Spode Porcelain Pattern 889 Tea Cup, Saucer and Tea Plate

Description

Heading : Spode porcelain Pattern 889 Tea Cup. Saucer and Tea Plate c1805-10
Date : c1805
Period : George III
Marks : hand painted iron-red 373 to base of saucer and saucer dish only
Origin : Stoke-upon-Trent. England
Colour : white ground; gilt. iron red and lilac decoration
Pattern : 889 – stylised leaves. tendrils. roses and acanthus flowers
Features : double-kick handle on tea cup
Condition : Very good; no chips. cracks or flakes; very minor kiln spit to the underside of the saucer dish and sporadic underglaze-inclusions to the well; rubbing to the gilt edges entirely commensurate with age; crazing to the well of the tea plate. but both free from staining.
Restoration : none
Dimensions : cup 5.9 cm height x 8.4 cm diameter – saucer 2.8 x 14.0 cm – saucer dish 4.0 x 21.6 cm
Weight : 625 grams