrooned border, gold-washed inside to protect against mustard's corrosive effect on plain silver, a treatment we've seen elsewhere in this catalogue for exactly the same reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo vacant cartouches sit on the body, left blank so the piece can be personalised, and the pot retains its original Bristol blue glass liner, a material choice that turns up often in English silverware precisely because the deep blue glass hides any discolouration inside far better than clear glass would. The spoon that accompanies it is a later addition, fiddle-shaped with a lightly gilded bowl, made by Henry Holland (of Holland, Aldwinckle \u0026amp; Slater) and hallmarked for London in 1872, so pot and spoon span over sixty years rather than being an originally matched set.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eGood antique condition. Wear to gilt inside; there is slight gaping between the body of the pot and the base; small split to silver underneath the handle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035578323277,"sku":"2279","price":380.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_2824_29_b1930cb0-4c71-4e5b-a057-f264a218f226.webp?v=1780945726"},{"product_id":"royal-worcester-porcelain-tea-cup-and-saucers-1891-1902","title":"Royal Worcester tea cup and two saucers, 1891-1902","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA nice little Royal Worcester set for anyone who takes their tea with a bit of period flourish. This set brings together pieces from slightly different years rather than a single matched production run — the cup is model 1471, dated 1891, while the two saucers are model 1196, dated 1902, a gap of over a decade that was fairly normal practice for a factory continuously producing similar shapes and glazes across a long stretch of time. All three share the same satin blush glaze, shifting gently from apricot to creamy white, moulded with bamboo-style ribs that give the porcelain a botanical, faintly Japanese-influenced feel typical of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe cup has a scalloped rim, a gilt handle, and brown botanical transfer decoration under raised gilt detailing, while the saucers carry the bamboo ribbing straight through, radiating out from the centre in a fairly precise, symmetrical pattern. It's genuinely thin, translucent porcelain — hold a piece up to the light and you can see it — the kind of crisp modelling Royal Worcester was known for through its late Victorian and Edwardian output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eVery good antique condition overall. There is a tiny chip to the base of the cup, light wear to the gilding, and minor firing or glaze imperfections to the saucers. The porcelain remains bright and attractive, with no cracks or visible repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035580748109,"sku":"4647","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/102-IMG_2802-Photoroom_92a65f4c-b477-4491-8b96-b37be6360e94.webp?v=1780945749"},{"product_id":"antique-victorian-silver-plated-three-piece-tea-set-rococo-revival-and-aestheticism-c-1880s","title":"Victorian silver plated tea set, Rococo Revival","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis three-piece set, teapot, two-handled sugar bowl, and milk jug, brings together two decorative movements that don't usually turn up on the same piece: Rococo Revival's dense, curling ornament and Aestheticism's cleaner, more considered forms. Each piece is hand-chased with scrollwork, stylised foliage, and geometric borders, giving the surfaces real texture without tipping fully into the busier extremes Rococo Revival can sometimes reach for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe teapot leads with a curving spout, a cast handle finished with a shell motif, and a hinged lid topped with a turned walnut finial, wood against metal being a small but effective bit of material contrast. The sugar bowl and jug pick up the same visual language, twin handles on the sugar, a flared spout on the jug, so the set reads as a coherent trio rather than three separately designed pieces pushed together. All three carry two vacant cartouches each, left blank for a monogram or inscription, which makes the whole set a solid choice as a gift, ready to be made personal before it changes hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTeapot: 17 cm tall, 27 cm spout to handle, 12.5 cm wide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSugar bowl: 13 cm tall, 20 cm handle to handle, 11 cm wide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMilk jug: 11 cm tall, 15.5 cm spout to handle, 8 cm wide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Interiors are exceptionally clean and the engravings remain crisp and detailed. Minor wear to the silver plating consistent with gentle use and age. The base of the teapot handle shows a slight push into the body, and the teapot lid has minor pushing near the hinge, neither affecting stability or function.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035582222669,"sku":"A4405","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/antique-rococo-aesthetic-silver-plated-tea-set-coffee-service2_f4f3d55b-049b-4018-958b-be0d9cd3dca2.jpg?v=1780945764"},{"product_id":"victorian-staffordshire-pottery-lustreware-moulded-tulip-jug-after-james-dudson","title":"Staffordshire tulip jug, after James Dudson","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTulip-relief jugs like this one were popular enough across Staffordshire potteries in the mid-19th century that several makers produced their own versions of essentially the same design — the mould here traces back to an original by James Dudson of Hanley, though Edward Walley of Cobridge made comparable jugs too, which is a fairly common story in Staffordshire pottery of the period, where a popular design would spread between workshops rather than staying exclusive to whoever thought of it first.