Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23rd February 2016
Lot 140
A fine Coalport dessert service c.1820-30
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
A fine Coalport dessert service c.1820-30, of 'Union' shape, the wells finely painted with vignettes of birds and bird nests amidst bold flower arrangements, reserved on a pink ground. Comprising: two sauce tureens with covers, two square dishes, one oval dish, and fourteen plates with two handles. (21)
Cf. Geoffrey Godden, Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains, p.70 for an explanation of the Union shape of dessert service, which relates to the emblems on the handles of the shell dishes.