Ceramics
Ceramics are among the most frequently collected antiques. Items made from earthernware (pottery) or porcelain (hard or soft paste) can serve functional roles such as tablewares, serving implements, vases and jugs or as ornaments, especially figures.
They usually have some form of decoration, either painted or transfer-printed, that is covered in transparent or coloured glaze. Ceramics are often catalogued by the name of their manufacturer or factory such as Meissen, Worcester, Doulton, Wedgwood and Sèvres.
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Penzance saleroom Lay's stage inaugural studio pottery auction
14 August 2024Lay’s inaugural 'Studio Pottery Sale' is due to take place on September 6 in Penzance.
![Royal Doulton prototype](/media/106055/bellman-tortoise.jpg?rxy=0.49779735682819382,0.4933920704845815&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133680244480000000)
Rare Royal Doulton prototype of a 'Boy on a Tortoise' sells at Sussex auction
12 August 2024A rare Royal Doulton prototype model of a 'Boy on a Tortoise' was found in a modest house in Mill End in Rickmansworth.
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Du Paquier porcelain packs in plenty of interest for bidders
12 August 2024Examples of products by Viennese factory founded 10 years after Meissen prove popular purchases
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Buyer chooses Choisy-le-Roi
05 August 2024Following the Franco-Prussian War, when Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany, workers at the Sarreguemines factory rejected German nationality and brought important technical skills and artistry to Choisy-le-Roi.
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Twelve hours selling a single owner collection… a day on the tiles
05 August 2024Huge Roger Hensman collection sale in Stourbridge featured up to 10,000 examples sold in 859 lots
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Cactus vase pricked out in Denver
05 August 2024The latest sale of Fine & Decorative Arts at Morphy’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Denver, Pennsylvania featured many good examples of Amphora and Zsolnay.
![Minton majolica box](/media/105775/2655-ar-gorringes-minton-majolica-1.jpg?rxy=0.57,0.24409448818897639&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133670803740000000)
Possible Dresser Minton majolica box takes flight in Sussex sale
02 August 2024Appearing at Gorringe’s in Lewes, East Sussex this week was a small Minton majolica box and cover catalogued as ‘possibly after a design by Christopher Dresser’.
![Clarice Cliff Football Vase](/media/105541/clarice-cliff-football-vase.jpg?rxy=0.49833333333333335,0.3175&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133663959940000000)
Single-owner Clarice Cliff collection brings dash of colour to Newcastle auction
26 July 2024A ‘Football’ pattern hexagonal vase was among the highlights at the sale of a single owner Clarice Cliff collection sale at Anderson & Garland this week.
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Remarkable British medieval jug flies to eight times estimate
22 July 2024An outstanding example of British medieval pottery sold as part of the Stanley F Goldfein collection of ceramics drew fervent bidding at a recent US auction.
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Second staging of Classic Antique Fair impresses
22 July 2024Among the attractions of the Classic Antique Fairs in Birmingham staged from July 12-14 was the eye-catching display of dealership M&D Moir featuring a pair of powder pink vases by Franz Pallme König (c.1890).
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Voters drank a toast to Lord Anson (with him paying)
22 July 2024Election fever in the UK is behind us but collectors of political memorabilia might vote for a 19th century Spode electioneering jug for sale at the Long Melford Antiques Fair in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, August 7.
![Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian galleon tile](/media/105278/tiles-galleon-2653ar-17-07-2024.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133656808320000000)
‘A lifelong labour of love’: Hensman tile collection sells at marathon sale in Stourbridge
17 July 2024Most tile collectors tend to specialise in a particular area – a favourite factory, a period, a designer or a chosen subject matter. Roger Hensman was passionate about the subject in all its forms.
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Bidders spot Worcester rarities in third slice of a lifetime collection on sale
15 July 2024A surprise at a Hampshire saleroom on June 18 came in the form of a fine pair of early 19th century Chamberlain Worcester ‘Regent China’ cabinet cups in the French Empire style.
![Sundial designed by Archibald Knox](/media/105080/2652-pv-roseberys-archibald-knox-2.jpg?rxy=0.49570815450643779,0.43846153846153846&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133652688880000000)
Rare Liberty & Co terracotta sundial by Archibald Knox emerges in South London
13 July 2024One of the most watched lots currently on the-saleroom.com is a rare Liberty & Co terracotta Floralis pattern sundial designed by the legendary Archibald Knox in c.1905.
![Beswick Belted Galloway](/media/105061/mctears-beswick-a-2653ar-12-07-2024.jpg?rxy=0.785,0.3375&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133651849450000000)
Cows can fly: Beswick lot bid to a bullish 30 times estimate in Glasgow
12 July 2024Arthur Gredington, who was appointed chief modeller at the Beswick factory in 1939, found inspiration across the animal kingdom from cats and kittens to butterflies and leaping fish.
![Clarice Cliff Fantasque ‘Melon’ Pattern Conical Coffee Service](/media/105031/clarice-cliff-fantasque-melon-pattern-conical-coffee-service.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=125&height=125&rnd=133649185310000000)
Single owner Clarice Cliff collection comes to Anderson & Garland
08 July 2024The collection features numerous rare designs of one of the 20th century's most influential ceramic artists.
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Prime-period Zsolnay shines in Munich auction
08 July 2024Selection of items by the Hungarian family firm date from most in-demand era of production
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Iznik at the double thanks to two private collections at Olympia Auctions
08 July 2024The sale of Indian and Islamic art at Olympia Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in London on June 5 included two fine private collections of Iznik pottery.
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Pick of the Week: Teapot brews up Chelsea demand
08 July 2024This rare Chelsea porcelain leaf-moulded teapot and cover came between a goat-and-bee jug and a crayfish salt.
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Pottery parrot in Whieldon style attracts flocks of bidders
08 July 2024At Gildings (20% buyer’s premium) of Market Harborough, one little, or rather big bird took flight.
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