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.

Japanese Arita Large Blue and White Porcelain Charger with Typical Blue and White Designs Within Scrolling Foliate Border, Dating Late 17th Early 18th Century

18th century

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Japanese Arita Large Blue and White Porcelain Charger with Typical Blue and White Designs Within Scrolling Foliate Border, Dating Late 17th Early 18th Century

From Oliver Sargent Antiques

£595

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A Magnificent Huge Spode Blue & White Transfer Print Meat Platter,” Bridge of Lucano,” Circa 1810 to 1815

19th century

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A Magnificent Huge Spode Blue & White Transfer Print Meat Platter,” Bridge of Lucano,” Circa 1810 to 1815

From Oliver Sargent Antiques

£475

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Swansea Porcelain Comport "Mandarin" Chinoiserie Pattern, C 1815-1817

19th century

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Swansea Porcelain Comport "Mandarin" Chinoiserie Pattern, C 1815-1817

From Touch of Time Antiques

£860

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Antique Porcelain Cherub Centrepiece C1860

19th century

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Antique Porcelain Cherub Centrepiece C1860

From Shaun King Antiques

£425

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Nishapur Buffware Pottery Bowl 10th Century

Pre 16th century

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Nishapur Buffware Pottery Bowl 10th Century

From Carse Antiques

£750

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Imari Charger Excellent Condition Circa 1920

1900 - 1920

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Imari Charger Excellent Condition Circa 1920

From Frank Craig Antiques

£180

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19th century

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Antique Masons Large 19th Century Soup Tureen

From The Antique Shop

£345

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1920 - 1940

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Moorcroft England Orchid Design Charger

From Carse Antiques

£245

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19th century

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19th Century Japanese Imari Charger, 22.5" Diameter .

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£2,800

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19th century

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Large 19th Century Chinese Blue and White Serving Dish

From Shaun King Antiques

£385

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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.

Daisy Makeig-jones Wedgwood Lustre Octagonal Bowl, C.1915

1900 - 1920

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Daisy Makeig-jones Wedgwood Lustre Octagonal Bowl, C.1915

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£400

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Large Antique Victorian Quality Japanese Imari Plate

19th century

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Large Antique Victorian Quality Japanese Imari Plate

From Unique Antiques by Emma Jade

£575

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1920 - 1940

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Royal Worcester Kitty Blake Comport

From Scottow Antiques

£1,800

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Daisy Makeig-jones Wedgwood Butterfly Lustre Bowl, Z4832, England, Circa 1915

1900 - 1920

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Daisy Makeig-jones Wedgwood Butterfly Lustre Bowl, Z4832, England, Circa 1915

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£900

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Antique Georgian Blue and White “Zebra Pattern” Platter

18th century

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Antique Georgian Blue and White “Zebra Pattern” Platter

From Antoinettes Heirlooms

£110

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Vienna Porcelain Charger Depicting the 'Birth of Adonis' Late C19th

19th century

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Vienna Porcelain Charger Depicting the 'Birth of Adonis' Late C19th

From Patrick Moorhead Antiques

£3,200

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Antique Dishes

Japanese Arita Large Blue and White Porcelain Charger with Typical Blue and White Designs Within Scrolling Foliate Border, Dating Late 17th Early 18th Century

A Magnificent Huge Spode Blue & White Transfer Print Meat Platter,” Bridge of Lucano,” Circa 1810 to 1815

Swansea Porcelain Comport "Mandarin" Chinoiserie Pattern, C 1815-1817

Antique Porcelain Cherub Centrepiece C1860

Nishapur Buffware Pottery Bowl 10th Century

Imari Charger Excellent Condition Circa 1920

Antique Masons Large 19th Century Soup Tureen

Moorcroft England Orchid Design Charger

19th Century Japanese Imari Charger, 22.5" Diameter .

Large 19th Century Chinese Blue and White Serving Dish

Daisy Makeig-jones Wedgwood Lustre Octagonal Bowl, C.1915

Large Antique Victorian Quality Japanese Imari Plate

Royal Worcester Kitty Blake Comport

Daisy Makeig-jones Wedgwood Butterfly Lustre Bowl, Z4832, England, Circa 1915

Antique Georgian Blue and White “Zebra Pattern” Platter

Vienna Porcelain Charger Depicting the 'Birth of Adonis' Late C19th

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