A wonderfully characterful antique marabou stork perched on a rocky base, hunched in its dark cloak of wings with a soft pink head and long pale beak. Hand-painted in gentle underglaze greys and pinks, with the blue Karl Ens Volkstedt mark to the base and the designer's signature, A. Berger, on the back. Made in Volkstedt, Germany, around the 1910s–1920s, and stands 15cm tall. In good condition with just minor wear consistent with age.

Marabou storks are nicknamed "undertaker birds" because of their hunched shoulders and dark, cloak-like wings, which Berger captured perfectly here.

A Royal Doulton Denton Ware wash jug and bowl set, complete with its wrought iron display stand. Decorated with a stork among blue and purple flowers in bright colours on a white ground, with a floral border at the rim of the jug. The jug stands 27cm tall and the bowl measures 39cm across. Made in England, circa 1925 to 1935. A striking cottagecore piece for a country bathroom, bedroom or hallway.

Good vintage condition, with fine crazing to the glaze and some light wear to the gilt on the handle and rim.

Doulton became Royal Doulton in 1901, when King Edward VII granted the company a royal warrant.

Four antique French faience plates from Digoin & Sarreguemines, each with a different scene from the story of Joan of Arc in black transfer print, captioned in French, inside a blue floral border. The scenes run from Jeanne before the judges at Rouen to her death in 1431. Each plate is marked Digoin & Sarreguemines on the back.

Each plate measures 16cm across. Made in France, early 20th century.

Good condition for their age, with fine crazing to the glaze and some light age staining, and one plate has a small chip to the underside of the rim, shown in the photos.

The French call these assiettes parlantes, "talking plates", because each one tells its part of the story in pictures and words.

A good set for a French country kitchen dresser or a wall display, or for a collector of historical French faience.

A lovely little antique figure of a boy in 18th-century dress, raising a horn to his lips, with an olive coat and purple lapels, dotted striped breeches and a rolled scroll tucked under his arm. He stands beside a tree stump on a mossy mound base. Probably German, from one of the Thuringian factories, with scratched and blue painted workmen's marks to the unglazed base.

In the late 1700s the small Thuringian factories were the "Meissen for the middle classes", making livelier, more affordable versions of fashionable court porcelain.

Good antique condition, with a few small chips to the front edge of the base and a tiny chip at the collar, all in keeping with its age (see photos).

Stands 13cm tall. Circa 1800. A charming find for an antiquarian cabinet or a grand tour-style mantelpiece.

An antique jug and basin, both moulded as scalloped shells, finished in a soft mother-of-pearl lustre with a blush-pink edge and gilt trim. The jug has a curling dragon-head handle.

Basin 45 x 37cm, jug 27cm tall. Unmarked, c.1880-1910.

The iridescent shimmer comes from a wash of bismuth oxide fired onto the glaze, the same trick once used to give fake pearls their glow.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

A striking piece for a bathroom or bedroom with a whimsigoth or coastal grandmother feel.

A lovely antique Victorian jug in deep cobalt blue with crisp white relief - acanthus leaves, flowers and scrollwork within moulded panels, a rope-twist band around the neck and a tall scroll handle. Stands 23cm tall.

The raised acanthus and floral relief on jugs like this drew on the classical revival that swept Victorian design after the Pompeii excavations.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Victorian, c.1880s, English. A handsome grandmillennial piece for a dresser or as a flower jug.

A lovely deep bowl in antique Carlton Ware, rich cobalt blue with gilding inside and out. The outside has a wide gilt band of flowers framing chinoiserie panels of pagodas, boats, birds and a full moon, and the inside has a gilt pagoda scene. It stands on a short foot rim and has a gilt rim, with a very art deco feel. Made by Wiltshaw & Robinson at the Carlton Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and carrying their crown backstamp used before 1926. Measures approx. 20cm across. Dates from around 1920–25.

Good condition with minor wear.

This Kang Hsi-inspired chinoiserie style was a hallmark of Carlton Ware's most creative period in the 1920s, under chief designer Enoch Boulton.

