This Ridgway "Rivoli" shape cup & saucer is decorated with hand gilding over a fawn ground. The fractional pattern number is 2/7546. It is excellent condition with its only blemish being some very minor loss of gilding to the plate centre and the rim of the cup. C1845.

This Ridgway "Rivoli" shape cup & saucer is decorated with hand gilding over a fawn ground. The fractional pattern number is 2/7546. It is excellent condition with its only blemish being some very minor loss of gilding to the plate centre and the rim of the cup. C1845.

This hand coloured jug is attributed to the Hill Pottery Co. Ltd. The Hill Pottery Co. followed on from Samuel Alcock and Sir James Duke & Nephews who also used this style of decoration. It stands 125mm high and does have some small paint chips, one of which is visible in the photo. C 1861-7.

This Meissen hand painted and gilded cup stands 69.5mm high and has a diameter of 71mm. There is some loss of gilding to the rim and a largish chip to the base of the handle. C1825

This unmarked English London shape porcelain cup features a hand painted "Japan" pattern and gilding to the handle. It suffers from some loss of gilding to the rim and the handle and a tiny chip to the rim, otherwise it is in very good condition. It stands 65mm high and has a diameter of 77mm. C1820.

This unmarked English London shape porcelain cup features a hand painted "Japan" pattern and gilding to the handle. It suffers from some loss of gilding to the rim and the handle, otherwise it is in very good condition. It stands 65mm high and has a diameter of 77mm. C1820.

This Coalport dessert plate features a central spray of hand painted flowers with the rim decorated with low relief festoons and scrolls on a blue/grey ground. There is some loss of the gilding from the rim and to the high points in the central well. C1820-5.

This pewter-lidded hot water jug with a Grecian design is attributed to Samuel Alcock and dates from around 1850. It is hand coloured and stands 210mm high. The fractional pattern number shows a 4 over 3374 without the bar. This is painted to the underside.There is some loss of paint on the handle(visible in the photo)and some slight rubbing of the gilding in the same area. There is a small chip to the underside of the base and some very minor paint scratches on the body. There is also some very faint crazing barely visible through the ground.

This very striking hand coloured Samuel Alcock porcelain vase is entitled on the base "The Nuptials of Paris and Helen". It carries no makers mark but is identical to marked pieces. It stands 213mm high and dates from around 1850. It has some very minor damage to it-a small chip to the nose of the relief moulded face decoration at the base of the handle and some very small paint scratches under the lip. There is also very faint crazing.

A Susie Cooper coffee pot, hand coloured on the Quail shape. It stands 240mm high. It is in excellent condition, however it does have a very small chip to the inside of the spout. It dates from the mid 1950's.

This Maling plate with windmill decoration is 290mm in diameter and in excellent condition apart from some crazing. C1935-40.

This Susie Cooper coffee pot is hand painted on the Kestrel shape. The pattern number is 1999. It stands 195mm high and is in very good condition. The decoration on the lid handle is slightly worn and there is a very small chip to the lip of the spout. It dates from the late 1940's.

Featuring a central spray of hand painted flowers this plate is probably from the firm of Samuel Alcock and dates from around 1840. The fractional pattern number on the reverse is 2 over 101 and a hand painted mark of either an H or an I. The diameter is 270mm. It is in very good condition with some loss of the gilding on the outer points of the rim and to the central well of the plate.

This 175mm high parian bust of Queen Victoria was modelled by R.J. Morris for Turner & Wood of Stoke. It was issued for the Queen's Jubilee of 1887. It is in excellent condition.

This large Wedgwood Jasperware jardiniere measures 235mm high and 260mm diameter and dates from around 1900. The decoration is of classical figures in a pastoral setting. The top frieze is of leaves and fruit, whilst the lower frieze is acanthus leaves. Unfortunately there is a small chip to the rim but that is its only flaw.

This large French hand painted and gilded vase features birds perched on branches in a forest setting surrounded by blossoms and coloured leaves with the handles being winged serpents. The height is 400mm. There is some rubbing to the gilding, but that is the only flaw. C1880's

This small Charlotte Rhead designed vase for Crown Ducal is 76mm high and 95mm in diameter. It is pattern 2682 and features brown lotus leaves overlaid with a zigzag band of spiky leaves on a mottled brown ground. It dates from 1932-8 and bears a facsimile Rhead signature.It has a small chip to the base, otherwise it is in excellent condition.