Torquay

Motto Ware, Torquay Ware teapot, very collectable Tormohun design with cockeral and motto. You can feel the rooster, he stands out from the body of the teapot. The motto is They speak 'o my drinkin, but they dinna consider my drouth . Spout has filter holes. Marked underneath Tormohun Ware, Torquay . Teapot measures14.5 cm high and 13.5 cm wide handle to spout (5.3/4 inches by 5.3/8 inches). Very good condition. Some clean minor crazing to the thick glaze and a tight hairline glaze crack as per photo. Dates 1930s to just after WWII. Please ask for a postage quote before ordering, as the system will not process the order without this.

Good sized Torquay ware jug or pitcher. Black rooster on front, with motto to rear: Dawntee vall bevore yuim pushed (don't you fall before you're pushed). Longpark Pottery, Torquay (Devon, England). Jug measures 11.75 cm high and the base is 10 cm diameter (4.5/8 inches by 4 inches). Excellent condition. Dates early to mid 20th century.

Made from good red Devon clay, this cup and saucer are typical Torquay motto ware - handpainted pattern of cherries (or plums) on one side, and the motto The Cup that Cheers on the other. Excellent condition.

Vintage Leaf Plate, The Haldon Group, Made in Japan, 1988. This lovely plate measures 8 across. Green leaves on wine-red vines decorate the surface of the plate. The outer rim of the plate is scalloped and is also painted wine red. The vines come together on one side, and that acts as a handle. The plate is in very good condition with no chips, cracks or signs of use. It has the Haldon Group mark and a Made in Japan label.

Vintage Vase, Toyo, Japan, Royal Bouquet. This lovely vase is 5 1/2 tall. It is beautifully decorated with a bouquet of vibrant purple, pink, red, wine red, and yellow flowers. The bouquet also has pretty green leaves that are aqua-colored on the underside. It is trimmed in gold and there is a gold line running around the outside bottom edge of the base. With the exception of a very small area of missing gold on the line around the base, the vase is in excellent condition. There are no chips, cracks, or crazing. It has the Toyo mark and a Made in Japan label.

Sugar bowl with typical Torquay Motto Ware design - cottage on one side and Take a Little Sugar on the other. Small bowl on pedestal foot, measuring 7.5 cm high and 9 cm diameter (3 inches by 3.1/2 inches). Excellent condition.

Heart Trinket Box, Treasure Craft, Colorado. This pretty heart-shaped trinket box is 4 across and 3 5/8' long and 1 1/2 deep. It is white porcelain with little brown speckles making it look like snow falling, and a young man skiing down a slope with a tree and the sun behind him. It is in excellent condition with the Treasure Craft U.S.A. mark on the bottom.

Ceramic match or vesta holder with striker sides. Gilded polychrome floral pattern to sides. Underneath is the mark for Taylor Tunnicliffe, circa 1875 - 1898. It measures 5 cm high and 6.4 cm diameter (about 2 inches by 2.1/2 inches). Small amount of crazing inside holder bottom, otherwise perfect.

This little motto ware or mottoware dish or bowl was made by the Dartmouth Pottery of Devon, England and bears the following motto: Waste Not Want Not and the traditional cottage. It measures 3.75 inches in diameter by 1.5 inches high. This little Torquay motto dish was made in the 1940-1950s. It is in very good condition and very collectible. This famous and fun pottery has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is a mottoware or motto ware pedestal single egg cup, made by Watcombe, Torquay in Devon, England 1900-1920 and featuring the usual cottage and the motto Speak Little Speak Well. Famous and fun mottoware pottery was manufactured in the south of England from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible! A great piece for your breakfast egg and soldiers.

Vintage Wall Pocket/Vase, Treasure Craft, Bananas, 1956. This eye-catching wall hanging measures 6 by 5 1/4 . The colors are rich and the piece is highly glazed. It is in very good condition--no chips or cracks, and has the impressed Treasure Craft South Gate California mark.

This is a mottoware or motto ware pottery creamer, cream pitcher or milk jug in made by Watcombe, Torquay Devon, England 1930-1940s. The creamer has the motto Fresh From The Cow with a traditional cottage design and measures 2.5 inches high by 2.5 in diameter. The mottoware jug is in excellent condition. So cute and collectible. Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is an antique mottoware, motto ware or Devon ware cup and saucer from Watcombe Torquay, England with an unusual low flat cup design. The cup and saucer set is a traditional cottage design with the motto Take A Cup Of Kindness. The cup measures 2 inches high by 4 inches in diameter and is 2.5 inches in diameter the saucer is 6.25 inches in diameter. The cup and saucer is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks.A wonderful set. This famous and fun pottery has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s and is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes with cottages, ships or birds and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

Lidded pot in the ginger jar shape from Fielding's Crown Devon. Matt black glaze with glazed Asiatic Pheasant design, named here as Chelsea. Gilding to edges and lid finial - also gilding highlights in the design. Measures 13 cm high and 11 cm diameter (5.1/8 inches by 4.1/4 inches). Small amount of minor crazing inside, but externally perfect. Very colourful and attractive, more in the Forester style than Crown Devon, so an unusual piece. Early piece, circa 1913-1920s.

