A rare Urbino istoriato albarello, probably from the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana), circa 1540The cylindrical body separated from th...

A pair of Siena maiolica dishes, probably workshop of Ferdinando Maria Campani, circa 1745Painted with classical scenes after Pietro Santi and Fra...

A Montelupo maiolica albarello, 16th centuryOf cylindrical form, decorated alla palmetta persiana, scrolling plants in blue, ochre and magenta, en...

A Faenza maiolica charger, circa 1530Decorated in berretino and with polychrome colours, the cavetto with a portrait of Scipio against a blue grou...

A very large and rare Nevers faience charger, circa 1680Painted in cobalt blue with an elaborate depictions of people from the Ottoman Empire, the...

A Nevers faience pilgrim bottle, late 18th/early 19th centuryPainted in polychrome colours with an oval cartouche enclosing an image of St Charles...

A Nevers faience pilgrim bottle, late 17th centuryDecorated with sprays of ochre flowers on all sides, the tall neck decorated with green stylised...

A Rouen faience two-handled tray (banette), circa 1740Painted in polychrome colours with a léopard flèche pattern or leopard looking at two birds ...

A Rouen pewter-mounted faience jug and cover, dated 1737Decorated with a central figure of Saint seated in an Arcadian landscape, a title beneath ...

A Rouen faience plate, first half 18th centuryDecorated with an elaborate kakiemon-style scene of a quail looking at an insect, surrounded by chin...

A Rouen faience tray (banette) depicting the conversion of Saint Paul, circa 1720-1730Painted with a large central scene based on prints, Saint Pa...

A Rouen faience bowl, first half 18th centuryPainted in polychrome colours, the central scene with a detailed chinoiserie scene with a seated and ...

A Rouen faience plate, circa 1725Painted in ocre niellé technique with ochre borders picked out with elaborate baroque scrollwork elements, the ce...

A rare pair of Rouen faience sugar casters, first half 18th centuryModelled after the metal shape, the domed screw-top with elaborate patterned pi...

A Marseille faience bouquetière, probably Fauchier's workshop, 18th centuryModelled in rococo style with elaborate scrollwork painted in yellow an...

A French faience plate, possibly Montauban, early 19th centuryPainted in polychrome colours with a clock pointing at 2 'o clock, two playing cards...

A Marseille, possibly Héraud-Leroy workshop, faience plate, first half 18th centuryPainted with a Chinoiserie figure of a man fighting a rampant d...

A Marseille, Joseph Fauchier workshop, faience plate, circa 1750Painted with a central scene of an amorous couple in a European landscape in ochre...

A Moustiers, Clerissy factory, faience dish, circa 1720-30With blue grand-feu decoration in Bérain style, the quatrefoil shaped plate with moulded...

A Les Islettes faience double-handled faience tureen and cover, circa 1820-35Painted in polychrome colours with a male and female portrait in an o...

A Les Islettes faience plate, early 19th centuryPainted in polychrome colours with a chinoiserie scene of figures near a fountain bearing the init...

A Les Islettes faience plate, early 19th centuryDecorated with a chinoiserie scene of a lady with a parasol standing besides a table with imaginar...

Three Les Islettes faience plaques, early 19th centuryOf rectangular shape with canted corners, painted with scenes of figures in various pursuits...

A Les Islettes faience plate, circa 1810-15Decorated with a scene of a soldier on horseback, seated on a white steed, holding a sword aloft, set i...

A Les Islettes faience napoleonic plate, early 19th centuryPainted with a scene of the Military Advancement (Avancement Militaire), depicting the ...

A Les Islettes faience Napoleonic plate, early 19th centuryPainted, possibly by Dupré the elder, with a scene of the Emperor outside his campaign ...

A Les Islettes faience Napoleonic plate, early 19th centuryPainted in polychrome colours, possibly by Dupré the elder, with a titled scene of the ...

A French faience pewter-mounted tobacco jar, Saint-Omer, Lille or Paris, 18th centuryOf tall cylindrical form with original pewter mount including...

A large French faience pewter-mounted tobacco jar, Saint-Omer, Lille or Paris, 18th centuryOf cylindrical form with original pewter-mount and lock...

A Dutch lead-glazed earthenware fire pot, circa 1700Of deep, tapering square section with a slightly flared foot, applied with a loop handle to on...

A Dutch Delftware tobacco jar and brass cover, De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells) factory, second half 18th centuryOf ovoid form, painted in blue w...

