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Reticulated Nanking chestnut basket, c.1820

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

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

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“Quadrupeds” sauce boat, c.1820

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

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

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Scroddled agateware jug, c.1860

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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.

 

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“Pekin” pattern cup, c.1880

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

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

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Victorian Toby jug, c.1870

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

What could be more English than a Toby jug? This example, most likely made by Copeland Spode around 1870 and much copied by other potters, is hand painted using polychrome overglaze enamels.

Jug measures 6-1/2″ tall by  7-1/4″ wide.

A sizable tin handle with thumb and fingers grips was made by a tinker, replacing the original ceramic handle which broke off over 100 years ago.

The Toby jug sitting at the far left atop of the chest of drawers in the painting The Latest Addition by Charles Spencelayh (1865-1958) bears a striking resemblance to mine.

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Thanks to Robert Moores of NestEgg Antiques for sharing his knowledge of Toby jugs with me.

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Triple repair famille rose teapot, c.1770

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

I love a piece with more than one repair and this great example delivers three times over! A much loved and repaired Chinese porcelain globular teapot from the late eighteenth century has survived over 240 years, more or less intact.

A detail of the floral decoration, painted in polychrome enamels.

Teapot measure 9″ long by 6″ high and both sides are decorated with the same pattern, more or less.

A simple yet graceful bronze metal handle replaces the original.

A silver spout replaces the long gone spout, similar to the original in size and shape.

Even the lid, with a replaced tin inner flange, is from another piece altogether. I wouldn’t be surprised if each of these repairs occurred separately during the life of the teapot.

An armorial teapot with similar shape to mine reveals what the original handle & spout might have looked like.

Photo courtesy of Richard Gould Antiques

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Mocha ware jug trio, c.1840

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

I love finding sets with matching inventive repairs, such as these three English jugs found together in Maine.

The largest jug is 6-1/2″ tall and has blue bands and earthworm decoration, made from slip.

There is an elegantly shaped tin replacement handle with straps, showing remains of the original broken handle.

The middle jug is 5-3/4″ high with a bold design of blue and green bands.

The crimped tin strap at the top front of the jug has corroded.

The smallest blue striped  jug is 5″ high.

A flimsy tin replacement handle is now bent and rusting.

This almost identical jug is intact without the abuse of my trio.

Photo courtesy of Louwers Antiques

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Chinese armorial sauce boat, c.1780

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

This Chinese porcelain sauce boat was made for export to the American market and has a distinctive Fitzhugh pattern outer rim border, and measures 7.5 inches wide, 2.75 inches high.

It bears an armorial polychrome enamel eagle/dragon, custom ordered by a family of wealth.

The replaced gilt metal handle is beautifully woven with two different colors of rattan.

A similar sauce boat shown with original handle and hard to find matching undertray

Photo courtesy of Starr Antiques

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Cast iron clothes iron, c.1900

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Every household in America had one. Many, such as this one, have a replaced handle. Some irons were just too heavy to support a lighter handle and many snapped off after years of constant use. Currently this iron is being used as a doorstop in my office and I almost forgot to include it in my blog. It is one of a select few “inventive repairs” that I am using in my home for a purpose other than what it was originally intended for.

Faint remains of the original handle are visible on either side of the replaced handle.

This lucky survivor still has its original handle.

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Child’s pearlware tea set, c.1820

Friday, March 19th, 2010

Little girls were given fragile miniature tea sets such as this one, to practice their homemaking skills and to prepare themselves to become good wives, mothers and hostesses. This drabware soft past pottery set from the early 1800’s was made in England.

The teapot, with replacement metal handle & strap, measures 3-1/2″ tall.

I feel badly for the little girl who accidently broke the teapot, but I am glad her parents took it to their local tinsmith to be repaired, so it could one day end up in my collection.

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