A tall Noritake vase from Japan, standing 31cm high. It has a deep cobalt blue ground with cream panels and raised gilt moriage scrollwork and flowers, a painted lakeside scene with sailing boats, a little red-roofed cottage and trees, and a pair of gilt serpent-style handles. The base carries the blue Noritake Komaru mark with "Made in Japan", which dates it to roughly the 1920s-30s. A grandmillennial showpiece for a mantelpiece or sideboard.

The Komaru symbol on Noritake's backstamp is said to come from a Japanese word meaning "overcoming difficulties".

Good vintage condition with minor wear and no chips or cracks. There is some light gilt rubbing to the handles, rim and raised scrolls, and a few small brown specks to the unglazed foot ring.

A striking 1960s Inarco "Mood Indigo" fruit topiary from Japan - a tall pedestal piled high with grapes, pears, plums, lemons and strawberries in that deep glossy indigo-teal glaze, finished with bright green leaves. Marked Inarco E-2267 on the base. 31cm tall.

Inarco was a Cincinnati importer that had Japanese potteries make its giftware - it's also the name behind many of the much-loved 1960s lady head vases.

Good vintage condition with minor wear; a fine hairline line runs across the glazed underside, not visible from the front.

Made in Japan, 1960s. A real MCM statement piece for a sideboard, dresser or dining table.

Beautiful Stuart Crystal Woodchester decanter suite comprising:

1 etched crystal decanter with original faceted stopper

4 matching larger glasses

2 matching smaller glasses

Decorated with the Woodchester pattern of engraved fern fronds and polished circular dots. The decanter features a baluster-shaped body, triple-ringed neck and original star-cut stopper.

A lovely quality vintage crystal set, perfect for display or use.

Excellent vintage condition. The crystal is bright and clear throughout with no clouding, staining, chips or cracks. The stopper is undamaged and fits securely.

A pretty little Sadler teapot in cream with a lovely spray of gold gilt roses and foliage to one side, and gilt trim to the spout, handle and lid. Marked on the base with the Sadler crown backstamp and a hand-painted pattern number. Stands 14cm tall.

Sadler is best known for the humble Brown Betty, but the same Burslem factory also turned out real novelty pieces - including a teapot shaped like a tank in 1947.

Good condition with minor wear - fine crazing to the glaze throughout, typical for its age, and light staining to the unglazed foot rim, but no chips or cracks.

Made in Staffordshire, England, 1940s. A sweet grandmillennial teapot for one or two.

A pretty mid-century coffee set in Bing & Grøndahl's Hazelnut pattern, known in Denmark as Hasselnød. Sprays of soft sepia-brown hazel leaves are hung with little gold hazelnuts, with tiny gold nut sprigs scattered over every piece, a warm sand-coloured band and fine gold lines around the rims and handles.

The set includes a coffee pot with lid, a cream jug, a two-handled lidded sugar bowl, four coffee cups and six saucers (two spares). These are B&G's classic shapes, the same pot, jug, sugar bowl and cup forms used for their famous Seagull service. Each piece carries the green three-towers "B&G Kjøbenhavn" mark.

Country of origin: Denmark. Age: c.1950s.

Good vintage condition with just minor wear, no chips or cracks, and a little light grey marking to the unglazed foot rims from years of use.

Bing & Grøndahl was founded in 1853, and in 1895 it made the world's very first Christmas plate, starting a tradition collectors still follow today.

A beautiful bit of Scandi mid-century style for a grandmillennial or modern vintage table.

A lovely antique Victorian Staffordshire pottery figure group of a courting couple standing arm in arm - he in a cobalt blue coat with a spotted cream waistcoat, she in a pink-splashed dress with a white apron and ribboned bonnet. Approximately 20cm tall.

Unlike the cheaper "flatback" figures that became common later in the century, this one is fully modelled and hand-painted on the back as well as the front - a nice sign of the extra care that went into it.

Good condition with just minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Made in Staffordshire, England, Victorian. A charming grandmillennial piece for a mantelpiece or cabinet.

A set of six coffee cups, a milk jug and a lidded sugar bowl from Royal Tuscan's fine bone china range, in a bold brown, tan and black geometric pattern on white. Cups stand 5cm tall.

Royal Tuscan only gained its "Royal" name after Wedgwood took over the historic Staffordshire firm in 1967.

Good condition overall with light wear; the sugar bowl's lid has a repaired hairline crack, visible near the finial.

