Antique Reticulated Chestnut Bowl & Stand / Platter Black Transferware P J Boch Luxembourg antique black transferware scrollwork and flowers

scrollwork and flowers

This is the Aesthetic style which became very popular in the 1860s s and was inspired by Japanese design

It is simply stunning

The Bell Works Pottery at Bethesda Street  has been The Potteries Museum since 1956 and houses the largest and most important collection of North Staffordshire pottery in the world

Antique Reticulated Chestnut Bowl & Stand / Platter Black Transferware P J Boch Luxembourg antique black transferware scrollwork and flowersHere is a very, very rare chestnut bowl and stand dating to 1834 45 by P J Boch (Pierre Joseph Boch), son of the founder of the iconic Villeroy & Boch company, which remains still in business today. Chestnut bowls rarely survived due to their very fragile nature. Chestnuts were served in these Chinese style porcelain baskets, freshly roasted and peeled, then eaten like any nut. The slotted reticulated bowl allowed the escape of steam from the hot