What is a charger used for?

It's a large flat dish, made for display as much as for serving. Chargers account for a substantial run of titles, and they're the biggest things in the category. The largest sampled examples state 63cm, 71cm and 73cm across, with dealers reaching for words like monumental. Japanese Imari is the group they turn up in most.

Why are bowls and tureens listed as dishes?

Because the heading follows the trade, and the trade files shallow serving wares loosely. Around 126 dishes are listed a year on Sellingantiques and 150 dealers have offered them, one of the widest dealer bases of any ceramics form. So covered and footed shapes come in with the open ones. Bowls, chargers, platters and tureens all appear under the same word.

Which factories turn up most often?

Worcester, in its various periods, is the single largest presence, taking in First Period, Worcester porcelain and Royal Worcester. Beside it sit Japanese Imari and Arita, and English blue-and-white transferware in ironstone and pottery. Behind those come Derby, Caughley, Bow, Chelsea, Coalport, Ridgway, Spode, Davenport, Rockingham, Swansea and Nantgarw, along with Chinese export and Continental porcelain and faience.

How old are these pieces?

The dealer date field runs 1700 to 1960, and broad estimates outnumber precise ones. "19th Century" and "18th Century" between them beat every decade bucket, with "Victorian" and "Georgian" used as dates too. Where a decade is stated it tends to fall between the 1880s and the 1930s. A bare "19th Century" is the dealer's period estimate rather than a year.

Are there dishes older than 1700 here?

Yes, filed simply as "Before 1700" or "17th Century". Sampled titles include Kangxi, Wanli and Ming pieces and a 16th or 17th-century Swatow dish. Older still are a 14th to 15th-century Sukhothai stoneware fish dish, a 12th or 13th-century Persian Kashan lustre bowl and a 10th-century Nishapur buffware bowl.

What are the unusual Victorian table forms?

Specialised dishes that no longer have a modern job. Game pie dishes in caneware and majolica, sardine dishes, stilton bells, tongue dishes, brawn dishes with a bull's head cover, egg crocks and cress dishes. Novelty and figural pieces recur as well: Continental fairings modelled as costumed frogs and a lobster, a Minton crab tureen, a fox dish, a squirrel dish, and covered cauliflower dishes.

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Flat and shallow ceramic serving wares, from small pickle and pin dishes to meat platters and display chargers of two feet and more, made to set food out at table or to hang and show.

19th century

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Large Antique Blue & White Meat Platter

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£375

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Antique Meiji Japanese Kutani Peony Gold Platter, Shoza Style

19th century

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Antique Meiji Japanese Kutani Peony Gold Platter, Shoza Style

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£2,000

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German Schierholz Porcelain Centrepiece with Cherubs, C.1907

1900 - 1920

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German Schierholz Porcelain Centrepiece with Cherubs, C.1907

From Ritas Bazaar

£400

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Victorian James Dudson Jasperware Cheese Bell & Stand

19th century

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Victorian James Dudson Jasperware Cheese Bell & Stand

From Hand of Glory

£140

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Outstanding Japanese Imari Charger Koi Carp

19th century

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Outstanding Japanese Imari Charger Koi Carp

From Rams Head Antiques

£695

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Wonderful Quality Antique Japanese Imari Dish

1900 - 1920

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Wonderful Quality Antique Japanese Imari Dish

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£395

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Large Italian Maiolica Istoriato Charger, Pesaro School, Classical Historical Scene, C. 1890–1915

19th century

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Large Italian Maiolica Istoriato Charger, Pesaro School, Classical Historical Scene, C. 1890–1915

From Ritas Bazaar

£600

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Pair of Meiji Satsuma Dishes by Shuzan for Yasuda, Japanese Antiques

19th century

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Pair of Meiji Satsuma Dishes by Shuzan for Yasuda, Japanese Antiques

From Ritas Bazaar

£2,000

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Austrian Majolica Pottery Depicting Birds and Sunflowers, C1890

19th century

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Austrian Majolica Pottery Depicting Birds and Sunflowers, C1890

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£495

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19th century

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Antique Victorian Cheese Dish

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£225

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The Victorian table had forms we've since lost: sardine dishes, tongue dishes, stilton bells, cress dishes, and brawn dishes with a bull's head cover.

Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware "Thousand Flowers" Gilt Enameled Bowls & Saucers

19th century

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Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware "Thousand Flowers" Gilt Enameled Bowls & Saucers

From Bushells Antiques

£1,250

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Antique Royal Worcester Hand Painted Boat Shaped Bowl Signed J. Southall Ca 1912

1900 - 1920

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Antique Royal Worcester Hand Painted Boat Shaped Bowl Signed J. Southall Ca 1912

From Bushells Antiques

£1,350

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Late C17th / Early C18th Japanese Edo Period Dished Porcelain Charger Decorated in the Imari Palette.

18th century

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Late C17th / Early C18th Japanese Edo Period Dished Porcelain Charger Decorated in the Imari Palette.

From M Lees and Sons

£1,450

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Chinese Nanking Blue & White Porcelain Serving Platter C1800

19th century

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Chinese Nanking Blue & White Porcelain Serving Platter C1800

From Shaun King Antiques

£325

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Fine Quality Unusual Antique Japanese Imari Fan Shaped Plate

1900 - 1920

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Fine Quality Unusual Antique Japanese Imari Fan Shaped Plate

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£345

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A Set of Three Chinese Porcelain Baskets and Stands

19th century

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A Set of Three Chinese Porcelain Baskets and Stands

From Drennan & Sturrock Ltd

£1,200

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Antique Dishes

Large Antique Blue & White Meat Platter

Antique Meiji Japanese Kutani Peony Gold Platter, Shoza Style

German Schierholz Porcelain Centrepiece with Cherubs, C.1907

Victorian James Dudson Jasperware Cheese Bell & Stand

Outstanding Japanese Imari Charger Koi Carp

Wonderful Quality Antique Japanese Imari Dish

Large Italian Maiolica Istoriato Charger, Pesaro School, Classical Historical Scene, C. 1890–1915

Pair of Meiji Satsuma Dishes by Shuzan for Yasuda, Japanese Antiques

Austrian Majolica Pottery Depicting Birds and Sunflowers, C1890

Antique Victorian Cheese Dish

Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware "Thousand Flowers" Gilt Enameled Bowls & Saucers

Antique Royal Worcester Hand Painted Boat Shaped Bowl Signed J. Southall Ca 1912

Late C17th / Early C18th Japanese Edo Period Dished Porcelain Charger Decorated in the Imari Palette.

Chinese Nanking Blue & White Porcelain Serving Platter C1800

Fine Quality Unusual Antique Japanese Imari Fan Shaped Plate

A Set of Three Chinese Porcelain Baskets and Stands

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