Hand painted bone china miniature tea cup

This exceptionally attractive Victorian era miniature cup has floral designs front and back in soft shades of red, orange, purple, blue, green, gray, and white, tipped in gold. A double gold band rims the top, with additional gold on the front of the fancy handle. Standing a petite 2-3/4" high, this cup has a 2-1/4" diameter round rim and 1-5/8" diameter round scalloped base. Unmarked. No cracks or crazing, but wear to the innermost gold band and one tiny chip at the back rim. A gorgeous little display piece. (Click on picture for more images.) Tell a friend.

Price: $25.00 + s/h and insurance

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Vintage hand painted rose bowl

This elegant little bowl features hand painted flowers, fine gold brush stroke accents, and a very fancy shape. The elaborately scalloped leafy top appears to have originally been edged in gold, but the piece is so old that most of this gold has worn away. Otherwise in almost perfect condition, with no cracks or crazing. One of the rim points is chipped off, but it took me forever to notice it in all that scalloping. If you look really close, you can probably see it in the pictures at the left. How this bowl managed to survive all these years with its other rim points intact is a mystery to me! It stands 2-3/8” high with diameters of 3-3/8” at the top and 2" at the scalloped foot. There is a faint incised mark on the bottom that I can’t make out, even under the magnifying glass. (Click on picture for more images.) Tell a friend.

Price: $30.00 + s/h and insurance

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Harvest gold large lidded bowl

We have three of these gorgeous large lidded bowls that are unmarked, but have the lines, style, artistry, beauty, color, and graceful lug handles of classic Russel Wright pieces. The lids and bowl interiors are white and the exterior bowl color reminds me of the harvest gold appliances of the 1960's. The bowls are 7-1/2" in diameter at their rims (9-3/4" across from handle to handle), tapering to a 4-5/8" diameter base. They stand 3-3/4" high by themselves and 5-1/2" high when lidded. All three bowls and all three lids are in perfect condition, with no chips, cracks, crazing, or any sign of use. Two of the bowls have a minor glaze skip at their respective rims, and one of these also has a flyspeck on its inner rim. Price is for each lidded bowl. (Click on picture for more images.) Tell a friend.

Price: $40.00 each + s/h and insurance

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Harvest gold soup bowl

We have four of these gorgeous soup bowls that are unmarked, but have the lines, style, artistry, beauty, and color of classic Russel Wright pieces. The interiors are white and the exterior color reminds me of the harvest gold appliances of the 1960's. They stand 3" high at the tops of their graceful upwardly curving handles and are 5-1/2" x 6-3/8" at the top, tapering to a 2-5/8" diameter base. Three are in perfect condition, with no chips, cracks, crazing, glaze slips, or any sign of use. The fourth has a small chip on its exterior rim. Price is for each bowl. (Click on picture for more images.) Tell a friend.

Price: $25.00 each + s/h and insurance

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Colorful old biscuit jar

This colorful hand-painted square pottery biscuit jar appears to be quite old. Its background color is a deep turquoise done in a pattern of vertical and horizontal ribbing very reminiscent  of Adirondack woven baskets. The raised leafy edges on all four panels and the lid are dark purple. The front, back, and lid each has a single raised red-orange rose with yellow leaves tipped in green. The two “rope” handles on the sides are also yellow. I’ve never seen another like it, and it’s certainly not what you’d call delicate. No, this one makes a strong, bold “look at me” statement! The shape is basically a 4-1/4" square with scalloped edges at the top and bottom. The jar is 5" tall, rising to 6-1/4" tall when lidded. The white glazed bottom is unmarked and features 8 knob feet, the bottoms of which are unglazed and show age discoloration. Overall, this biscuit jar is in very good condition. There are what appear to be two old discolored hairline cracks: a y-shaped one on the exterior bottom and a straight one at one side of the interior bottom, but both are impossible to feel, even with your fingernail. The interior mouth rim has a couple of chips which of course don’t show when the jar is lidded. All in all, quite a unique piece! (Click on picture for more images.) Tell a friend.

Price: $50.00 + s/h and insurance

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Pair of vintage purple bowls

These vintage heavy pottery bowls are a deep reddish purple color. They have a scalloped interior, the spines of which are white, possibly from wear, that makes for an attractive appearance, rather like a flower. Neither is marked, and each is 1-3/4" tall with a 2-1/2" diameter base and 5-1/2" diameter rim. I envision them being used as holders for pillar candles, but you can probably think of many other uses for them, too. No cracks or crazing, but definite wear around the edges, and one has a chip on its base. (Click on picture for more images.) Tell a friend.

Price: $20.00 + s/h and insurance

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