COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN DECORATIVE CERAMICS AND PORCELAIN - LATE 19TH CENTURY

A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN-ERA DECORATIVE CERAMICS AND PORCELAIN COMPRISING APPROXIMATELY 20 PIECES IN MIXED STYLES AND MAKERS, REPRESENTATIVE OF LATE 19TH-CENTURY EUROPEAN CERAMIC PRODUCTION.

CONTENTS OVERVIEW:
THE COLLECTION INCLUDES:
- BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED STONEWARE PITCHER WITH SCROLLWORK MOTIFS AND GEOMETRIC BORDER PATTERNS
- CREAM-COLOURED EARTHENWARE SERVING VESSELS WITH FLORAL HAND-PAINTED DECORATION
- PAIR OF SHELL-SHAPED PORCELAIN DISHES IN WHITE AND GILT
- PAIR OF GREEN GLASS BOWLS WITH GILT INTERIOR DETAIL
- BLUE DECORATIVE VESSEL WITH WHITE BEADED RIM AND APPLIED FLORAL MOTIFS
- PAIR OF BLUE AND GILT DECORATED CERAMIC BOOTS OR SHOES, LIKELY DECORATIVE PIECES OR MUSTARD POTS
- CREAM-COLOURED FOOTED BOWL WITH WAVY RIM
- BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED LIDDED VESSEL WITH LANDSCAPE SCENE FEATURING SAILING VESSELS
- PAIR OF WHITE CERAMIC VESSELS WITH TEXTURED SURFACE
- IVORY-COLOURED FIGURATIVE SCULPTURE OF CLASSICAL MALE FORM ON MARBLE BASE
- DECORATIVE DUCK OR WATERFOWL FIGURE WITH TEXTURED WHITE BODY AND GILT-PAINTED DETAILS
- ADDITIONAL DECORATIVE VESSELS AND SERVING PIECES IN MIXED STYLES

MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION:
PRIMARY MATERIALS INCLUDE PORCELAIN, EARTHENWARE, AND STONEWARE. DECORATIVE TECHNIQUES INCLUDE HAND-PAINTED ENAMEL WORK, UNDERGLAZE BLUE DECORATION, GILT EMBELLISHMENT, AND APPLIED MOULDED DETAIL. SEVERAL PIECES SHOW EVIDENCE OF HAND-PAINTING WITH PERIOD-APPROPRIATE MOTIFS INCLUDING FLORAL SPRAYS, GEOMETRIC BORDERS, AND NARRATIVE SCENES.

CONDITION ASSESSMENT:
OVERALL CONDITION IS GOOD FOR A COLLECTION OF THIS AGE AND USE. MINOR CRAZING IS PRESENT ON SEVERAL PIECES, CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND NORMAL CERAMIC AGEING. ONE VESSEL EXHIBITS A HAIRLINE CRACK TO THE RIM, VISIBLE IN PHOTOGRAPHS. THE SHELL-SHAPED DISHES REMAIN UNDAMAGED. GILT DECORATION SHOWS MINOR WEAR APPROPRIATE TO AGE. BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED WARES RETAIN STRONG COLOUR SATURATION. FIGURATIVE PIECES ARE INTACT WITH NO LOSSES OR REPAIRS EVIDENT. NO MAJOR RESTORATION WORK IS APPARENT ACROSS THE COLLECTION.

PROVENANCE:
COLLECTION ASSEMBLED FROM PRIVATE SOURCES. NO MAKER'S MARKS HAVE BEEN CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ON INSPECTION, THOUGH SEVERAL PIECES SHOW EVIDENCE OF PRINTED OR IMPRESSED MARKS CONSISTENT WITH ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL PRODUCTION OF THE PERIOD.

DISPLAY AND USE:
THIS COLLECTION IS SUITABLE FOR DISPLAY IN PERIOD INTERIORS OR FOR THE COLLECTOR OF VICTORIAN-ERA DECORATIVE CERAMICS. THE VARIETY OF FORMS AND DECORATIVE STYLES PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR ARRANGEMENT AND DISPLAY. SEVERAL PIECES ARE FUNCTIONAL VESSELS SUITABLE FOR SERVING OR DISPLAY USE.

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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