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe relief work here is properly high, giving the tulip forms genuine dimension rather than a shallow surface pattern, picked out in green enamel with pink lustre worked across the body. It's described as a rustic style, and the deep, uneven texture of the moulding does suit that description, giving the jug more of a hand-worked, organic feel than a piece with cleaner, more geometric decoration would have.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Chips to rim; crazing; two chips to handle; small chip to bottom of base; hairline crack to rim main handle; small cracks to the interior of the handle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035582452045,"sku":"1412","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_1790-PhotoRoom_5bc4a8a5-b1b7-4889-8215-f28131cccf9e.jpg?v=1780945765"},{"product_id":"art-deco-bachelor-teapot-decorated-with-high-relief-flowers-and-wheat-stalks","title":"Art Deco bachelor teapot, \"Countryside\" design","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBachelor teapots were built for a single serving rather than a full pot, a practical downsize aimed at the solo drinker rather than a household entertaining guests, and this one carries the \"Countryside\" pattern across its cream ground — red and blue flowers alongside yellow wheat stalks, all worked in high relief rather than simply painted flat onto the surface. The relief moulding gives the whole design genuine texture, catching light differently depending on the angle rather than sitting as a uniform printed pattern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWheat as a motif fits well with the pattern's rural theme, a fairly common decorative choice through the 1930's when countryside and harvest imagery had real appeal against the backdrop of increasingly industrialised, urban daily life. It's a small, functional object rather than a display piece, built for actual single-cup use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood vintage condition. Some crazing commensurate with age; the lid is a bit oversized; hairline crack to lid; small chip and nibbles along the edge of the lid; small scuff mark to body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035583664461,"sku":"1909","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/11-20220909_212155-PhotoRoom.webp?v=1780945779"},{"product_id":"art-nouveau-ernst-wahliss-for-turn-vienna-double-gourd-floral-pitcher","title":"Ernst Wahliss Turn Vienna floral pitcher, 1900's","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe double gourd shape carries a long history reaching back to Chinese ceramic tradition, two stacked spheres of differing size, and Ernst Wahliss's Turn Vienna workshop reworked that inherited form into something distinctly its own here: a neck that curves with an almost serpentine quality before opening into an asymmetric rim, the kind of deliberate imbalance Art Nouveau design favoured over strict, mirrored symmetry. Hand-painted pink and orange flowers cover the body, finished with a matte gold trim rather than the higher-gloss gilding more common on Continental porcelain of the period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe moulded handle adds another layer of sculptural interest, curving rather than running in a straight structural line, in keeping with the organic, flowing lines that define Art Nouveau across every decorative medium it touched. Made in Austria and dated to the 1900's, the piece sits well within Wahliss's most confident Art Nouveau period, the same stretch of years that produced the workshop's better-known figural and allegorical pieces alongside functional forms like this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Small chips around base.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035588809037,"sku":"2875","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/2875-Photoroom_6ec90486-cdb1-4cd0-a2e8-bf9c2d16c03d.webp?v=1780945851"},{"product_id":"art-nouveau-lenox-brown-teapot-stand-and-creamer-with-sterling-silver-overlay","title":"Art Nouveau silver overlay teapot, creamer, stand","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilver overlay on ceramics was a genuinely popular American technique around the turn of the century, applying a thin layer of sterling silver directly onto the fired glaze in flowing floral and scrolling patterns, a decorative approach that suited Art Nouveau's organic design language particularly well. This set brings together pieces from two different sources: the creamer and trivet are by Lenox in the USA, both marked \"sterling\" and dating to around 1900, while the teapot is British, most likely Wedgwood, with its sterling mount made separately by Ernest Lloyd Lawrence and assayed for London in 1910.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's a genuinely interesting mismatch: the set as it stands brings together an American ceramic house and a British one under a shared decorative technique and general period, rather than being an originally matched trio. All three pieces share the same rich, brown treacle glaze as a base, which the silver overlay reads clearly against thanks to the strong tonal contrast between dark pottery and bright metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeapot: 16.5 cm tall, 21 cm from spout to handle, 14 cm at widest point.\u003cbr\u003eStand: 15 cm diameter, 1.5 cm height.\u003cbr\u003eCreamer: 6.5 cm tall, 9 cm diameter, 12 cm at widest point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Repair to teapot handle, lid and tip of spout; small split to silver on teapot below handle; scratches to teapot base; chips missing off teapot lid; stand has scratches and small losses to silver overlay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035589366093,"sku":"2792","price":380.