Childhood Antiques

Inexpensive children's china was made throughout the 19th century as gifts for good children, birth gifts and souvenirs. The patterns were intended to delight and to instruct. Tea sets were used as a tool for teaching table manners to the future hostess as well as for play. Dishes were also made in "doll" size for young girls to serve tea while playing house.

• For your consideration, an Antique Pearlware Transfer printed Child's Plate with the verse, "My Daughter." A rare piece, 8 sided, a blue & white central transfer & a Daisy border, hand enamele ...

  

  Antique Pearlware Transfer Child’s Plate – My Daughter

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Transferware Doll's Plate showing a country farm house in a field, a beautiful romantic floral border.  A black transfer, the rim is both stamped & ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Doll Plate, house in field

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Transferware Doll's Plate, "Antiquarian" showing a stag standing in a landscape with a church & a castle in the distance, a beautiful romantic flo ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Doll Plate, “Antiquarian”

• SOLD For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Transferware Doll's Plate showing a woman, possibly holding a baby, speaking with a traveling gentleman wearing a black hat.  The figures stan ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Doll Plate, traveling gent – SOLD

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Earthenware Floral Sprigged decorated Child's Mug, c. 1840-1855, unmarked. sometimes referred to as Drabware. Perhaps attributed to  John Ridgway & ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Earthenware Floral Sprigged Child’s Mug

• For your consideration, an Antique, 19th century Staffordshire child's ABC plate, showing a Blue Transfer of two men carrying a Donkey over a wooden footbridge. A humorous scene, referenced on p. 188- ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Child’s Transferware ABC Plate, Donkey on a Foot Bridge

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Doll's plate showing a black transfer of a hunter & his dog. The man wears a hunting outfit with a hat, game sack & he carries a long ...

  

  Antique Pearlware Transferware Doll Plate, Hunter & his Dog

• For your consideration, a scarce Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's ABC plate, showing a pink transfer called The News Boy. Showing a boy selling The Times, his helper standing by a bill board &a ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Transferware Child’s ABC plate, The News Boy

• For your consideration, a quite rare Antique Earthenware Doll's Plate titled "Indian Chiefs," one of a series of plates commemorating the California Gold Rush, 1848-1855. The black transfer shows the ...

  

  Antique Scottish Earthenware Doll Plate, Indian Chiefs

• SOLD For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Doll's Plate showing a black transfer of a Rider on Horseback behind a stand of Palm Trees, prepared to rope a wild horse. The backgr ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Doll Plate, Rider on Horseback – SOLD

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Doll's Plate showing a black transfer of a central Fountain and a romantic ornate scrolled border. Measuring 3 3/4" in diameter and back stam ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Doll Plate, Fountain & Scrolled Border

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Transferware Doll's Plate showing a Viking Ship sailing into a Harbor with a romantic floral border.  A black transfer, the rim is both stamped & ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Transfer Doll Plate, Viking Ship in Harbor

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Transferware  Doll's Plate showing a couple strolling past a small church with a cross shaped window, against a bucolic landscape. The romantic scroll ...

  

  Antique Pearlware Transferware Doll Plate, Strolling Couple & Church

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Plate showing a black transfer of three figures playing "Leap Frog."  MARKED  Powell & Bishop.  Measuring 6" in diameter, red ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child’s ABC Plate, “Leap Frog”

• For your consideration, an antique Staffordshire Pearlware Child's Plate with a charming transfer of an older sister teasing her little sister by holding a doll just out of reach. A very scarce transf ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Pearlware ABC Child’s Plate, “Teasing Sisters”

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Child's ABC cup from Brownhills Pottery. From the Garden Birds transfers, this is the Red Robin. The full alphabet in the classic Brownhill font is sep ...

  

  Antique Brownhills Staffordshire Child’s ABC Cup, Red Robin

• SOLD For your consideration, a sweet Antique Staffordshire cup, showing a Polychrome Transfer, one side a young couple in front of a house, the other side showing dancers around a May Pole while a ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Polychrome Transfer Child’s Cup, May Pole Dance – SOLD

• For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Polychrome Transfer Child's ABC plate in a Pearlware glaze. Showing a charming image of an Organ Grinder Puppet Master performing for three Girls. Meas ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Polychrome Transfer Child’s ABC plate, Organ Grinder & Girls

• For your consideration, a charming Antique Staffordshire Polychrome Transfer Child's ABC plate in a Pearlware glaze. A wonderful image of a woman on a spotted horse, basket on her head, a man walking ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Polychrome Transfer Child’s ABC plate, Woman on Spotted Horse

• SOLD For your consideration, an Antique Staffordshire Child's ABC bordered plate, with a Black Transfer, " The Irish Market Girl." Hand painted Green border to the rim. Measuring 6 1/4" in diame ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Transfer Child’s ABC Plate, “The Irish Market Girl” – SOLD

• For your consideration, a charming Antique Child's Pearlware Octagonal Plate, showing a green transfer print of Franklins Proverb, " He that By the Plough Would Thrive Himself Must Either Hold or Driv ...

  

  Antique Staffordshire Child’s “Franklin’s Proverbs” Transfer Plate

• SOLD For your consideration, an Antique Child's ABC plate showing a transfer of Robinson Crusoe & His Pets, made by the Brownsville Pottery Co., 19th Century. Measuring 8" in diameter, marked R ...

  

  Antique Child’s, BP Co. Robinson Crusoe & His Pets ABC Plate – SOLD

• SOLD For your consideration, an early Victorian Staffordshire Transferware Child’s Plate, “The Tulip & The Butterfly: Appear in Gayer Coats Than I: Let Me Dress'd Fine As I Will: Flies Worr ...

  

  ABC Early Victorian Transfer Child’s Plate, The Tulip & The Butterfly” – SOLD

• For your consideration, an early Victorian Staffordshire Transferware Child’s Plate, “Catch It Carlo When I Throw & Bring It Back To Me. Ere We Go”, c. 1860.  The transfer shows a couple &a ...

  

  ABC Early Victorian Transfer Child’s Plate, “Catch It Carlo”

• For your consideration, an early Victorian Staffordshire Transferware Child’s Plate, “Harry Baiting is His Line For To Fish He Doth Incline”, c. 1840.  The transfer shows Harry baiting his fish ...

  

  ABC Early Victorian Transfer Child’s Plate, “Harry Baiting”

• For your consideration, an early Victorian Staffordshire Transferware Child’s Plate, “Little Boys at Marbles Play on the Summer Holiday”, c. 1840.  The transfer shows the 5 boys playing a game ...

  

  ABC Early Transfer Child’s Plate, “Little Boys at Marbles Play”

• For your consideration, an early Victorian Staffordshire Transferware Child’s Plate, “Ready For a Ride”, c. 1840.  The transfer shows 2 children riding in a wicker carriage, in a crisp black tr ...

  

  ABC Early Victorian Transfer Child’s Plate, “Ready For a Ride”

• SOLD For your consideration, an early Victorian Staffordshire Transferware Child's Plate, "The First Nibble", c. 1840.  The transfer shows 3 children fishing in a crisp black transfer with hand pa ...

  

  ABC Early Victorian Transfer Child’s Plate, “The First Nibble” – SOLD

• For your consideration, a charming ANTIQUE STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE CHILDS ABC PLATE with a COLORED TRANSFER reading "Going to Market"  c. 1835.  Measuring 8" in diameter, the rim has the raised lett ...

  

  Antique Victorian Transfer Child’s ABC Plate, “Going To Market”