A good Coalport ice pail with cover and liner c.1800-1805

A good Coalport ice pail with cover and liner c.1800-1805, the decoration attributed to William Billingsley at Mansfield, painted to one side with a panel of various fruits surrounding a tall basket of flowers, the reverse with an upturned basket spilling flowers, reserved on a rich blue ground within gilt borders, 27.5cm. (3)

Illustrated: Geoffrey Godden, Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain, pl.25, showing other items from the same dessert service then in the possession of J & E D Vandekar, London. The second ice pail illustrated has been destroyed since the publication of Godden's book.