Made in England, 1970s. Great MCM style for a retro coffee table.

A pretty group of 11 pieces of Royal Worcester fine bone china in the Woodland pattern, with soft ice-blue leaves and lilac, pink and pale yellow flowers, all finished with gilt rims. There's a larger shallow bowl, seven round pin or trinket dishes and three oval posy vases. The posy vases have a full floral spray on the front and a single little sprig on the back. The larger bowl has slightly pinker blooms in the same blue-leaf style and still carries its original retailer's sticker from Ilkley.

Perfect for rings and earrings on a dressing table, a few garden flowers by the bed, or spread along a windowsill. They'd sit happily in a grandmillennial or cottagecore home.

Dating from around the 1970s–80s, each piece has the Royal Worcester crown and circle backstamp, "Fine Bone China". Made in England.

The little "51" in the centre of the Royal Worcester mark refers to 1751, the year Dr John Wall and his partners founded the Worcester porcelain works.

Condition is good, with minor wear, no chips or cracks, and bright gilding. There are a few small brown marks on the undersides of some pieces.

A cheerful vintage Italian majolica fruit basket by Cantagalli of Florence, signed Cantagalli to the base. The wavy, scalloped rim has a rich brown drip glaze, and the cream interior is decorated with a bold fruit design: a green pear, an orange, a yellow pear and a cluster of red cherries among green leaves. A woven cane handle arches over the top, threaded through two holes in the rim. Measures 24cm wide.

The Cantagalli factory in Florence ran from 1878 until 1985, and its famous cockerel trademark is a pun on the family name.

In good vintage condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks. There is a fine firing line across the unglazed base, and the cane handle is firmly in place.

Made in Italy, vintage, exact age uncertain. Lovely as a little fruit basket on the table or as an Italian farmhouse-style display piece.

A small hand-blown Mdina glass bird with a wood-grain effect to the head and tail, and a speckled orange, green and blue body over milky white glass. Signed "Mdina" on the polished base. 8cm tall.

Mdina Glass was founded on Malta in 1968 by Michael Harris, a Royal College of Art glass lecturer, who named it after the ancient walled city nearby.

Good condition, no chips or cracks.

Made in Malta, vintage. Lovely MCM colour for a windowsill where the light can catch it.

A pretty matching set from Wedgwood - two rimmed bowls and six plates, each decorated with a woven basket of pansies and flowers in teal, green and purple, with a double teal line rim and a scalloped fluted edge. The bowls measure 25cm and the plates 21cm.

Josiah Wedgwood made creamware so successfully that Queen Charlotte let him name it Queen's Ware back in 1765.

Good condition with minor wear.

Made in England, c.1950s-60s. A lovely grandmillennial table setting.

A big vintage Scheurich Rumtopf from West Germany in a rich glossy red, with "Rumtopf" and cherries, plums and apples raised in relief around the body. It has its original lid and two side handles, with the mould number 204-28 and W. Germany on the base. 30cm tall.

A Rumtopf is filled layer by layer through the summer as each fruit ripens, topped up with rum and sugar, then opened at Christmas.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Made in West Germany, 1960s-70s. A cheerful MCM piece for a kitchen dresser.

A Gibsons England teapot from their gilt floral "Georgian" range - a black and gold floral pattern over a cream ground, sitting above a fully gadrooned band of bright gold gilt, with matching gilt spout, handle and lid finial. Pattern number marked to the underside of the lid. 25cm wide, 14cm tall.

Gibson & Sons of Burslem spent nearly a century making little else but teapots, and became one of the best-known names for gilded teaware on ordinary British breakfast tables.

Good condition, with fine crazing to the glaze throughout (normal for its age) and just light wear to the gilt; no chips or cracks.

Made in Staffordshire, England, circa 1930s-50s. A bit of Hollywood Regency sparkle for the tea table.

An attractive set of three amber glass vessels on clear twisted glass stems, each a different shape, so they look lovely displayed together. The tallest measures 19cm.

Twisted stems like these are made by turning the hot glass while it's still soft, a trick that goes back to 18th-century English air-twist wine glasses.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Vintage. Warm amber glass that catches the light beautifully on a windowsill - a nice retro or modern vintage touch.