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/14-IMG_7243-PhotoRoom-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780945857"},{"product_id":"boxed-art-deco-sterling-silver-set-of-6-large-beaded-teaspoons-with-grecian-terminals","title":"Art Deco sterling silver beaded teaspoons, set of 6","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGrecian revival motifs turn up often enough in Art Deco silverware that the two styles ended up genuinely intertwined. Deco's love of clean geometry found a natural partner in classical Greek ornament, and these spoons show that pairing off nicely. Each terminal is worked in high relief with a shell-like design, sitting above beaded borders that run the length of the handle, small enough details that you'd only really clock them with a spoon in hand rather than glancing at the set from across a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe set spans three hallmark years, 1928, 1930 and 1933, all by Wilmot Manufacturing Co, which suggests they were made in small batches over several years rather than one production run, and only later brought together as a set of six. Whoever assembled it clearly cared about presentation too. They're arranged in their original black leather case, lined with black velvet and cream silk, fanned out in a way that turns the box itself into something worth opening slowly rather than just storage to be shoved in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSpoons in great condition. Wear to box commensurate with age; one clasp is loose; box doesn't appear to be the original case for the spoons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035593068877,"sku":"1655","price":230.0,"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_2F1ca744_2F4784386076_2Fil_fullxfull.4784386076_60nj.jpg?v=1780945894"},{"product_id":"rare-carl-tielsch-co-hard-paste-porcelain-coffee-pot-rococo-revival-floral-decoration-with-gilding-circa-1850s","title":"Carl Tielsch coffee pot, Rococo Revival gilding","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Tielsch \u0026amp; Co's mid-19th century Rococo Revival output looked back deliberately to Sèvres and Meissen porcelain from a century earlier, borrowing the ornate, floral vocabulary of 18th century French decorative style and translating it into new production for a market with real appetite for that kind of historical reference. This coffee pot is built on an eight-lobed baluster form, a shape that gave decorators multiple distinct panels to work across rather than one continuous surface, with deeply moulded floral and foliate motifs worked around the spout, handle, lid and foot, all picked out in gilding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe colour scheme stays fairly restrained against the density of the moulding — pure white glaze with delicate pink washes, letting the gilt work carry most of the visual richness rather than competing with a busier palette. Pieces like this were made with genuine dual purpose in mind: functional enough for actual coffee service, decorative enough to sit out on display between uses, which was rather the point of investing this much decorative effort into a piece of everyday tableware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Minor rubbing to the gilding consistent with age. No cracks, chips, or repairs. The blue eagle and \"C.T.\" mark are clearly visible on the base. The body displays several minor firing-related pinholes formed during manufacture; these small imperfections are stable, confined to the surface, and do not affect use or overall presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035593920845,"sku":"B1225","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/5-20250406_031313-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780945904"},{"product_id":"large-victorian-sterling-silver-sugar-tongs-with-pierced-ropework-arms-and-shell-terminals","title":"Large Victorian sterling silver sugar tongs, ropework arms","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSugar tongs like these emerged once sugar shifted from an expensive, tightly guarded luxury to something regularly served at the table, and Georgian and Victorian silversmiths spent decades finding new ways to make a basically simple tool interesting. These are bright-cut all over, floral and foliate detail cut directly into the silver so it catches light rather than sitting flat, with the arms pierced in a ropework pattern and each terminal finished as a shell. The whole design has a flowing, organic quality that gets close enough to Art Nouveau you'd be forgiven for guessing it a decade too early.\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":54035597427021,"sku":"3464","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/Photoroom_013_20240507_204503_8cd893b8-8a0f-4653-8a80-9229ab932731.webp?v=1780945934"},{"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-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":"victorian-edinburgh-crystal-thistle-decanter-set-2-cordial-glasses","title":"Victorian Edinburgh crystal 'Thistle' decanter set","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThistle-form decanters have a clever bit of visual and structural design behind them. The bulbous, inverted thistle shape echoes Scotland's national symbol directly while also giving the glass a wider base for stability. This one carries the reference through multiple layers of cutting: hob nail work across the shoulder, a slice-cut neck, a spiral facet cut stopper, and a star cut base, each technique adding a different kind of light-catching texture rather than repeating the same pattern throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two cordial glasses continue the theme. Their bulbous lower bowls are faceted to resemble a thistle bract, the fluted middle sections suggest an unopened bloom, and etched thistle motifs finish the design across the flared bowl above. The silver plated stand pulls the whole set together, its fluted openwork handle topped with ball decoration, engraved with a flowering thistle pattern, and raised on four cast thistle feet, so the botanical reference runs consistently through decanter, glasses and stand alike rather than being confined to one piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Wear to silvering on the stand; stopper has repairs to neck, large sideways chip to top and small chip to base; fleabites to base of decanter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035605258573,"sku":"2778","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/263-IMG_6680-PhotoRoom_6083042e-1e42-43e9-83dd-ad978e6525ea.webp?v=1780946016"},{"product_id":"art-deco-sterling-silver-danish-hans-hansen-jam-spoon-vendome-shell-pattern","title":"Hans