Pheasants, peonies, and butterflies, in a hundred shades of blue.
This is transferware in its most romantic form. A delicate, light blue garden spreads over creamy white, with sprays of peonies, chrysanthemums, and blossoms, a few butterflies fluttering among them, and the long-tailed pheasants that give the Asiatic Pheasants pattern its name. A lacy border of scrolls and beading frames the edge of the platter and the base of the tureen, and the domed lid carries the same print, topped with a handle in the form of a looped branch, and flanked by sculptural, scrolled side handles. The soft blue gives the whole thing a hushed, almost watercolor quality.
Blue and white transferware has been one of the great loves of English tables for generations, and Asiatic Pheasants is one of its best-loved patterns, a pattern that, along with Willow and romantic Italian scenes, filled English cupboards for decades. Transferware is made by engraving a design on a copper plate, printing it in ink on tissue paper, and pressing it onto the pot, so that every piece carries a tiny work of engraving. This set was made by George Jones & Sons, whose Crescent trademark was registered in 1873 at their pottery in Stoke, Staffordshire, and the absence of “England” in the mark points to the years from about 1881 to 1891, before the 1891 American law that required imports to carry the country of origin. That makes this a genuine piece of late Victorian history.
Choose your piece:
Covered Tureen — a lidded tureen, 12" x 9.5", with a looped branch handle and scrolled side handles, a grand centerpiece for a sideboard or hutch.
Large Platter — an oval platter, 18" x 14.5", a showpiece for a stand, a wall, or a sideboard, and a natural underplate for the tureen.
Together or on their own, they make a magnificent display on a sideboard, hutch, or farmhouse table, and the platter looks beautiful propped on a stand or on a wall. The pair is sold separately.
A note on condition: as with most antique transferware of this age, both pieces show crazing, the fine network of lines that forms in the glaze over time. The tureen has no cracks. The platter has several hairline cracks, and we are happy to send close-up photos, so please ask before you buy.
Tucked inside every order, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day these pieces will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
Pheasants, peonies, and butterflies, in a hundred shades of blue.
This is transferware in its most romantic form. A delicate, light blue garden spreads over creamy white, with sprays of peonies, chrysanthemums, and blossoms, a few butterflies fluttering among them, and the long-tailed pheasants that give the Asiatic Pheasants pattern its name. A lacy border of scrolls and beading frames the edge of the platter and the base of the tureen, and the domed lid carries the same print, topped with a handle in the form of a looped branch, and flanked by sculptural, scrolled side handles. The soft blue gives the whole thing a hushed, almost watercolor quality.
Blue and white transferware has been one of the great loves of English tables for generations, and Asiatic Pheasants is one of its best-loved patterns, a pattern that, along with Willow and romantic Italian scenes, filled English cupboards for decades. Transferware is made by engraving a design on a copper plate, printing it in ink on tissue paper, and pressing it onto the pot, so that every piece carries a tiny work of engraving. This set was made by George Jones & Sons, whose Crescent trademark was registered in 1873 at their pottery in Stoke, Staffordshire, and the absence of “England” in the mark points to the years from about 1881 to 1891, before the 1891 American law that required imports to carry the country of origin. That makes this a genuine piece of late Victorian history.
Choose your piece:
Covered Tureen — a lidded tureen, 12" x 9.5", with a looped branch handle and scrolled side handles, a grand centerpiece for a sideboard or hutch.
Large Platter — an oval platter, 18" x 14.5", a showpiece for a stand, a wall, or a sideboard, and a natural underplate for the tureen.
Together or on their own, they make a magnificent display on a sideboard, hutch, or farmhouse table, and the platter looks beautiful propped on a stand or on a wall. The pair is sold separately.
A note on condition: as with most antique transferware of this age, both pieces show crazing, the fine network of lines that forms in the glaze over time. The tureen has no cracks. The platter has several hairline cracks, and we are happy to send close-up photos, so please ask before you buy.
Tucked inside every order, a little something for first time Tavola customers — a hand-finished vintage passport notebook. Note the piece, the moment, the person you gave it to. One day these pieces will sit in someone else's hands — and they'll know it came from yours.
