Price guide to Arts & Crafts ceramic chargers including those by William de Morgan. Charger plates or service plates are large plates used at full course dinners or to dress up special events like parties and weddings. Charger plates have been in use since the 19th century and were ideal for the Arts & Crafts movement.
The Arts and Crafts movement was an international movement in the decorative and fine arts that began in Britain and flourished in Europe and North America between about 1880 and 1920, emerging in Japan (the Mingei movement) in the 1920s. It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms, and often used medieval, romantic, or folk styles of decoration. It advocated economic and social reform and was essentially anti-industrial. It had a strong influence on the arts in Europe until it was displaced by Modernism in the 1930s, and its influence continued among craft makers, designers, and town planners long afterwards. Reference: Wikipedia
A Ruby Lustre Arts and Crafts Ceramic Charger, attributed to William de Morgan UNMARKED; CIRCA 1880 central well depicting a serpent-like beast attacking a bird, with stylised foliate border and fish design border to reverse diam 33.6cm (restored)
Sold for £ 437 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2016
A VERY LARGE MINTON ARTS AND CRAFTS POTTERY CHARGER painted with a hawk and other birds by Charlotte Spiers. 1Ft 10ins diameter.
Sold for £280 at Hannam’s Auctioneers Ltd in 2016
A William De Morgan Arts and Crafts charger, decorated in a golden copper lustre with a fish to well bordered by rolling waves and stylised scales to rim, bears impressed De Morgan mark under. 12” diameter.
Sold for £650 at Dickins Auctioneers Ltd in 2016