Hansen \"Vendome\" shell pattern jam spoon, 1920's","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHans Hansen ran one of Denmark's leading silversmithing workshops through the early 20th century, working alongside contemporaries like Georg Jensen in establishing the clean, restrained lines that came to define Scandinavian silver design. The \"Vendome\" pattern, sometimes called simply the Shell pattern, takes its cue from that same instinct toward simplicity, with a scalloped, shell-like form worked into the bowl and handle rather than applied as separate decoration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis particular piece is a jam or preserve spoon, small enough to sit neatly alongside a jar rather than a full cutlery setting, and the Art Deco period it comes from suited exactly this kind of geometric-adjacent, pared-back design. 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Samuel Wood specialised in exactly this kind of piece, apprenticed to fellow caster maker Thomas Bamford before registering his own mark at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1733, and this example shows the density of decoration he was known for later in his career. The lid alone carries spiral panels in alternating shapes, floral patterning and engraved detail, topped with a steeple finial rather than a plainer alternative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe body follows the same instinct, hand-chased with floral and scroll decoration across the baluster form, raised on a fluted, ruffled pedestal base that adds its own texture beneath the more delicate work above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition, small black marks to body.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035606667597,"sku":"A4214","price":910.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/40-IMG_9167-Photoroom_ebd0e824-c324-4bf3-a6be-1f7e5982ec4b.webp?v=1780946033"},{"product_id":"george-ii-large-sterling-silver-pepper-pot-sugar-sifter-samuel-wood-1740","title":"George II silver caster, Samuel Wood, 1740","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamuel Wood built his reputation specifically as a caster maker, apprenticed in 1721 to Thomas Bamford, another specialist in the same narrow field, and entering his own mark at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1733. That focus paid off: through the mid-18th century, he was widely regarded as producing the finest casters available, and this piece shows why. The plain baluster body relies on proportion and restraint rather than dense decoration, finished with reeded borders and raised on a stepped pedestal foot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lid carries the real decoration, hand-pierced with alternating dotted panels and scrolling openwork, topped with a bell-shaped finial, and pierced work like this served a genuine function too, letting pepper or sugar sift through evenly rather than clumping at one point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. The rim of the lid is a bit uneven; small ding to lid; tiny dings to top of finial.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035606896973,"sku":"3586","price":810.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/270-DSC_0274-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946034"},{"product_id":"george-ii-sterling-silver-marrow-scoop-spoon","title":"George II sterling silver marrow scoop, 1746","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarrow scoops are a fairly specific bit of Georgian dining equipment. They're double-ended, one wide scoop and one narrow, so a diner could extract bone marrow of different thicknesses from a joint without needing a separate tool for each size. It's the kind of implement that only really makes sense once you understand how central marrow eating was to Georgian dining, a delicacy in its own right rather than an afterthought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis one is made by James Wilks and fully hallmarked for London, 1746, placing it firmly in the George II period. The hallmarks are still deeply and cleanly punched, a genuinely useful sign of how well the piece has survived nearly three centuries of handling. Crisp marks like this are far less common on silver this old than worn, shallow ones.\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":54035607224653,"sku":"3047","price":245.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/Photoroom_009_20240223_235817_b1f4557e-e143-4d25-9420-966e833da5f9.webp?v=1780946040"},{"product_id":"george-iii-old-sheffield-plate-large-fluted-basket-with-sterling-aristocratic-stag-family-crest","title":"George III Old Sheffield plate basket, stag crest","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOld Sheffield plate was made by fusing a thin layer of silver onto a copper core, a technique that gave large decorative pieces like this basket the look and cost profile of solid silver without the expense of casting the whole thing in precious metal. This one is oblong and everted in form, panelled with a fluted design and raised on a low pedestal foot, with the swing handle picked out in reeded detail and finished with an applied rose flowerhead bouquet at the centre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rim carries a large gadrooned border decorated with scrolls and shells, firmly in the Regency style even though the piece itself dates to the George III period, decoration and reign not always aligning neatly. At the centre of the basket, an engraved armorial crest shows a stag in the rampant position, its chest pierced by an arrow, with a faint outline visible around the panel. Family crests were typically added in sterling silver after the base piece was completed, and the ghost of that inlay is still visible here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe underside carries Thomas \u0026amp; James Creswick's Sheffield plate mark, a sheaf of arrows taken from the city's coat of arms, used by the firm from 1811 onwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Some