Antique 19th c Staffordshire England Copper Lusterware Lustre Creamer & Dish yqz

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Welcome to Estate Auctions Inc!We are one of the Leading Sellers of Antiques, Collectibles and Quirky items on eBay. We have been selling since 1998 and ALL of our auctions start at .99 cents. We are proud to announce that we maintain a 'FIVE STAR Detailed Seller Rating' and our staff strives for 100% customer satisfaction, our 100% feedback rating will vouch for that. We work with consigners from Coast-To-Coast and work hard to make sure we have top quality items.We are 'Your Quality Zone' - search 'YQZ' to see our other listingsSee Other Listings Antique 19th c Staffordshire England Copper Lusterware Lustre Creamer & DishNew Jersey Estate Fresh Collection!We recently acquired a nice collection of antique/vintage lusterware from a multi-estate sale in southern New Jersey and we will be listing the entire assemblage over the next few days. We do not claim to be experts in lusterware, but we do share your love for it! So if we get anything wrong, please just let us know! In this auction we have an elegant creamer and small bowl/dish matched to other pieces that originated in Staffordshire, England in the second half of the 19th century. A gorgeous copper luster decorates surface of the porcelain with an ornately formed applied handle and spout to the creamer. The pattern found along the bowl is not a match to the pitcher, and this pair is a marriage of the two. Both unmarked, the pitcher measures approx. 4-5/8" tall by 5-1/2" from handle to spout by 3-3/4". There is appropriate age wear with light scratches to the finish on both pieces, the bowl has heavy crazing and glaze loss to the interior, the pitcher...keep scrolling there are 20 pictures and more description beneath the photos below!has a hairline off the rim by the handle, seen inside & out, a hairline to the bottom of the handle and scratches to the interior. Be sure to scroll through our many photos to capture all the details of each piece. They would make the perfect additions to any lusterware collection! ! ABOUT Lusterware as found on ebay by seaside*collectibles There are 4 principal classes of luster ware: silver or platinum, copper or brown, gold, and pink or purple. Luster ware was made by applying a metallic solution to the surface of a piece of pottery before the final firing. The metals gold, copper, and platinum were chemically dissolved and applied with a brush or by dipping. In the early production, the body was generally a coarse earthenware. Later a porcelain base was sometimes used. Copper luster, made with a copper solution & the base of earthenware had the appearance of burnished copper. Copper luster ware was made chiefly for everyday use, and much of it is plain luster, or with a band or two of white or color. Other pieces were decorated in relief, with the ornament in white, or colored by hand in bright pigments on the copper luster ground. Copper luster was made as early as 1770 in Great Britain. Some luster ware was even imported from Holland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium. In the 1930 - 1950s, the United States produced lusterware. Silver luster was made by a deposit of platinum on pottery or porcelain. Silver luster is not quite as old as copper luster, dating from about 1785. It is commonly known among collectors that the best of the English lusterware, and in artistic quality it rivals the finest English china. Gold luster was made in the same way - by means of a thin deposit of gold on a dark pottery body. On account of the costliness of the gold, the luster was frequently used on only a portion of the piece, the rest being left white or partly decorated in color. Raised bands and relief figures are also found, and occasionally a combination with silver luster. There is also exists pink, ruby, or purple luster. Also so named rosespotted and Sunderland luster. This luster was produced by applying a gold solution, which, in oxidizing, gave a pink or purplish tint. In a few cases the mixture was... read more

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