Five super ceramics from vases to cow creamers on offer at the Sworders auction

From Sicily to Staffordshire, and vases to cow creamers to here is a selection of five lots at the Stansted Mountfitchet saleroom in the Fine Interiors (including Books and Maps) auction.

Sicilian storage jar

This large Sicilian Caltagirone storage jar (pictured top), dated 1729, the ovoid body with tin glaze decorated with Antonio Manoel de Vilhena's coat of arms and foliage detail, with a fitted pair of rope twist handles, is 21in (54cm) high.

Caltagirone is a town in central Sicily, the island long known for its ceramics production based on Greek, Arabic and Spanish traditions – with the craft still thriving.

To view this Sicilian Caltagirone storage jar at Sworders, estimated at £3000-5000, you can visit thesaleroom.com.

Jasperware vases

Wedgwood jasperware vases for sale at Sworders on March 10-11 estimated at £700-900.

From the UK and the bustling centre of the Potteries comes this large pair of Wedgwood jasperware vases, mid-19th century, with applied classical motifs on blue grounds, with impressed marks. The 14in (36cm) high vases are estimated at £700-900.

Jasperware was first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s and large vases appeared by the 1780s, with the Neoclassical style prominent – such as displayed on these Sworders vases.

The Wedgwood jasperware vases for sale at Sworders can be viewed on thesaleroom.com.

Tulip vase

Prattware tulip vase at Sworders estimated at £200-400 on March 10-11.

Prattware is thought to refer to an inventor called Felix Pratt who came up with the technique later practised by numerous potteries from 1780-1840.

An 18^th century Prattware tulip vase decorated with blue, green and straw-coloured glaze, with five apertures above a sweeping body and a stepped base, 9in (23cm) high, with a provenance to ‘The property of the late Mr & Mrs Brian Lister, The Old Rectory, Widdington’, is estimated at £200-400.

To view and bid for the Prattware tulip vase at Sworders, visit thesaleroom.com.

Cattle stations

Three Staffordshire cow creamers at Sworders estimated at £200-300 on March 10-11.

Silver cow creamers – used to serve cream with tea – were popular choices in upper-class households from about the 1750s onwards. Pottery versions meant they became more affordable.

These three typical Staffordshire examples, c.1800, with milkmaids and sponged decoration, the largest 6in (14.5cm high) are offered together in one lot estimated at £200-300.

To view the three Staffordshire cow creamers at Sworders you can check thesaleroom.com.

Tyrolean gentleman

Estimated at £150-250, this Chamberlains Worcester figure is on offer at Sworders on March 10-11.

In 1783, Robert Chamberlain started his own porcelain decorating business in Worcester, at first using bought blank undecorated porcelain from other factories but by the late 1780s making his own wares. The factory became renowned for its finely painted porcelain.

At Sworders this Chamberlains Worcester figure, c.1845, depicting a man in Tyrolean costume, 6.5in (16cm) high, also comes from the Listers (see the Prattware vase above).

Estimated at £150-250, the Chamberlains Worcester figure at Sworders can be viewed on thesaleroom.com.