copper bleeding appropriate to age and use; light soldering and depression to the embossed decoration near one of the hinges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035607683405,"sku":"3790","price":220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/15-IMG_1563-Photoroom_03a85205-1ed5-43cb-bb5f-93b5222a5447.webp?v=1780946047"},{"product_id":"george-iii-sterling-silver-bright-cut-sugar-tongs","title":": George III sterling silver bright cut sugar tongs","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBright cutting reached real technical heights by the late 18th century, and these tongs show that off well. The geometric and floral pattern engraved across the surface is genuinely unusual, more angular and structured than the flowing botanical designs more typical of the period, giving the whole piece a slightly different character to most George III silver you'd come across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThey're large and properly weighty in the hand, made by George Hindmarsh and assayed for London in 1791. Substantial sugar tongs like this were as much about making an impression at the table as they were about practical use, and the density of the engraving here suggests the maker knew exactly what he was doing on that front.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eVery good antique condition. One of the tips is slightly bent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035609387341,"sku":"3468","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/Photoroom_004_20240507_205448-Photoroom_ba8411ab-8852-4215-bc3a-22cff5a4177e.webp?v=1780946067"},{"product_id":"george-iv-joseph-willmore-sterling-silver-tea-caddy-spoon-fiddle-thread-1821","title":"George IV silver tea caddy spoon, fiddle thread","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fig-shaped bowl on this caddy spoon is well suited to its job. Wide and shallow, it scoops tea leaves without crushing or compacting them the way a deeper, narrower bowl might, a small bit of practical design consideration on an otherwise fairly plain everyday object. The handle follows the fiddle and thread pattern, a restrained style built from a simple thread line running along a fiddle-shaped outline, popular precisely because it worked for almost any occasion without looking either too plain or too showy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMade by Joseph Willmore and fully hallmarked for Birmingham in 1821, the piece sits early in the wider Birmingham silver trade Willmore worked within, a maker whose output ranged from small everyday items like this to more substantial silverware over his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Scuffing appropriate to age and use; the bowl is very lightly uneven on one side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035609977165,"sku":"3287","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/29-20240304_191621-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946080"},{"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":"georgian-sterling-silver-two-handled-sugar-bowl-porringer-william-robert-peaston-1761","title":"Georgian silver porringer, William \u0026 Robert Peaston, 1761","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePorringers occupy a slightly ambiguous spot in Georgian silver, originally intended for eating soft foods like porridge or gruel, though by the mid-18th century pieces like this one were as likely to end up on the table as a sugar bowl instead, the form having outlasted its original purpose. This one takes a cylindrical body with a flared rim, decorated top and bottom with leaf-punched motifs framing a ropetwist girdle around the centre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lower body carries hand-chased scroll decoration across part-fluted, lobed panels, and a foliate vacant cartouche sits at the front, left blank for a crest or monogram and surrounded by floral detail. Scroll handles and a spreading circular foot round out the design, made by William \u0026amp; Robert Peaston, a father-and-son (or brothers, depending on the source) partnership working in mid-18th century London, and hallmarked 1761.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035618726221,"sku":"A4209","price":950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/1-IMG_9091-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946101"},{"product_id":"georgian-thomas-wolfe-factory-z-porcelain-set-of-3-bat-printed-tea-slop-bowls-c-1800","title":"Georgian Thomas Wolfe bat-printed slop bowls, set of 3","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBat printing is one of the more delicate transfer techniques used in Georgian porcelain, working with a thin gelatine \"bat\" rather than paper to lift an image from an engraved copper plate, which let decorators achieve genuinely fine, soft-edged detail that standard transfer printing couldn't quite manage. This set of three slop bowls carries that technique in en-grisaille — monochrome grey-toned printing — depicting classical urns festooned with gilt garlands, the porcelain itself thin enough to show real translucency when held to light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA gold band trims each rim, and the interior centre of every bowl is hand-painted with small, delicate gold flowers, a nice touch of individual handwork against the more mechanical precision of the bat-printed exterior. Slop bowls served a genuinely practical role in Georgian tea service — a place to tip out cold dregs and used leaves before pouring a fresh round — which makes a set surviving intact together, rather than as isolated single pieces, worth noting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. One bowl has some staining to the porcelain and nibbles to the foot; one bowl has two cracks; one has a hairline crack to the exterior; very light wear to gilt appropriate to age and use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035620757837,"sku":"3332","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/270-20240311_004108-Photoroom.jpg?v=1780946103"},{"product_id":"italian-zaramella-argenti-800-solid-silver-nutcracker-the-inglese","title":"Zaramella