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My rare Shunzhi Large Vase Lid,1cm diameter ; all I need now is to find and afford a genuine Shunzhi Vase to put under it.
Obsevations are that the red is generally a flat tomato red and the cobalt blue is like a watercolour wash. The porcelain is very dense and heavier than a piece looks.
Vic
Likes for everybody, as it’s been a long night here in Atlanta...
will respond tomorrow but am always thankful and impressed (though never surprised) at the meticulous eye for the details some of you on this forum have!
thank you all ever so kindly, I’ll spam 2 or 3 more that I’m also looking at (if alright?) when I wake up around 4 or 5pm LoL
After a very solid recommendation, I may go with the incense square/pot conversion they are also offering - will include pics upon return..
seems like this current satiation has a lot of people topsy turvy on their sleep schedules and ect...
Hope all is well and blessed here,
Take care, you lovely group of folks
@jrn Yes, it is a big one and beautiful. It may have been a wash basin and the wear at the bottom of the bowl may indicate a matching pitcher, but it would have been for an unusually large washstand. I searched for years for a plain white lily of the valley and ribbon ironstone set for an Eastlake washstand. Finally found one in a shop in Missouri in the late nineteen seventies by J and G Meakin, Hanley, England. It is only 14 inches and the washstand is 15 inches, so a perfect fit. I was briefly proud for having found it and proudly showed it to my sister, who said, too bad you did not buy a set with a pattern. Everyone is a critic. They did have those round wrought iron stands that your bowl could have been placed or a more impressive and large wooden washstand. I wonder if it was used as a punch bowl? In any case, beautiful.
@jrn Yes, it is a big one and beautiful. It may have been a wash basin and the wear at the bottom of the bowl may indicate a matching pitcher, but it would have been for an unusually large washstand. I searched for years for a plain white lily of the valley and ribbon ironstone set for an Eastlake washstand. Finally found one in a shop in Missouri in the late nineteen seventies by J and G Meakin, Hanley, England. It is only 14 inches and the washstand is 15 inches, so a perfect fit. I was briefly proud for having found it and proudly showed it to my sister, who said, too bad you did not buy a set with a pattern. Everyone is a critic. They did have those round wrought iron stands that your bowl could have been placed or a more impressive and large wooden washstand. I wonder if it was used as a punch bowl? In any case, beautiful.
Just got the verdict from Peter, my boy is off to the slammer.
@sharonp
I too had the washbasin idea cross my mind due to the internal wear.. yet could find not 17" examples in circulation past or present..
May have to email my friend over in the UK as he loves hunting/decoding this type of stuff and the origin behind it; but don't we all? 🙂
Also you are correct - everybody has an opinion, critique valid or not haha..
I will say, though, the Ironstone collectors do tend to be nearly compulsive about having at least a small dinner service set, ect, before they'll bite at the higher prices - rarity or uniqueness regardless. I do believe Christie's (or was it Sotheby's?) sold a lot with a full plating service for 4 or so, with included tureen and under-plate (the Masons/Ironstone collectors holy grail) and it sold for high 4 figures if I remember correctly.. the funny thing is it was far from an "uncommon" design or pattern. Funny how things work! But always something to keep in mind from coming across things like that..
Sorry to hear about the verdict on yours.. always a little saddening when we have to shift them away from their prized mantle position amongst our collections isn't it?
Blessings,
-JRN
For any who are interested...
These were the other two I was looking at, same price range. I believe the consignment store got them all from a recent liquidation
I am leaning towards the incense box since I'll likely no longer go with the prior one posted in the thread; but as always - more opinions from well experienced and better versed members than myself would be greatly appreciated.
It's quite a little nifty box regardless of origin or status I think! Sometimes the cheap decorations are the ones I like most haha
No other pictures available sadly... mostly why I was seeking opinion on here first, so I don't hassle the local seller with too many requests for pictures as I only plan on getting one regardless.
Blessings to all and hope all is well and safe.
Regards,
-JRN
Not sad really, more a gambler's attitude, sometimes your up and more often your down. My favorite philosopher, Frank Sinatra.
P.S. Forgive me, I only have a minor in English and you're probably not up anyway. One day I will learn to proof read before I hit send. I can't tell you if those lamps are a good or bad investment, but they are both pretty.
Hi Sharon,
about your first question about not finding things, there's is another possibility why. Sometimes you just know the right term to search for. It also happened to me, that I was just typing in the wrong search words. And after a while I stumbled over a "name" for that special item , and all of a sudden I found a lot more pieces. 😀
Chris
Yes, I think you are correct, I will keep doing my homework, some good books and catalogues on this site.
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