A pretty pair of Wedgwood blue jasperware pin dishes, each with a raised white classical scene to the centre - one framed by a fluted rim, the other by a trailing grapevine border. Each 11cm across.

Jasperware was developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s, inspired by ancient Roman cameo glass, with the white figures adapted from antique gems and reliefs.

Good condition with just minor wear; each has a small fleck to the underside near the maker's mark, otherwise no chips or cracks.

Made in England, mid-to-late 20th century (1960s). A grand tour touch for a dressing table.

A large hand-painted bowl in the Thai Benjarong style, with raised enamel flowers on a deep red ground, bands of gilded Arabic calligraphy, a pearly lustre glaze and a scalloped gilt rim. Marked Al-Abeer on the base - made in Thailand for the Middle Eastern market. 21cm across.

Benjarong means "five colours" in Thai, and the technique was once reserved for the royal court of Siam.

Good condition with only minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Made in Thailand, late 20th century (around the 1980s-90s). A rich, eclectic expat aunt piece for a sideboard or display cabinet.

A 24 piece tea set in Bavarian porcelain, banded in rich cobalt blue with painted peaches, plums, cherries and grapes, with moulded beaded rims and gilt edges. There are four cups, eight saucers, eight side plates, two cake plates, a milk jug and a sugar bowl. The octagonal shapes and strong colour give it a real art deco look on a table. Marked ME Bavaria to the base. Made in Germany in the 1930s.

Bavaria became Germany's porcelain heartland because the Fichtelgebirge hills gave the factories both the china clay and the firewood, so dozens of potteries grew up within a few miles of one another.

Good condition with only minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Adams Royal Ivory Titian Ware, made in Staffordshire, England in the 1920s. Six plates and a matching serving platter in the fruit design, with lemons, grapes and berries in yellow, green, blue and red on a soft ivory ground, a good fit for a farmhouse-style or french country table. Plates measure 25cm, platter 34 x 27cm.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks, though there is fine crazing to the glaze throughout, as you'd expect from ware of this age.

Adams have been potting in Staffordshire since 1657, and named their Titian Ware after the Venetian painter for its warm, rich colours.

A beautiful antique pottery mantel clock in rich cobalt blue melting into teal and spring green, with a pair of fluted gilt columns and gilt Art Nouveau irises, reeds and water lilies beneath the dial. The scrolled crest and base are picked out in gold too. A real statement piece for a mantelpiece or dresser, and perfect for a grandmillennial or maximalist home.

The underside has an impressed "Dresden" mark and a painted pattern number, 912 D. Staffordshire potteries loved to borrow glamorous Continental names like Dresden and Strasburg for their wares, then set small imported drum movements into the pottery cases.

Good antique condition, with a small glaze chip low down on one side and fine crazing to the glaze, as you'd expect for its age. Please see the photographs. The movement hasn't been tested, so it's sold as a decorative piece.

Size: 32 cm high x 25 cm wide

Age: c.1905–1915 (Edwardian)

Country of origin: probably England (Staffordshire)

A striking cut crystal decanter, deeply cut all over with a fine diamond and hobstar pattern across the shoulder and a tall, vertically fluted neck, finished with a faceted ball stopper. Stands roughly 30-35cm tall including the stopper. No maker's mark.

This deep "brilliant cut" style became fashionable in the Victorian era and carried on being made well into the twentieth century.

Good condition with only minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Vintage, 20th century. A smart old-world piece for a drinks trolley or sideboard.

A little dome of bone china flowers from Royal Doulton's Brambly Hedge Gift Collection, every petal modelled and hand-painted - cream primroses, a big blue-and-mauve violet, white blossom and forget-me-nots nestled in green leaves. Marked underneath and dated 1982 to Jill Barklem's design. 8 x 7cm.

Jill Barklem worked out the whole world of Brambly Hedge on her daily train journey to art school, then spent five years researching hedgerow plants and country crafts before the first books came out in 1980.

Good condition with only minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Made in England, 1982. Proper burrowcore - lovely on a dressing table, windowsill or shelf.

A lovely matching pair from Beswick's "Zorba" range - a coffee pot and hot water jug in glossy mission-brown glaze, both with their original lids. Each has the same tapered shape with a band of raised geometric relief around the base and the impressed Beswick England mark underneath (pattern numbers 2229 and 2211). The coffee pot stands about 22cm high and the hot water jug about 19cm.

