Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 12 Feb 2013
A rare Don Pottery botanical dessert service c.1810
A rare Don Pottery botanical dessert service c.1810, each piece boldly painted with a variety of colourful blooms in bright enamels, brown line rims. Comprising: two shell-shaped dishes, two square dishes, two oval dishes and eighteen plates. (24)
Cf. John Griffin, The Don Pottery 1801-1893, pp.156-159 for a discussion and illustrations of pieces from a service in the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle.