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Ceramics
Collected by Frederica, from the Georgian and Victorian periods
British Georgian cups 1760 – 1825
Tea and coffee arrived in Britain in the middle of the seventeenth century. The East India Company brought delicate porcelain teapots and tea bowls from China. The growing fashion for tea drinking in mid eighteenth century inspired the British and European potters to emulate the Chinese teawares at home. Before 1760 many of the cups were without handles and called tea bowls.
British Georgian cups 1760 – 1830
Decorated in the Chinese style and copied from the Chinese export china which was shipped to Britain by The East India Company. Many of the cups were painted by children and on magnification one can occasionally see tiny fingerprints within the designs.
New Hall Coffee Cup circa 1785 and Cotton Muslin circa 1840
This little New Hall coffee cup is reproduced with a fine printed cotton muslin used as the background.
Coffee Cans
Coffee was introduced into Britain in about 1637. Some of the earliest British coffee cups were made as early as 1746. The increased interest in coffee drinking inspired the British and European potters to emulate the Chinese designs. Bow, Worcester, Chelsea, Pomona , Bristol, Liverpool, Caughley, Lowestoft, Longton Hall and Derby led the way with small straight sided cups which were seldom marked with a makers name or mark.
English Georgian Tea Bowls 1760 – 1830
Tea and coffee arrived in Britain in the middle of the 17th century. The growing fashion for tea drinking in mid eighteenth century inspired the British and European potters to emulate the Chinese teawares. At the beginning the cups were without handles and called tea bowls. Engravings of the time show ladies and gentlemen drinking tea from tea bowls held daintily between thumb and forefinger.
Antique Jugs 1680 – 1830
A collection of antique jugs filled with flowers which reflect the flowers and the colours depicted on the jugs.
English Georgian Jugs, Coffee Cans, Coffee Cups, Tea Cups and Tea Bowls
Tea and coffee arrived in Britain in the middle of the seventeenth century. The East India Company brought delicate porcelain teapots and tea bowls from China. The growing fashion for tea drinking in mid eighteenth century inspired the British and European potters to emulate the Chinese teawares. Bow, Worcester, Chelsea, Pomona , Bristol, Liverpool, Caughley, Lowestoft, Longton Hall and Derby led the way but at the beginning the cups were without handles and called tea bowls.
English Georgian & Victorian Flower Cups 1770 - 1876
Flowers, as always, are a very popular image to paint on china. Some of the flower painting in the late 18th and early 19th century were very sophisticated and executed by master painters. Others were copied by children and were quite naïve and charming. Occasionally under magnification one can see tiny fingerprints where a child must have held the cup while copying a chosen design. Most of these cups are from the Staffordshire factories.
English Georgian cups 1790 - 1825
Coral and Gold were a very popular colour combination in the Regency period. As rooms were lit by candlelight, the china would have reflected the light. Most of these cups are from the Staffordshire factories.
Antique Jugs 1780 - 1934
Colourful and interesting shaped jugs from this 154 year period
Fashion from the Georgian, Regency and Early Victorian Periods
A selection of designs taken from contemporary fashion plates
Head Dresses
These head dress prints are taken from fashion journals of the time, ‘Ackermann’s Repository of Arts’, ‘The New Monthly Belle AssemblŽe’ and ‘The World of Fashion and Monthly Magazine of the Court of London and Paris.’ Jane Austen wrote in a letter to a friend ‘I am amused by the present style of female dress; - the coloured petticoats with braces over the white Spencers & enormous Bonnets upon the full stretch, are quite entertaining.’
Silk Dress Fabric circa 1800
This silk was probably woven in Spitalfields in London. The silk industry was established in Spitalfields by the Huguenots and the industry grew rapidly and fostered a consciousness of fashion at the end of the eighteenth century. Oriental inspired designs were very popular.
Georgian Prints
The prints of the tree and stone base are late eighteenth century. The fashion plate is labelled ‘Moden Z. 1814 No 1’. We have enhanced the pale pink/brown original colour wash.