Fielding's Crown Devon musical tankard, playing Auld Lang Syne. The scene is in relief, and shows an ale house, where the Publican sits with his customer, and a serving woman brings him a mug of wine for the toast his friend is raising. On the reverse side is the rhyme for the song of Auld Lang Syne. The handle is a beautiful green thistle with purple flowers. Jug measures 11.5 cm high, and 16 cm wide (4.1/2 inches by 6.1/4 inches). It is in excellent condition, and the musical box works well.

This is an unusual motto ware or mottoware creamer and sugar set from Torquay, Devon dating to 1910-1920s probably from Longpark or Hele Cross, Torquay Devon. The cream or creamer and sugar basin or bowl is of red clay with leaf motifs in a variant of the Jazz pattern, a blue glaze and a sgraffito motto. The cream jug measures 2 .78 inches high and the motto is Du'ee Be Aisy. The sugar basin measures 3.75 inches in diameter by 2 inches high and the motto reads Du'ee Ave Zum Sugar. They are in very good ++ condition with 2 tiny fleabites through the glaze on the rim of the sugar basin and 2 manufacturing flaws on the back of the creamer. A great find. This famous and fun pottery has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is a mottoware or motto ware sugar bowl or sugar basin made by Watcombe Devon Ware, England 1910-1920s. It has the motto Soft Words Win Hard Hearts and is in excellent condition. The whitish smear in the photo is light on the glaze and is not a paint flaw. The sugar bowl or basin measures 2 inches high by 3.5 inches in diameter. A wonderful piece of mottoware with a great saying from a very collectible pottery. This Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is a vintage motto ware or mottoware cream and sugar basin set made 1920-1930s by Longpark, Torquay Devon England in a traditional cottage design. The cream, creamer or milk jug measures 3 inches high and has the motto Still Waters Run Deep. The sugar bowl or sugar basin measures 2.5 inches high by 4 in diameter and has the motto East Or West Home's Best. The cream and sugar are in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or wear. A wonderful set of mottoware with great sayings from a very collectible pottery. This Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This lovely blue and white pottery cream or creamer and sugar set is sometimes called Devon ware and is a close kin to Torquay Devon, England mottoware made 1920-1930s. It has the incised name of a place, in this case Whitley Bay. The process is sometimes called scrafito or sgraphito. Each piece is approximately 2.5 inches high and is in good condition with no chips and the only flaw being a small tight hairline in the sugar that doesn't go through to the exterier. See photo. These sets are very collectible as well as decorative.

Large musical jug, playing Auld Lang Syne - made by Crown Devon, England. Their mark is under the lid to the music box works. The scene is in relief, and shows an ale house, where the Publican sits with his customer, and a serving woman brings him a mug of wine for the toast his friend is raising. On the reverse side is the rhyme for the song of Auld Lang Syne. The handle is a beautiful green thistle with purple flowers. Jug measures 18 cm high, and 21 cm wide (7 inches by 8.1/4 inches). It is in excellent condition, and the musical box works well. The only fault would be the top layer of the ply wood face of the musical box (underneath) is warped where moisture has got into it. This could be replaced.

This is a teapot made by Longpark Torquay, England in a mottoware or motto ware pottery Scandy design in 1905-1923. The motto or saying is Duee Av a Cup A Tay with the traditional Scandy flower design. The teapot measures 3.5 inches high by 6.5 inches long by 5 in diameter and is in very good ++ condition with the only flaw 3 lid rim chips. The photo of the front also has a glare from the lights on the glazed surface which made it difficult to photo well. Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

Sugar bowl with sterling silver rim - the rim is hallmarked for Birmingham 1915. The maker of the bowl is Taylor Tunnicliffe, in their Dutch Quay series, featuring figures in hand-highlighted colour on a matt green background. Bowl measures 5.6 cm high and 8.2 cm diameter (2.1/4 inches by 3.1/4 inches). There is minor light heat staining inside, but otherwise excellent.