Zorba was designed by Graham Tongue, better known for Beswick's animal figures - single pots turn up often, but a matching pair with both lids is a nicer find.

Excellent condition throughout.

Made in England, late 1960s-early 1970s. Proper MCM / 70s back-to-nature style for a retro kitchen.

A boxed set of four Vista Alegre porcelain mugs in the 'Fado' design, each with a different continuous single-line illustration of Portuguese fado life: a fortune teller at a table, a guitarist and singer, a seated figure, and a woman with her washing and a swallow overhead. Designed by Catarina Pestana and made in Portugal. A contemporary piece, a modern vintage, eclectic gift or collector's set.

Designer Catarina Pestana trained at Portugal's National Society of Fine Arts and graduated in Communication Design from Chelsea College of Art in London.

Excellent condition, the mugs unused and still in their original box, though the box itself is a little worn and creased from storage.

A matching pair of Wade vases in the 'Gothic' pattern, with raised swirling leaves and flowers picked out in gold lustre on a cream ground, softened with lilac, teal, yellow and dusky pink. Both are marked Wade England "Gothic" on the base.

Each stands 17cm tall. Made in England, c.1950.

The Gothic pattern was only made by Wade Heath for a few years either side of 1950, so a matching pair doesn't turn up all that often.

Good condition with minor wear and some fine crazing to the glaze on the base, no chips or cracks.

Lovely on a mantelpiece for a grandmillennial or Hollywood Regency look.

A genuine Swarovski crystal miniature opera glasses figurine from the much-loved Crystal Memories range, with faceted clear crystal barrels and lenses set in gold-plated fittings, and a little black cord strap. Comes in its original Swarovski box, which measures 7.5cm.

Swarovski was founded in Austria in 1895, and its patented crystal-cutting machine gave faceted crystal a sparkle that had only been possible by hand before.

Good condition with just minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Vintage, made in Austria. A sweet bit of Hollywood Regency sparkle for a display cabinet or dressing table.

A part tea service made by Broadhurst Ironstone to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977, all in blue and white: teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl, four cups and twelve side plates, six with Westminster Abbey and six with a Highland castle and loch scene with a stag. The teapot stands 19cm tall and the plates are approximately 17cm across. Made in England, a good grandmillennial blue and white set.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Every piece is printed underneath with the name of a different royal residence, Windsor Castle on the teapot, Holyrood on the jug and Hampton Court on the sugar bowl, so no two pieces match.

A small, squat stoneware bud vase with a narrow neck, hand-thrown by the German potter Ulrich Thissen. It is finished in a treacle-brown tenmoku-style glaze flecked with gold, with swirled oatmeal brushstrokes. Signed by hand into the unglazed base, which has felt pads added.

11cm tall. Made in Germany, probably 1970s-80s.

Good vintage condition, with a couple of tiny glaze nicks to the neck rim, lower body and foot that are only noticeable up close, and a small dark firing mark on the base.

Tenmoku glazes are named after the Tianmu mountains in China, where Japanese monks first came across dark, speckled tea bowls over 800 years ago.

Ideal for a single stem or a few dried grasses, and it suits a 70s back-to-nature or boho vintage shelf.

A king size Royal Worcester porcelain egg coddler in the "A Skippety Tale" pattern, decorated all round with a grey rabbit holding a carrot, a hedgehog, a mouse on an apple, a butterfly and wildflowers. It has the original chrome screw lid with ring handle. 10cm tall. Works just as well as a little pot on a kitchen windowsill or dressing table.

Royal Worcester has made egg coddlers since the 1890s, and collectors now hunt down the many patterns made over the years.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Made in England, c.1970s-80s. A charming cottagecore or burrowcore piece.

Coalport bone china coffee cans and saucers from the Royal Ballet Contemporary range, made for the Royal Opera House shop at Covent Garden. Abstract watercolour-style glaze in purple, lilac and blue, with a silhouetted leaping dancer on each cup. Set of 4 cups and 4 saucers; saucers 12cm across.

Coalport traces its roots back to the 1750s, and this range was a genuine Royal Opera House collaboration rather than an everyday tea set.