A Dutch Delftware tobacco jar and brass cover, De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells) factory, second half 18th centuryOf ovoid form, painted in blue w...

A rare Dutch Delft polychrome pipe modelled as a sleigh, circa 1750Painted in petit feu colours with fishermen, buildings and boats. The front wit...

A rare Saint-Cloud ormolu-mounted tobacco jar and cover with gold Paillon decoration, circa 1710-30Of cylindrical form with a domed cover, each mo...

An early Mennecy tobacco jar, circa 1725-30Of tapering cylindrical shape, decorated with a moulded prunus motif after a Blanc de Chine example, pa...

A pair of Saint-Cloud silver-gilt-mounted miniature tobacco jars and covers in a red lacquer travelling case, circa 1760Moulded with flowering and...

An extremely rare Du Paquier rectangular tobacco box with hinged cover and tamper in a contemporary fitted leather case, circa 1730The fluted corn...

A rare Meissen silver-mounted tobacco jar and cover, circa 1725-30Of cylindrical form moulded with two naturalistically-painted lion masks, each m...

A Saint-Cloud silver-mounted tobacco pot and cover with very rare fitted inner lead tamper, circa 1735Of cylindrical form, each moulded with three...

A rare silver-mounted Saint-Cloud circular snuff box, circa 1720-40Painted in a 'famille verte' palette, the cover with a perched on stylised rock...

A Saint-Cloud gold-mounted figural snuff box, circa 1740In the form of a reclining shepherdess, a crook in front of her and a dog at her side, the...

A Saint-Cloud silver-mounted pagoda snuff box, circa 1740In the white, moulded with flowering branches on his robes and flowerheads on his head, t...

A very rare Meissen hookah, circa 1735-40After a Chinese blanc-de-chine example, moulded and painted in iron-red and gilding with a dragon on each...

A Chinese porcelain Dehua blanc-de-chine hookah, late 17th centuryMoulded with flowering prunus branches, the terminal moulded with a chrysanthemu...

A rare silver-gilt-mounted Meissen tobacco jar and cover, circa 1735Of shaped quatrefoil section, painted with four European landscape scenes depi...

A silver-gilt-mounted St. Cloud circular snuff box, circa 1740Moulded in the form of a flowerhead, perhaps a carnation, the petals embellished in ...

A Saint-Cloud silver-mounted pagoda snuff box, circa 1735His robes painted with polychrome chinoiserie vignettes with flowers, buildings and figur...

A pair of Saint-Cloud tobacco jars and covers in a fitted wooden travelling case, circa 1740-50Of cylindrical form with moulded vertical fluting, ...

A Chantilly Kakiemon tobacco jar, circa 1735Painted in Kakiemon style with a stylised tobacco plant on one side and a flowering bush with an insec...

A very rare Meissen gilt-metal-mounted shaped rectangular bombé casket with cover and tray, circa 1740-45Finely painted with panels depicting eleg...

A Meissen tobacco jar mounted with gilt-metal rim and cover, circa 1740-45The lobed jar decorated with alternating brown-edged gilt scrollwork car...

A rare Meissen brush handle from the Glücksburg toilet service, circa 1745Of baluster form, finely painted with four panels depicting ladies and g...

An extremely rare pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Chantilly tobacco jars and covers, circa 1740Of cylindrical form with a waisted foot and slightly do...

A very rare Meissen rectangular gilt-metal-mounted tobacco box and tamper, circa 1755-60Of bombé form with a slightly domed cover, the sides cover...

A Meissen pipe bowl, circa 1755, later-mounted with a silver, horn and beaded cover and stemThe bowl with moulded fluted section, painted with sca...

A rare Meissen silver-mounted pipe in the form of a seated pug-dog, circa 1745Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the ears, nostrils and mouth pierced, the...

A Meissen pipe stopper in the form of a lady's leg, circa 1750With a yellow shoe with gilt buckle and purple stripes, the stocking with a red gart...

A Meissen silver-mounted Hausmaler pipe, circa 1725-30Painted probably by Elisabeth Wald in the Auffenwerth workshop in Augsburg in polychrome ena...

A silver-gilt-mounted Chantilly circular snuff box, circa 1740-50Painted in Kakiemon style, the cover with a flowering branch and scattered insect...

A rare Mennecy tobacco jar and cover, circa 1755Of cylindicial form with a slightly flared foot and domed cover, superbly painted with two large f...