Parian salt glaze ewer with molded relief biblical design marked on the bottom: “Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law”, made in the mid-1800’s by Samuel Alcock in Staffordshire, England.
Ewer measures 9-1/2″ tall and has an intricately fashioned network of metal straps and wire.
The large metal replacement handle stands in for the long gone original ceramic handle.
A lavender ewer showing the original, more ornate handle.
Photo courtesy of Monique’s Glass Boutique
A remarkable pair of matching EAPG (Early American Pattern Glass) goblets in the “Giant Thumbprint” pattern, each measuring 7″ high and made in North America. It’s rare to find items with matching repairs & replacements, so I was thrilled to acquire these.
The matching replaced conical black enameled iron bases are filled with lead to support the thick-walled flint glass.
This is what the original simple glass bases might have looked like.
Photo courtesy of All Antique Glass
The addition of a ceramic frog inside of a child’s mug was a great way to encourage a little boy or girl to drink their milk. This 5″ tall souvenir mug has pink lustre and multi-color hand painted decoration over a transferware design, and was made in the early 1800’s by Moore & Co in Sunderland, England.
Printed on one side of the mug: “West View of the Cast Iron Bridge Over the River Ware”, completed in 1796. A verse about the sea is printed on the other side.
A simple tin handle with straps does the trick replacing the original, shattered after a fall.
Unfortunately, the ceramic frog also suffered from the fall and was never recovered. Wouldn’t it be great to see a “make do” frog inside of this mug?
An original frog inside of a mug which escaped the slippery fingers of a Victorian child.
Photo courtesy of Martyn Edgell Antiques
A Chinese export porcelain chestnut basket, measuring 6-3/4″ long and 2-1/2″ high, and decorated with a classic cobalt blue Nanking design.
Baskets such as these with pierced sides were used for fruit, so air could better circulate around the contents. They also had molded porcelain handles, gilded to look like they were made of metal.
How ironic that when the original porcelain “metal” handles broke off, they were replace with actual metal handles.
Metal staples and bolts were also used to help put this piece back together.
This basket in perfect condition, showing original gilt porcelain handles.
Photo courtesy of WorthPoint
This black glazed earthenware baluster form teapot was made in Belgium and sports an Oriental inspired “crabstock” handle and swan’s neck shaped spout. It measures 6 inches high and 8 inches wide.
It has an elaborately detailed silver spout in the style of Austria-Hungary silver, attached by chain to handle and replaced silver pineapple-shaped lid knob.
This Namur coffee pot set has ornate silver mounts.
Photo courtesy of Sothebys
In America, lustreware became popular in mid-19th century. During the Victorian period, a certain dinner party fad was to place lustreware pieces on a mirrored platform as a table centerpiece and watch the glow of gaslight sparkle and shimmer. This sturdy little pepper pot from England stands 4-3/4″ high.
The warm tone of the replaced carved wood base matches the copper color glaze.
This form is a copy of an 18th c. Georgian silver pepper pot.
Photo courtesy of Bryan Douglas
This wonderfully graphic pearlware pottery sauce boat was made by I. Hall in Staffordshire, England in the early 1800’s. It has a dark cobalt blue transfer decoration in the “Quadrupeds” pattern featuring a fantastic fox on both sides.
The replaced hollow pewter handle has been cleverly painted to match the decoration.
Sauce boat from the early 1800’s measures 3-7/8″ high, 7-1/2″ long.
Sauce boat is boldly stamped in cobalt on the bottom I HALL, QUADRUPEDS.
Another blue & white transferware sauce boat with its original handle.
Photo courtesy of Richard G. Marden & Daughter
This ceramic jug dates from the mid-1800’s and was most likely made in Staffordshire, England. It is completely covered in an abstract “agate” transfer design.
The original pewter lid remains, but the long gone ceramic handle has been remade out of tin. Jug measures 8-3/4″ tall.
The combination of the wood grain-like decoration and the wild metal straps make this 150 year old jug look quite modern.
This jug with similar agate transfer decoration and pewter lid still maintains its original loop-shaped handle.
Photo courtesy of eBay
An English porcelain cup made by Beech & Hancock in Stoke-on-Trent in the late 1800’s has hand-painted color washes over a “Pekin” transfer design.
This popular image of two Chinese opium smokers was later altered, deleting all traces of the once legal past time.
The unusual “do-it-yourself” removable handle from the early 1900’s looks like something found at a local hardware store. The remains of the original handle are clearly visible.
A plate showing the later design, minus the opium pipes and more family friendly.
Photo courtesy of the great, great grandson of maker James Beech
American cut glass was first produced in 1771 by the American Flint Glass Manufactory in Manheim, PA. The heyday of brilliant cut glass in America was in the 1880’s, after the public viewed the latest designs on display at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
Every facet of this 7-1/4″ tall wine glass has been cut by hand.
The painted wooden base with a whimsical stepped design, is a replacement created sometime in the early 1900’s.
Before the goblet broke in to two pieces, it would have had a faceted glass base, as shown here.
