Into the deep

A few weeks ago I wrote about the fashion for deep a maroon colour, and today I have some more items in this style. You may wonder: why were these deep colours so popular all of a sudden? They seemed to be everywhere from the 1820s onwards! The answer is simple.

Once technology developed and porcelain manufacturers were able to control the temperature in their kilns with more precision, it became possible to easily produce porcelain with wonderful under- or overglaze deep colours, such as cobalt blue, maroon and deep green.

I've been showing several wonderful maroon items a few weeks ago, and today is the turn of cobalt blue - partnered with one beautiful maroon vase.

Added to this style is of course the very rich gilding; this was the time of the British Industrial Revolution when the middle class was growing fast, and people wanted to show off their newfound wealth. What better way to do that than have your items gilded, and gilded more?

Today I have a gorgeous pair of vases by Samuel Alcock in the very rare "wave edge" shape. I am saying rare, because they are from the very early years of the factory, when output was still small, so there aren't many of these. I have one more wave edge vase with a gorgeous landscape all around, and a while ago I sold a garniture of three of these vases. All of them were assembled by Murray Pollinger, who somehow seems to have found nearly every surviving wave edge vase! This is your opportunity to own one or more of these amazing pieces.

Another gorgeous cobalt blue pair is the Coalport plates shown above, made around the same time in ca 1825. With playful gilt vines around the border, they feature beautifully painted flowers in the style that Coalport excelled at - they managed to hire the best flower painters of that era.

Painted in a similar style is the dessert service by Machin, again made around the same year. These plates have the intriguing "moustache" shape and wonderful flower posies on each item. It is stunning to see them all together.

Of course I have many, many more items in these deep colours... have a look at what else there is.

Where to find things

You can find the full Murray Pollinger Collection here, and you can find all my available stock here. If you always want to see the latest additions, follow me on Instagram... I post pictures and a story several times a week.

Happy weekend everyone!

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This week's new (and deeply coloured) treasures:

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