Argenti 800 silver nutcracker, \"The Inglese\"","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZaramella Argenti has been producing silver in Padova since the mid-20th century, working across both traditional and contemporary design rather than sticking to one register, and this nutcracker sits closer to the traditional end of that range. The handles are cast in 800 silver, a fineness standard common across Italian silverware, while the working upper mechanism is stainless steel, a sensible practical split between a decorative material that would wear poorly under repeated mechanical stress and a functional one built to actually crack nuts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe model is named \"The Inglese,\" Italian for \"the English one,\" though nothing about the design gives away why that particular name was chosen for this piece specifically. It's a good example of how contemporary Italian silversmithing still treats everyday objects with the same attention to material and finish that older, more purely decorative pieces get.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat vintage condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035660407117,"sku":"2069","price":170.0,"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_2F5fe677_2F4832620833_2Fil_fullxfull.4832620833_7f3f_412f0268-9f12-4ec3-8a77-c1e831652365.webp?v=1780946135"},{"product_id":"jugendstil-art-nouveau-wmf-silver-plated-fruit-set-cut-glass-serving-tazza-and-4-dessert-bowls","title":"WMF Jugendstil fruit set, tazza and dessert bowls","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWMF built a real reputation across Europe for pairing cut glass with finely worked silver plated mounts, a combination the firm produced at real scale during its Jugendstil period, when German Art Nouveau design was in full swing. This five-piece set brings together a large serving tazza with four matching individual dessert bowls, each glass bowl resting on a stand with a fluted, stepped base.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stems and bases are trimmed with high-relief wheatsheaf borders, a recurring motif in WMF's output from this period, and the cut-glass bowls themselves carry a roundlet pattern around their edges, giving the glass its own decorative language rather than leaving it plain beneath the metalwork. The set is stamped with WMF's running ostrich mark inside a rhombus, alongside the WMF\/G inscription (Geislingen an der Steige, the firm's home town), a mark style specifically used between 1910 and 1925.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTazza - 24 cm bowl diameter, 12 cm base diameter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmaller bowls - 10 cm bowl diameter, 6 cm base diameter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. Some light scuffing to metal commensurate with age; one small bowl has an internal crack near the base of the glass; another small bowl has a tiny chip to rim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035662078285,"sku":"2073","price":380.0,"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_252F8caa3c_252F5467945157_252Fil_fullxfull.5467945157_o9cc.jpg?v=1780946156"},{"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":"large-sterling-silver-victorian-bread-toasting-fork-engraved-in-art-nouveau-design","title":"Victorian sterling silver toasting fork, Art Nouveau","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToasting forks were built with long handles for a fairly obvious reason, keeping hands well clear of an open fire while bread or crumpets held at the tines. This one takes that practical form and dresses it up properly, engraved throughout with leaves and scrolls in an Art Nouveau style that suits the organic, flowing decoration the movement was known for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes it genuinely unusual is that the handle and root were made separately by two different silversmiths, a year apart. The root is by Henry Hobson \u0026amp; Sons, hallmarked for Birmingham in 1904, while the handle is by William Devenport, hallmarked for Sheffield in 1903. 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This cup commemorates a later stage of that long restoration effort, marking progress made by 1998 — a limited edition piece, numbered 413 of 500, produced by Spode to celebrate the milestone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe design carries a cobalt blue ground with extensive gilding, and the two handles are formed as phoenix birds, a fitting motif for a ship that was itself rescued from near-total ruin and brought back to something like its original state. The cup has a domed lid and matching saucer, and this particular example has never been used or displayed, which is worth noting for anyone specifically collecting limited edition commemorative china in unused condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePorcelain in new condition. Wear to box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035668074829,"sku":"A4173","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/4-IMG_7976_jpg-Photoroom_63a78629-fd45-4b5c-9162-a5cf203e16b8.webp?v=1780946204"},{"product_id":"mason-s-ironstone-birds-of-paradise-large-ginger-jar-biscuit-barrel-container","title":"Mason's Ironstone Birds of Paradise ginger jar","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMason's called this pattern Birds of Paradise, though the bird itself is entirely invented, and no ornithologist has ever managed to say which paradise it's meant to be from. The design is textbook chinoiserie: a flowering tree with a mythical bird perched mid-branch, worked in a soft palette of green, blue and yellow against a cream ground. The jar takes a round baluster form with a flat lid, and it's sized generously enough that it clearly wasn't made to sit empty on a shelf.