Good condition with minor wear, no chips or cracks.

Made in England, 2006. A lovely modern vintage set for a ballet lover.

A full hunting display in one go. Six Royal Grafton bone china plates from The Famous Herring Hunting Scenes series, after John Frederick Herring Senior - red-coated huntsmen in top hats taking the hedges across open country. Each is set into a turned dark wood frame with a gilt inner slip, and they come in their original Van Hygan & Smythe Heritage Collection boxes. Alongside is a large Wren fine bone china oval meat plate with huntsmen on bay and grey horses, a pack of hounds, little galloping riders around the scalloped rim and a gilt edge. Plate frames 26cm wide each, platter 42cm wide. Late 20th century. Good condition with minor wear and light rubbing to the gilt slip on the frames in places.

Herring started out driving and painting stagecoaches on the London to York road, and ended up as Animal Painter to the Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mother.

An antique Victorian Wedgwood comport, octagonal, on a raised pedestal foot. It is decorated in the Imari palette, with rust-red and black flowers on a white ground, a rust-red diaper border and gilt scrollwork down the stem to a matching octagonal foot. It has the printed Wedgwood Portland vase mark and the painted pattern number X1566.

23cm wide. Made in England, c.1880-1900.

Good antique condition, with minor wear to the gilding, no chips or cracks, and a small dark firing blemish on the rim border.

The red and gilt Imari palette copies Japanese export porcelain shipped from the port of Imari, a look English potteries spent decades trying to match.

A good piece for an afternoon tea table, with a grandmillennial or old-world feel.

A ruffled carnival glass bowl in Fenton's Captive Rose pattern, with a ring of raised roses around a central bloom on a stitched, brick-style background. Deep cobalt blue glass with bronze and gold iridescence inside and an electric blue shimmer underneath.

22cm wide. Made in the USA, c.1911-1920s.

Good condition with minor wear and no chips. A fine line runs across the underside, which looks like a hairline crack, shown in photo 2.

Carnival glass began as an affordable "poor man's Tiffany", and only got its name later, when unsold stock was handed out as prizes at fairs and carnivals.

A good piece for a curiosity core display shelf or a collection of iridescent glass.

A pretty Hammersley fine bone china teapot in the much-loved Victorian Violets pattern, with sprays of purple violets all round, gilt-lined rims, a gilt-trimmed spout and handle, and its matching lid. Green Hammersley crown mark to the base: "Bone China, Hammersley, Made in England, Victorian Violets".

Hammersley & Co was founded in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, in 1887, and Victorian Violets went on to become one of its best-loved patterns.

Good vintage condition, no chips or cracks.

Approximately 15cm high including the lid. Made in England, mid-century. Perfect for afternoon tea, a cottagecore dresser or a grandmillennial tea party.

A well-matched pair of hand-painted porcelain ducks in the rich rust-orange, cobalt blue and gilt-yellow Imari palette, with peony and chrysanthemum sprays scattered right down to the webbed feet. One holds its head low, the other calls upward with its neck arched back, so the two naturally face and balance each other on a shelf. Good condition overall, with just light dust in the base recesses and no chips or cracks.

Each base carries a hand-painted red mark reading "yǎ wán zhēn cáng" - a traditional Chinese phrase meaning roughly "a refined piece, worthy of a treasured collection," brushed onto decorative export porcelain to flatter the collector. Specialist porcelain-mark references note that this mark appears on some of the better-quality factory and artist pieces of the period, as well as on later decorative ware.

Each duck stands 15cm tall and is genuine glazed porcelain rather than a printed finish. Vintage, mid-to-late 20th century. A pretty pairing for a mantelpiece, dresser or windowsill.

A tube-lined vase from the Wood's "Arabesque" range, designed by Charlotte Rhead. It has a bold medallion of amber and gold petals around a green and cream boss, over a ribbed ground with a trellis of tube-lined lines and scrolls. The base is marked "Woods Arabesque by Charlotte Rhead" with pattern number TL3.

20cm tall. Made in England, 1940s-50s.

Good vintage condition overall, but there is an old hairline crack running from the rim down through the inside to the base, with no chips or pieces missing.

Charlotte Rhead was one of the few pottery designers of her time to have her own name printed on the backstamp, a sign of how highly her work was rated.

