Teapot in the Famille Rose Style, Bow Porcelain Factory, circa 1752

A large tea-pot, or perhaps a punch pot, of globular form with loop handle. Painted in a vibrant wet palette after the Chinese. A most attractive example, of...

Modelled after a small Chinese blanc-de-Chine wine cup of Dehua, Fujian Province; the bowl with three single prunus sprigs. Thick glaze with some crazing around base. Green translucency. Base glazed but partially wiped. Provenance: Taylor Collection; Parkside Antiques Melbourne...

An early example of Bow porcelain, decorated in ‘wet’ famille rose colours; featuring a peony, a bird on a branch, and another in flight. Sacred Scrolls to the interior. A superb ...

A delicate tea-bowl and saucer, decorated after the Chinese in the Famille Rose palette. This style of painting, known as 'wet enamelling', is very attractive but quite scarce in Bow...

A vase and cover, decorated with peonies &c in the Famille Rose style. Incised R mark group. Prov Taylor Collection; Simon Spero; Joseph Handley.  

A cauldron-shaped salt: a direct copy of a contemporary (Georgian) silver shape in soft-paste porcelain. Provenance: Taylor collection.

This is a very charming orphaned coffee cup made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1755. The cup is decorated in a Chinese "famille rose" peony pattern. This cup would have been part of a large tea service, and the tiny size shows how expensive coffee was in the 18th Century. The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby. The cup is unmarked, which is normal for Bow items of this era. Condition report the cup is in excellent condition without any damage or repairs. There are various glazing imperfections, which are quite normal for porcelain of this era. Antique British porcelain...

Chinese Export porcelain famille rose botanical teapot stand, circa 1775 The attractive Chinese Export porcelain teapot stand is of hexagonal form wi...

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Botanical teapot stand, circa 1775 The Chinese Export porcelain famille rose hexagonal teapot stand is centered...

This is a very rare and impressive complete set of large figures called The Four Elements, made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1765. It consists of Ceres representing Earth, V...

A beautiful vintage porcelain famille rose three-piece hand-decorated teacup and saucer or soup set with lid, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid-20th century. The three (3) pieces m...

A Chinese export famille rose tankard having a straw weave replacement handle and decorated with rocks and flowers of bold design. China, circa 1750. Measures: Height 8 in (20 cms).