Factory: Spode
Bone china, decorated with moulded reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, flower painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Bone china, decorated with moulded reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding.The comport stands on a low sloping oval foot. The bowl is oval with an oval depression in the middle, and deep curved sides which rise up at the narrow ends for the attachment of crabstock handles with foliated terminals. The sides are decorated with four raised floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground painted in polychrome enamels between them with a tulip, a rose, a poppy and a daffodil. The central depression is painted with a white gelder rose and woody nightshade, within an oval gold band, and there is a gold band on the rim. The back of the sides are decorated in polchrome with four floral sprays: a rose, a poppy, a yellow peony? and a purple flower. The foot has a pale blue ground with two reserved white floral sprays, and at the ends a stem of convolvulus and a buttercup. The names of the plants in the central reserve are painted on underside of the bowl in pale puce: ‘Gelder Rose & Woody nightshade’
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002), Trelissick House, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall; William Copeland (b. 1966); sold Bonham's 23-24 July, 2013, The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China China Collection, Feock, nr Truro, Cornwall, day 2, part of lot 491
Purchased with the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund and the L. D. Cunliffe Fund
Height: 15 cm
Length: 37.6 cm
Width: 23.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
The pattern number was introduced in 1813 or 1814 and remained popular for many years. Bonham’s cataloguer gave a date of c. 1825 for the service in the Copeland collection at Trelissick, when it was sold in 2013.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
gold
Border
Inscription present: Circular white paper stick on label. RSC is in monogram
Inscription present: Circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.9.1-2013
Primary reference Number: 197445
Old object number: S81A
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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