A good art deco-style piece for a mantelpiece or a collector of Rhead's tube-lined ware.

A striking pair of 3D sculpted collector's plates from The Bradford Exchange's 'Morning Jewels' series, with Lena Liu's hummingbird and floral designs raised in relief against a soft blue crackle-effect border with gilt trim and jewelled accents. Rose-Coloured Dawn (first issue, 1999) and Crimson Blush (third issue, 2000), each 17cm wide, individually numbered on the base and fitted with a brass ring for wall display.

Lena Liu trained as a microbiologist before turning to wildlife art, and hummingbirds - the only birds that can fly backwards - became one of her signature subjects.

Good condition, no chips or cracks, with light surface marks to the reverse only.

1999-2000. A pretty pair for a grandmillennial or cottagecore wall.

An antique four-piece part tea set from New Hall of Staffordshire, decorated in the maker's "Yellow Shell" pattern, number 1045 - each piece hand-painted with a golden scallop shell surrounded by iron-red flowers, blue accents and trailing green seaweed fronds, inside a repeating rust-orange border. The set comprises two handleless tea bowls, one handled cup and a slop bowl (the widest piece at 14cm). The double-circle "New Hall" script mark on the base places it in the Georgian/Regency era, roughly 1810-1820.

The slop bowl held used tea leaves and dregs during a Georgian tea service - a practical piece that's often missing from surviving sets today. The pattern is recorded in Geoffrey Godden's reference book on New Hall porcelain.

Hairline cracks are present, as shown in the photos, with no other chips or damage.

Made in Staffordshire, England, circa 1810-20. A genuine bit of antiquarian tea-table history for a collector or a period dresser.

A miniature Royal Doulton figurine of The Old Balloon Seller, model HN2129, sitting with her bunch of bright balloons, green shawl and a basket of flowers at her feet. Made between 1989 and 1991, with the full Royal Doulton mark and Harradine's signature on the base. 10cm tall. Made in England.

In good condition with just minor wear, no chips or cracks.

The full-size original was modelled by Leslie Harradine in 1929 and stayed in production for almost seventy years.

A classic Wedgwood coffee pot in the ever-popular blue and white Willow pattern, printed with the familiar pagoda, bridge, willow tree and pair of birds, with a matching patterned lid and a blue border inside the handle. Backstamped "Willow / Wedgwood / Etruria England" to the base. Stands 20cm tall.

The Willow pattern's tragic tale of two doomed lovers turned into a pair of doves is a well-loved bit of chinoiserie storytelling - though it was actually dreamt up by English potters, not borrowed from an old Chinese legend at all.

Good condition, minor wear only, no chips or cracks.

Made in England, mid-20th century, c.1950s-60s. Perfect for a blue and white collection or a farmhouse-style kitchen dresser.

A 16-piece Susie Cooper coffee set in the Fragrance pattern, C.485: six coffee cups, eight saucers, a cream jug and an open sugar bowl. Each piece has a soft pink rose with blue and violet flowers, a scatter of tiny dots and a grey-green fern-leaf border around the rims. Each piece has the Susie Cooper signature backstamp with the star mark, "Bone China England Fragrance C.485".

Susie Cooper started her own pottery in 1929 at just 27, and in 1950 she bought the Jason China works in Longton so she could make bone china like this.

In good vintage condition with only minor wear and no chips or cracks. A couple of tiny kiln specks under the glaze on a base are from when it was made.

Made in England in bone china, c.1953-66. A pretty set for a grandmillennial or cottagecore table.

A lovely French lead crystal liqueur set with a diamond-cut decanter and stopper and six matching Longchamp-cut glasses, all in the original "Cordial" presentation box. Decanter 25cm tall. Just the thing for sherry, port or an after-dinner liqueur.

Cristal d'Arques was made in the town of Arques in northern France, at the glassworks that grew into Arc International, once the biggest tableware maker in the world.

Good condition with no chips or cracks, and one glass still has its original gold label. The box shows wear to the edges and a crease across the front.

Made in France, 1980s. A smart bit of Hollywood Regency sparkle for a drinks trolley.

