ANTIQUE PORCELAIN BOWLS: WEDGEWOOD, BELLEEK, ROCKINGHAM, ROYAL CROWN DERBY BOWLS
In the eighteenth century, tea was drunk from antique bowls without handles, and at the end of the century, from cups. The only bowls from tea services represented on the following pages are slop bowls, used for emptying the dregs from one cup prior to a [...]

A STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY - A PAIR OF IMARI PATTERNED TULIP VASES - A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PAINTED VASE - JAPANESE SATSUMA TEAPOT
A CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE
The shouldered, tapering form with a navy blue background and decorated with white herons in flight; another cloisonne enamel vase of faceted form with russet red background and cherry blossom [...]