Cunard China & Silver

Very hard to find luncheon plate from the Bird of Paradise tea service from the 1920’s.  In mint condition and measures about 8″ in diameter.  One of the harder pieces of this pattern to find. … read more ›

Bone china hand-painted side plate in the “Bird-of-Paradise” pattern.  Measures just over 6” across.  Marked “souvenir” and purchased in the on-board gift shop.  Produced by Tuscan china and bottom marked with the Cunard logo.  Identical… read more ›

Small sugar bowl in the Bird of Paradise pattern.  Measures 2″ x 1½” tall.  Marked on the bottom as souvenir.  Excellent condition.

Souvenir whiskey tumbler as sold in the on-board gift shops of the Cunard Queens.  Great company logo in the bottom of the glass.  Have your Friday night cocktail in style!  Measures about 3½” tall. Note: … read more ›

Very hard-to-find cereal bowl made for Cunard Line by Foley in bone china.  Almost certainly from the Queen Mary as it was discovered in Southern California.  Measures 7″ across.  in excellent condition.  Oddly, a piece… read more ›

Famous cube pattern individual creamer from Cunard’s on-board tea service.  Stands almost 3″ tall and is about 1¾” square.  Made from bone china and is nearly mint with no chips, cracks, or crazing.  This is… read more ›

Everybody loves a cup and saucer.  This classic bone china example made by Foley in the pattern used on the Queens is in the typical English style they call a “coffee can.”  In excellent condition… read more ›

Simply beautiful bone-china demitasse cup and saucer made in the late 1940s by Foley.  Both items are matched, and both are marked Cunard White Star.  They still have that lovely hint of cream in the… read more ›

The famed, lovely, and rare five-lobed dish by Foley.  This example was made for use in the post-war tea set.  These dishes are tough to find.  In very good condition, no chips or cracks, measuring… read more ›

Foley bone-china footed dish.  Measures about 3” across the top and stands about 2” high.  Very good condition.  No chips or crazing.  One of the harder Foley pieces to find and one of the most… read more ›

Many collectors call this a “large creamer,” but it is actually a hot water jug.  Your tea was brought to you as loose leaves, and you poured your own hot water and you made your… read more ›

Foley bone-china tea pot in the famous cube pattern.  Measuring just about 4″ square and standing 4″ tall.  Excellent condition.  No chips or crazing in excellent condition.  This is the larger of the two sizes… read more ›

Rare luncheon plate made for Cunard White Star Line by Foley in bone china.  Almost certainly from the Queen Mary as it was discovered in Southern California.  Measures 7″ across.  in excellent condition.  Oddly, a… read more ›

Foley bone-china side plate from the service of the Queen Mary and Elizabeth.  Has some of the usual utensil marks.  Measures about 6½” in diameter.

Foley bone-china tea pot, measuring just about 3¼” square and standing 3″ tall.  Excellent condition.  No cracks, chips, or crazing.  Some slight wear to the black line on the lid.  Displays well as a set… read more ›

The cube Foley sugar bowl.  Made of fine bone china.  I often have a tough time keeping these in stock so finish your tea set with this cute sugar bowl.  Marked souvenir and would have… read more ›

Classically shaped and in excellent condition.  Both pieces made by Foley and from the service of the Queens.

Although commonly referred to as a “large sugar bowl,” this is actually a waste dish for your spent tea leaves.  In the late 1960’s, Cunard made the “bold” move of switching to tea bags.  A… read more ›

An on-deck cup of bouillon.  In my mind, at least, it is one of the hallmarks of British ocean-liner service.  QM2 still provides this expected tradition to this day.  Sadly, they do not provide nice… read more ›

Desirable and hard-to-find coffee cup and saucer as used on the great post WWII Cunarders.  This example comes to us from the Queen Mary.  These coffee cups and saucers are quite popular, and in fact,… read more ›

Hard-to-find Cunard Line dinner plate made by Maddock and almost certainly used on the Queen Mary.  This plate measures about 9.75″ in diameter.  In very good condition with typical utensil marks.  Date marked during the… read more ›

Rare egg hoop from the post-WWII on-board Cunard service.  Full Cunard logo inside.  This pattern was used in both first and second class on all the major post war Cunard ships, including Mauretania and Caronia. … read more ›

One of the hardest-to-find pieces of Maddockware.  If, like Cunard, you had to serve appetizers to 800 expectant first-class passengers and do it quickly, these dishes were the answer to your prayers.  The idea was… read more ›

One reviewer said in the 1960’s that the Cunard ships were getting old and were no longer seriously contending for the title “finest in the world” but that you should go because the “Cunard service,… read more ›

Unusual shallow plate made by Maddock.  These plates are tough to find even as non-Kosher examples.  This one marked “Milk” is quite rare.  Excellent condition.  Measures 8″ in diameter.  Maddockware is a real crowd pleaser… read more ›

A selection of Kosher Maddock soup bowls from the service of the Queens.  All are marked “Milk”.  In excellent condition measuring about 9” in diameter.

Unusual shallow plate made by Maddock.  Excellent condition.  Measures 8″ in diameter.  Maddockware is a real crowd pleaser and a collecting favorite.  Everyone wants something off the Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth it seems.

A quantity of salad crescents from the service of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.  In mint condition and measuring about 8” x 4½”.  A must have for any Cunard Queen’s collection.

Side bowl as used on the RMS Queen Mary, RMS Caronia, and second Mauretania.  One day I hope to find an archive with Cunard and Maddock Ware’s history details.  While we all have and love… read more ›

Soup bowl as used on the Queens.  Measures about 9″ in diameter.  Excellent condition.  As a matter of interest Maddock Ware china is extremely hardy and was designed to be automatically dish washed in near… read more ›

Beautiful in its simplicity, this Cunard White Star demi-tasse cup and saucer by Mintons is a rare find.  Unusual to see Cunard or Cunard White Star china with no pattern.  Mint condition.

Individual sugar bowl made of bone china by Coplands for Cunard White Star.  In excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or crazing.  Measures about 1½” tall x 2” across.

Cute corn-cob holder in the Pinewood pattern used on the Queens.  This pattern was introduced on the Queen Mary in 1936.  In very good condition and measure about 5 inches long.  One tine is slightly… read more ›

Highly sought after Cunard pinewood pattern demi-tasse spoon as used on all the great Cunarders including RMS Queen Mary, the Queen Elizabeth, Mauretania, Caronia etc.  These are a must to display with your Foley and… read more ›

Silver iced butter dish as used on the famed Queens.  In very good condition with just typical use marks.  Happily both the insert and dish are matched, i.e., both are Cunard.  Over the years these… read more ›

Mint condition lobster pick in the acanthus leaf pattern introduced on RMS Aquitania of 1914.  Made by Embassy Plate and in mint condition.   Measures about 9″ long.  3 Available.

Acanthus-leaf sugar shaker from the pattern introduced on the Aquitania.  This by Elkington silver and dated 1914, the year of her maiden voayge.  In very good condition.  Measures about 6″ tall.

This pattern was introduced by Cunard in the latter part of 1913 or the early part of 1914.  Used in first class from the outset on board Aquitania (see archivals on board Aquitania), this pattern… read more ›