Tableware Gallery

The Grand Buffet, St. George's Hall...1844. Creator: Unknown

The Grand Buffet, St. George's Hall, at the Garter Banquet, given for His Majesty the King of the French, 1844. Royal plate at Windsor Castle used for banquets: the famous shield of Achilles; the Huma, or Peacock of Precious Stones; the Golden Tiger used by Tippoo Saib as his footstool...taken at the storming of Seringapatam, the Spanish Wine-fountain, taken from a ship of the Armada...costly specimens of English gold work, ranging from the massive sconces of Henry VIII. to the ponderous vases and salvers of Queen Anne...a matchless collection of the works of Benevenuto Cellini...jewelled cups, formerly used for sacramental purposes; vases of gold and crystal; and censers, formed of ivory and gold, the former most exquisitely carved in alto-relievo...specimens of George IV.'s. plate...chimeras, grotesques, Homeric fancies, marine groups and the like...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

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Bowl with rare representation of human figure

Bowl with rare representation of human figure. The figure stands in the position of master of animals and could be a personification of agriculture and livestock breeding. The stylised scorpion at the bottom left of the vessel could be a representation of death. Country of Origin: Ancient Middle East. Culture: Neolithic. Period/ Date: c 4200 - 3800 BC. Place of Origin: Susa. Material/ Size: terracotta D=22.3cm. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ Louvre Museum. Location 8A

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Porcelain Knife Handles, 1912

Porcelain Knife Handles, 1912. Antique knife handles made of Porcelain. A ceramic material made by heating materials, to high temperatures. The toughness, strength and translucence of porcelain, arises mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures. From The Connoisseur Vol XXXIII. [ Otto Limited, London, 1912]

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