Heading : Spode 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