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's the thing about ginger jars: they were always working objects before they were decorative ones. The form came to Britain via trade with China, where jars like this one held preserved ginger, and English potteries such as Mason's spent the nineteenth century adapting the shape to hold whatever a household needed kept fresh and out of sight, biscuits very much included. This one would still do the job today, whether that's flour, biscuits, or anything else you'd rather keep slightly under wraps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat vintage condition. Crazing commensurate with age; small pockmark to glaze from the manufacturing process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035668894029,"sku":"1917","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/1-20220910_031335-PhotoRoom_3744f93f-52b2-4cbc-9a87-d29e790e1607.webp?v=1780946213"},{"product_id":"mid-victorian-sterling-silver-fish-server-set-embossed-with-renaissance-sea-monsters","title":"Victorian silver fish server set, sea monsters","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRenaissance dolphins get depicted with a strange, almost dragon-like character that modern viewers don't expect. Sixteenth and seventeenth century artists drew on classical sources rather than actual marine biology, giving dolphins scaled bodies, sharp teeth and coiled tails closer to sea monsters than anything you'd find swimming today. This fish server set brings that older visual tradition back for a Victorian audience, embossing shells and those same fantastical dolphin-monsters across the sterling silver handles of both fork and knife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe knife's blade is silver plate, pierced and engraved with Poseidon riding one of the creatures, turning a functional serving piece into a genuine narrative scene. Fish servers as a category only really became common once Victorian dining etiquette demanded specific cutlery for specific courses, and a set this heavily decorated suggests it was made to be noticed at the table rather than simply used and put away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcellent antique condition. Small dent on knife handle, minor wear to silver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035671515469,"sku":"3563","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_6773-Photoroom_04617d7d-019f-480b-ba6e-3cb43f88db34.webp?v=1780946231"},{"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":"pair-of-porcelain-19th-century-meissen-oval-table-salt-boats","title":"Meissen porcelain salt boats, reeded feet","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeissen built its reputation on precision as much as decoration, and these salts show that discipline even in an object as small and functional as tableware salt. Each stands on four reeded column feet, holding an oval open bowl above, floral decoration worked across the body and finished with gilding to the rim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalt cellars like this were a standard fixture of formal 18th and 19th century dining, and having them as a matched pair rather than a single piece is a real advantage for anyone setting a table properly rather than displaying a single salt on its own. The reeded feet do more than support the bowl visually, giving the piece extra height so the salt itself sits at a comfortable level for a serving spoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne salt has two damaged legs, the other salt has one damaged leg. Please see all photos, as they form part of the description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035673841997,"sku":"1397","price":160.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/s-l1600_2810_29-PhotoRoom.webp?v=1780946259"},{"product_id":"pair-of-victorian-pottery-copper-lustreware-moulded-jugs-pitchers-with-religious-scenes-and-snake-handles","title":"Pair Victorian copper lustreware jugs, snake handles","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSnake-form handles turn up across a fair range of Victorian pottery, generally chosen for the coiling shape's practicality as much as any deeper symbolism — a curled snake naturally forms an ergonomic grip in a way a straight handle doesn't. These jugs take the form further than most, with high-relief scales and painted eyes giving each snake real presence rather than treating it as a purely functional afterthought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe relief decoration on the bodies pairs an unusual choice of subject with the copper lustre finish: one side shows Mary, Joseph and the infant Jesus, the other Jesus preaching, both scenes moulded rather than painted, so the imagery has genuine dimension to it. Green scrolling is worked into the lustre glaze as an additional layer of decoration, a colour combination that sits a little outside copper lustreware's usual palette of golds and coppers alone. Pairs of jugs surviving together with matching decoration are harder to come by than single examples, since the two rarely stayed together through generations of handling and use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good antique condition. One pitcher has a small chip to spout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035675218253,"sku":"1437","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/IMG_1401-PhotoRoom_85106387-0012-4c1a-aa45-00e42768271a.webp?v=1780946278"},{"product_id":"regency-era-coalport-pembroke-chocolate-cup-and-caucer-winged-harpy-handles","title":"Regency Coalport chocolate cup, winged harpy handles","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoalport under John Rose was turning out genuinely ambitious porcelain by 1810, and this chocolate cup shows the factory pushing well past standard tableware ambition — the handles are formed as mythological winged harpies, detailed enough to work as sculptural figures in their own right rather than a purely functional afterthought. Hand-painted floral decoration runs across the cup and matching saucer, picked out with rich blue accents and gilding throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChocolate as a drink arrived in Europe well before tea did, brought over from Central America in the 17th century, and by the Regency period it had developed its own distinct etiquette and tableware separate from tea service — cups made