Fashion Plates Published 1806 – 1820
Some of these are from fashion journals of the time; ‘The Gallery of Fashion’, ‘La Belle AssemblŽe or a Lady’s Fashionable Companion’ and ‘Ackermann’s Repository of Arts’. These were the ‘Vogue’ magazines of their time. There seems to have been an outfit for every occasion from archery to promenading. A parrot sits on one girl’s shoulder.
‘A Group of Well Known Dandies’ & Some Regency Ladies – Fashion Plates 1800 - 1825
The Dandies are a caricature from the early part of the 19th century. The ladies wear outdoor clothes but dainty shoes.
Collections
Of things, of words, of fauna and flora
Georgian Gentlemen’s Buttons
Many of these were made in France. They are made from many materials such as glass, enamel, silver, steel, copper, painting on parchment, precious and semi precious stones. The ‘Habitat’ buttons contain seaweed, feathers or even a dead grasshopper shown on this paper.
Items Which May Have Been Found on a Georgian Lady’s Dressing Table
These items are nearly all in the collection of Number 1 Royal Crescent Museum in Bath. A fan depicting a map of Bath, a pair of rare Bilston Enamel Candlesticks circa 1780 and silver tweezers in a red leather case are some of the exhibits in the lady’s bedroom at the museum. A tiny glass patch dish circa 1750 would have held patches for a lady’s face. Patches were worn to cover blemishes from small pox and skin complaints. At the end of the eighteenth century it was popular to wear small patches made of black taffeta for those who had nothing to hide as well. A whole ‘patch’ language developed.
Regency Red
Here are a pair of original canvas and red leather dancing shoes, a beautiful reticule embroidered with tiny stitches, jewellery, ceramics, material, purses, a book, letters and a pincushion embroidered on one side with the motto ‘May you never want a pin And prize those high which I put in’.
Items Which May Have Been Found On A Georgian Gentleman’s Desk
These items are nearly all in the collection of Number 1 Royal Crescent Museum in Bath. A pierced silver coaster circa 1767 holds an English glass decanter circa 1780. A ‘Wax Jack’ for melting sealing wax circa 1790 would have sealed the gentleman’s letters. His ‘Flint Lock Tinder Box ‘ would have created the flame to light the candles.
Collective Nouns For Animals, Birds, Fish & Insects
This design is inspired by ‘The Sorts and pastimes of the People of England’ by Joseph Strutt which was first pulished in 1801, ‘A Crash of Rhinoceroses’ by Rex Collings and the Oxford English Dictionary.
Collective Nouns For People
This design is inspired by ‘The Sorts and pastimes of the People of England’ by Joseph Strutt, which was first published in 1801, and the Oxford English Dictionary.
Georgian Bonbonnieres, Patch & Snuff Boxes
These little enamel boxes have painted scenes and would have been given as love tokens or gifts from travels around the country. ‘A Trifle from York’ or a ‘A Present from Liverpool’ would have been bought as a present or momento. Some of the boxes have short mottos written on the lids defining love and friendship. One states ‘This am I the Giver Are Thine for Ever’ another warns ‘Forget not an Old Friend & be choice of a new one’. The Bonbonnieres would contain sweetmeats,
Items from a Traditional 18th & 19th Century Kitchen
These items are nearly all in the collection of Number 1 Royal Crescent Museum in Bath. They were collected by Hugh Roberts and donated to the Museum. Some of the items bear a resemblance to those used in our kitchens today. However Box irons were filled with charcoal and must have been very heavy and cumbersome unlike our modern irons. Tin Spice Boxes usually contain six inside sections for spices with a small nutmeg grater in the central hole.
Adam Green
Robert Adam was inspired by travels in Europe to build and decorate in the classical style. He was fond of using green in his interiors. He designed Pulteney Bridge in 1769-1774. It had and still has shops along each side of the road which it carries over the River Avon in Bath. Also shown here are steel knives and forks with green dyed ivory handles made circa 1780.
Ephemera and Antiques
Objects from my collection, supplemented with a few selections from private collectors in Bath
Georgian and Early Victorian Letters
Paper was costly in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and every tiny space on the page was used. Letter writers would write across the page and then continue diagonally. It makes them very difficult to decipher today.