This motto ware or mottoware bowl was made by the Dartmouth Pottery of Devon, England and bears the following motto: Ill Blows The Wind That Profits Nobody and the traditional cottage. The bowl, which may be a sugar basin or bowl, measures 4 inches in diameter by 2.5 inches high and was made in the 1940-1950s. It is in excellent condition and very collectible. This famous and fun pottery has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This motto ware or mottoware pitcher or jug was made by the Dartmouth Pottery of Devon, England and bears the following motto: Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth and the traditional cottage. The mottoware jug, which is actually a creamy pale yellow color, measures 3 inches high by 5 inches long by 3.5 inches in diameter. This Torquay motto pitcher, creamer or jug was made in the 1940-1950s and is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and is very collectible. There are 2 manufacturing flaws. First the spout exterior lip was chipped during manufacture and glazed over, and secondly the top of the handle was roughly put on so there is a firing crack under glaze around the top and a bit of an extra glob of clay under the glaze at the side of the handle. This famous and fun pottery has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1870s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

Small bowl with silver plated rim, with the dark green matt background and applied enamel decoration of the Dutch series from Taylor Tunnicliffe. Carries their backstamp for the earlier period circa 1875 plus. Little bowl measures 4.8 cm high and 6.1 cm diameter (1.7/8 inches by 2.3/8 inches). There is some wear to the plating, but the bowl is in very good condition.

This is a cute little mottoware cream jug or creamer or milk jug made by Aller Vale England potteries between 1867-1901 when the factory closed. It has the motto Tak A Little Craim. The creamer measures 2 inches high by 2.5 inches in diameter at the base and 2 inches at the top. A wonderful piece of mottoware in very good +++ condition with no chips or cracks. This famous and fun pottery has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is a rare clotted cream dish made by Watcombe Torquay, Devon England in mottoware or motto ware pottery. The motto or saying is Be Canny With The Cream with the traditional flower design and it was made 1910-1920s and is unmarked as many Watcombe pieces were during that time. The clotted cream dish measures 3 inches high by 3.5 inches in diameter and is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks with minor general age consistent crazing. A cute item of mottoware from our last England trip with a great motto and a very hard to find use. You'd better be Canny With The Cream because it's solid cholesterol but absolutely heavenly. I think it's why I go back to England to buy each year!!! Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is a teapot made by Watcombe Torquay, Devon England in mottoware or motto ware pottery. The motto or saying is Duee Av Zum Tay with the traditional flower design called a Scandy and it was made 1890-1900 and is unmarked as many Watcombe pieces were during that time. The teapot measures 4 inches high by 5 inches in diameter and is in very good +++ condition with no chips or cracks, but there are places where the paint was smeared underglaze during manufacture and general age consistent crazing. The photo of the front also has a glare from the lights on the glazed surface which made it difficult to photo well. A cute item of mottoware from our last England trip with a great hospitable motto. Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is an antique pottery creamer, cream pitcher or milk jug in mottoware or motto ware made by Longpark pottery, Torquay Devon, England 1905-1920. The creamer has the motto Elp Yersel Tu Craim with a traditional flower design called a Scandy and measures 2.75 inches high by 3 in diameter. The mottoware jug is in excellent condition. So cute and collectible. Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

This is an inkwell or ink well made by Aller Vale, Devon England in mottoware or motto ware pottery. The motto or saying in Remembered Joys Are Never Forgotten and it was made 1887-1901 dated by the impressed mark. The inkwell measures 2 inches high by 2.75 inches in diameter and is in very good +++ condition with no chips or cracks, but there are 2 places where the paint was smeared underglaze during manufacture. The photo of the front also has a glare from the lights on the glazed surface which made it difficult to photo well. A cute and rarely seen item of mottoware from our last England trip. Famous and fun motto ware or mottoware has been manufactured in the south of England from the 1860s until the factories closed in the 1960s. It is usually of red clay decorated with bright glazes, cottages and mottos or sayings that run the gamut from proverbs and sound advice to nearly outrageous. Always fun and different and very collectible!

Vintage Deviled Egg Dish, Treasure Craft, French Market, 1984, Discontinued. This lovely white porcelain deviled egg dish is 12 1/4 in diameter. The decoration in the center of the plate is a beautiful blue basket of purple fruits and light brown leaves set against a latticed blue background. It is in very good condition--absolutely no chips or cracks. It has the Crafted With Pride in U.S.A. Treasure Craft mark as well as the Treasure Craft mark also in the porcelain.

Spoon Rest, Treasure Craft, vintage. This pretty spoon rest measures almost 9 high by 3 wide. It is designed to hang on the wall or rest on a counter. It's decorated with a lovely floral bouquet. Excellent condition. Marked Treasure Craft USA .

Canister, Merry Mushroom, Treasure Craft. This is one of the Merry Mushroom line made in Japan and distributed by Sears during the 70's. This canister is 4 3/4 high with the lid and in very good condition. It is marked Sears Roebuck and Co. 1977 Japan .