specifically for chocolate tended to be taller and narrower than a teacup, sometimes with a lid, and were often treated as a genuine luxury item reserved for guests rather than everyday drinking. A piece as ornate as this one, with sculptural handles and this level of decoration, fits squarely within that tradition of chocolate service as a small occasion in itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCup: The decoration on the handle of the lid is broken, and there is a small chip on the edge of the lid (as shown in the photos). The gold gilding is worn, especially on the handles and winged harpy figures. Otherwise, the piece remains in excellent condition, with full preservation of the colors and enamel, thanks to its hand-painted nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSaucer: There are minor losses to the paint and gilding consistent with age, but overall, the saucer is in excellent antique condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035677675853,"sku":"B1229","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/20250408_000513-Photoroom_b4b0a186-1338-4472-ba51-443c6d549382.webp?v=1780946302"},{"product_id":"rococo-german-dresden-porcelain-double-open-bonbon-salt-cellar-girl-with-baskets","title":"Dresden porcelain bonbon\/salt dish, girl with baskets","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young girl sits between two open baskets on this dish, holding a posy of flowers in one hand, the whole scene moulded and hand-painted with the kind of detail Dresden porcelain built its reputation on through the 19th century. She's dressed in period costume, a laced bodice, ruffled sleeves, and a hat with a turned-up brim decorated with flowers, with bright orange shoes providing a sharp bit of colour against the otherwise softer palette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe baskets themselves carry small floral sprays against white porcelain, trimmed with gold, and their open form makes them functional as small dishes, suited to sweetmeats, bonbons, or salt depending on what a household needed at the table. Figural sweetmeat dishes like this were a popular Rococo Revival format, treating a practical serving object as an opportunity for real sculptural storytelling rather than a plain container.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Left foot chipped; some wear to gilt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035678265677,"sku":"2921","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/PhotoRoom_013_20240124_181634_37b5c1a1-978b-417e-92f9-f30ecc9077d6.webp?v=1780946307"},{"product_id":"antique-silver-plated-basket-with-sapphire-blue-glass-roman-plewkiewicz-louis-xvi-style-circa-1900","title":"Louis XVI style silver-plated basket, blue glass","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRoman Plewkiewicz \u0026amp; Co worked out of Warsaw in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, producing decorative metalware for a market that still had real appetite for Louis XVI revival design decades after the actual style had gone out of fashion in France. This basket carries that revival language in full: ribbon-tied floral and fruit swags run across the openwork mount, framed by pierced trellis panels, a combination that leans into Rococo Revival exuberance while keeping the more restrained Neoclassical structure underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFour scrolling rocaille feet support the piece, and a beaded swing handle sits on top, giving the basket real presence whether it's being carried to the table or left standing on it. The removable liner is sapphire blue glass with a scalloped rim, a genuinely striking contrast against the silvered mount, and one that also makes practical sense: swap the liner out and the basket serves equally well for bonbons, bread, or nothing at all beyond looking good on a sideboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eGood antique condition. Some light surface wear to the silver plating consistent with age and use. The sapphire blue glass liner has a long stable crack with small chips at either end. The basket has a slight wobble when placed on a flat surface but remains stable when displayed. Presents beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035678527821,"sku":"A4406","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/roman-plewkiewicz-silver-plated-basket-sapphire-blue-glass-louis-xvi-style-c1900.jpg?v=1780946311"},{"product_id":"spode-bone-china-peplow-sugar-bowl-for-harrods-chinoiserie-flowers-rd-568948","title":"Spode Peplow bone china sugar bowl, Harrods","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Peplow pattern has had a genuinely long life at Spode — first printed in blue in the early 19th century, then revived decades later as a polychrome transfer specifically for Harrods, registered under design number 568948, before being revived again in 1925 as pattern R8542 with the yellow border seen on this bowl. Three distinct versions of the same underlying Chinoiserie flower design, each one a product of its own decade's taste rather than a straight reissue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis baluster-form sugar bowl carries that 1930's yellow-bordered version, with two scrolling handles and a domed lid, the transfer printed in bright, multicoloured detail across the body. 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The cream ceramic body carries daisy-like flowers in gold, yellow and blue, green leaves filling out the design, bordered with fine gilding that separates the pattern from the plain ground around it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lid switches material and technique entirely, silver-plated and bright-cut with floral and geometric patterns rather than painted, giving the piece two distinct decorative approaches working together rather than one continuous design across the whole object. A swing handle sits on top, functional rather than purely decorative, making the barrel easy to lift and carry despite its size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat antique condition. 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