A handsome antique Coalport mug, hand-painted and inscribed 'William Dutton, 1851' in gilt alongside a rural riverside scene - a boat, church, cottage and a man fishing on the bank. The reverse carries a pretty spray of wild strawberries. An old dealer's label to the base reads 'Coalport Canal Mug c1851'. Stands 10cm tall. Good antique condition with just some surface grime from age, no chips or cracks.

Coalport takes its name from the canal and river port built on the Severn to ship coal from the Shropshire coalfields, and the pottery works itself was founded right there in 1795.

A vintage Queen Anne bone china tea set, white with a gold teardrop border and gilt rims, marked pattern B173 as a product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd. It has 4 cups, 4 saucers, 4 side plates, a milk jug, a sugar bowl and a serving plate, 15 pieces in all. A lovely vintagecore or modern vintage set for afternoon tea.

Made in England, c.1950s-60s.

Queen Anne was a Staffordshire bone china brand, here marked as a product of Ridgway Potteries Ltd.

Good vintage condition with minor wear and no chips or cracks.

A large vintage Portuguese wall charger made by Coelho of Alcobaça, painted in the 17th-century style (Séc. XVII) with stags, a bird and a tower among dense flowers and foliage, inside a scalloped red, yellow and blue border. The back is signed by the studio "C.C. Séc: XVII Coelho Alcobaça Portugal" and has a twine hanging cord across the foot ring. An eclectic, boho vintage piece for a kitchen or gallery wall.

Made in Portugal, vintage, era uncertain.

Alcobaça is home to a 12th-century Cistercian monastery and has been a centre of Portuguese pottery for centuries.

Good condition with minor wear. The glaze is bright and I can see no cracks.

A genuinely special find - a large flow blue meat platter in Minton's "Passion Flower" pattern, marked "M & Co." on the base, the printed mark Minton used between 1841 and 1873. It has a softly scalloped rim, a lightly moulded panel to the centre of the well, and bold blue blooms with fringed centres (which give the pattern its name) trailing across the white ground. A generous 53 x 44cm across, properly made for carving a joint at the table.

Minton is one of the great names in English pottery, founded in Stoke-on-Trent in 1793, and later provided the tiled floors for the Houses of Parliament.

There's a chip to the rim edge with some staining, and a fine crack running through the moulded centre panel - a shame on a piece this scarce, so do look closely through the photos. Priced well down from what a perfect example of this documented Minton pattern would fetch, purely to reflect the chip and crack.

A small Royal Worcester lidded pot in the factory's famous blush ivory. It is hand painted with roses, a yellow bloom and tiny blue flowers, with gilded rims to the cover and foot. It has the Royal Worcester crown and circle mark.

3.5cm across. Made in England, c.1902.

Good condition, with light wear to the gilding and no chips or cracks.

The crescent and the number 51 inside the Worcester mark stand for 1751, the year the factory was founded.

The right size for a dressing table, to hold rings or earrings. Proper grandmacore.

A blue and white Georgian teacup and saucer made by Hilditch & Son of Lane End, Staffordshire, between 1822 and 1830. The transfer-printed scene shows a chinoiserie figure in a wide hat carrying a tray, with a smaller attendant figure beside him, set among flowering branches and framed by a border of white blossoms. Both pieces carry the H&S heart-shaped wreath mark.

Hilditch & Son only traded for around eight years, and most of their output left the factory unmarked, so a piece stamped with their wreath mark is much harder to find than the many attributed examples.

Good condition for its age, with light surface crazing and gentle staining consistent with genuine wear, no chips or cracks.

The saucer measures 14cm across. Made in England, circa 1822-30. A nice small piece of antique Staffordshire for a blue and white collection or a granny chic dresser.

A collection of five Royal Doulton character jugs, each marked with the Royal Doulton backstamp and its name on the base: The Falconer, The Gardener, Bacchus, Don Quixote and The Viking.

Beautifully detailed faces and strong colours - the Falconer has his bird perched as the handle, Bacchus wears his crown of grapes, and the Viking and Don Quixote come in full helmets.

Mixed dates from the 1950s to the 1990s. All in good vintage condition with clear maker's marks, except for a tiny chip on the Falconer (shown in the photos).

Royal Doulton's character jugs were introduced by designer Charles Noke in 1934, and they've been one of the most collected lines in British pottery ever since.