Coalport Porcelain Dessert Tureen Cover and Stand 1805-10

Description

Heading :   Coalport Porcelain Tureen. Cover and Stand
Date : 1805-1810
Period : George III
Marks : None
Origin : Coalport. Shropshire
Colour : Polychrome and Gilt
Pattern : Botanical specimens and elaborate gilt borders.
Features : The tureen painted in puce script on the underside ‘Hyacinthus Racemosus’ and ‘Fagonia Cretica’ and the stand ‘Ipomoea Coccinea’
Condition : Good. The glaze in the stand has crazed
Restoration : None
Dimensions : Stand 21.4cm x 16.4cm. Tureen and cover height 14cm
Weight : 781g

Eric Knowles Comments

A Botanical Dessert service of this identical form and decoration but with yellow. rather than elaborate gilt borders. features in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen.See Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains. Godden G A. plate 26.