English Georgian and Victorian Glass
Glasses for every drink of the period. There are ‘Rummers’ for toddy (rum punch), ‘Penny Licks’ for ice cream, a jelly glass, a cordial glass, a custard glass, wine glasses and even a wine glass engraved with tulips circa 1760. There is also a ‘Dry Mustard Bottle’ and a cut glass ‘Salt’ circa 1800.
Antique Jewellery 1690 – 1830
Diamond rings, gold, enamel, paste, garnet, silver and citrine make up the jewels on this paper. They are in the collection of Michael Longmore, who has a stand at Gray’s Antique Centre in London. A small vinaigrette would have been a love token circa 1800. The precious stones spell out the work REGARD, Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Amethyst, Ruby, Diamond.
English Georgian Playing Cards circa 1801
Playing card games was a popular pastime in the late eighteenth century. Favourite games were Whist, Piquet, Ombre and Quadrille. There was much gambling at this time.
Ephemera from the 18th and early 19th Centuries
Here are labels, book plates, tickets, visiting cards, prints, cards for games and writing instructions .
An Historical Spiral Race Game Published in 1803
This game has handwritten rules at the side of the game and uses twelve mother of pearl fish counters. It was published by ‘J. Harris, corner of St Paul’s Church Yard & J. Wallis, 16 Ludgate Street as the act directs, December 1st 1803.’
The Natural World
Frederica is a professional photographer, these designs are based on some of her photographs of plants around her home in the Southwest of England together with a selection from her extensive collection of Georgian and Victorian plates
Pansies, a Worcester Plate and a Derby Coffee Can
The word Pansy means ‘thought’ in the Language of Flowers. They were very popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
Old Roses Photographed in English Country Gardens
Roses were mentioned by Shakespeare. Cultivated roses were introduced into Europe from China in the eighteenth century. Here are some of the oldest ones still growing in our gardens.
Poppies
These poppies were photographed in gardens and fields around the City of Bath.
Cream & White Flowers
These flowers were photographed in gardens and fields around the City of Bath.
Tulips
These tulips were photographed in the award winning Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury which are open to the public. The sixteenth century Abbey House sits next to Malmesbury Abbey. There are special displays of Tulips, Irises and Roses in its 5 acre garden. The husband and wife team who live there are famous for gardening in the nude.
Irises
These Irises were photographed in the award winning Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury which are open to the public. The sixteenth century Abbey House sits next to Malmesbury Abbey. There are special displays of Tulips, Irises and Roses in its 5 acre garden. The husband and wife team who live there are famous for gardening in the nude.
‘Simple, Compound & Determinate Leaves’
published in London in 1799 by J. Wilkes. These botanical plates would have been studied by the gardeners and horticulturists of the day.
Georgian and Victorian Prints
Selected by Frederica from her extensive collection of Georgian and Victorian prints.
Fashion Plates published 1806 – 1820
Some of these are from fashion journals of the time; ‘The Gallery of Fashion’, ‘La Belle Assemblee or a Lady’s Fashionable Companion’ and ‘Ackermann’s Repository of Arts’. These were the ‘Vogue’ magazines of their time. For the upper social classes there seems to have been an outfit for every occasion from archery to promenading. Jane Austen refers to the fashions of the day in her novels.
Eighteenth Century Engraved Prints of Animals.
These prints are probably from Germany. During the latter part of the eighteenth century it was popular to buy collections of prints for use in decorative crafts such as scrapbook making and assemblages of prints for print rooms.
Art Deco Hand Painted Design circa 1920
This design is painted on paper and is probably French. It may have been designed as a wallpaper.
A Children’s Picture Sheet Published by Kendrew of York circa 1820
Perhaps this was used as a writing exercise.
Eighteenth Century Engravings of Watercraft
These prints are probably from Germany. During the latter part of the eighteenth century it was popular to buy collections of prints for use in decorative crafts such as scrapbook making and assemblages of prints for print rooms. These engravings show watercraft from around the world.
Carriage Engraving 1750 – 1840
Carriage and coaching prints were very popular too. They represented travel and the broadening of experience. They also brought the mail.
The Art of Fencing
Engraved for Hall’s Encyclopaedia printed for C. Cooke Paternoster Row, August 17th 1789
Heraldic Shields circa 1820
These shields are mainly those of old families in the West country of the United Kingdom
