Probably William Ridgway & Co, second quarter 19th century
Printed and painted with a chinoiserie landscape, comprising; a two-handled soup tureen and cover, two vegetable tureens and covers, three sauce tureens and two stands; a fruit bowl, five small oval serving plates, a large `tree and well' meat plate, two large meat plates, thirty seven dinner plates, thirteen soup plates and thirteen dessert plates, puce printed mark, painted pattern `271'
Estimate: | £200 - £400 |
Hammer price: | £850 |
Soup tureen and cover, 33cm wide across handles- minor wear to gilding
Two vegetable tureens and covers, 29cm wide across handles- one tureen with cracks and with some restoration to the rim. One cover with haircrack to the rim and small chip to the rim. The other cover with three small rim chips. Some overall wear.
Three sauce tureens and two stands, stands 18.5cm diameter- covers lacking. One stand lacking. One tureen with restoration to one handle. Another tureen with restored foot. Minor wear overall
Fruit bowl, 27cm wide by 16.5cm high- some typical wear to the gilding but overall in good condition.
Five small serving plates, 24cm and 26.5cm wide- one of the larger plates with a crack around the well. The other two larger ones with some fine haircracks to the rim. Some overall wear.
`Tree and Well ' meat plate, 52cm wide- minor wear
Two large meat plates, 47cm and 53cm wide- the smaller plate with a haircrack to the rim, approx. 3cm length. Each with minor typical wear.
Thirty seven dinner plates, 26cm diameter- two with rim chips. One with rim chip and crack. Two others with cracks. Some overall typical wear, mostly to the rims
Thirteen soup plates 26cm diameter- one with rim chip and a haircrack. Another with fine haircrack across centre. Otherwise in overall good condition with some typical wear in places.
Thirteen dessert plates, 23cm diameter- one with a rim chip. Another with a haircrack. Otherwise some overall typical wear, mostly to the rims and wells