Rectangular two-handled dish from a dessert service
Factory: Spode
Bone china, decorated with floral reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, flower-painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Bone china, moulded with integral nreliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding. Rectangular with a shaped edge and rounded corners, two crabstock handles with foliated terminals on the two short ends, and deep curved sides, standing on an oval footring.
The inside of the dish is decorated with a rectangular reserve edged in gold and painted in polychrome with stems of lilly-of-the-valley and hearts ease. Outside there are two raised floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground, with polychrome floral sprays in each corner, a rose, tulip, daffodil, and a purple flower. There is a gold band round the edge. The base is painted in purple enamel with ‘Lilly of the valley & Hearts ease./Spode,2004.
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); William Copeland (b. 1966); 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: 7.3 cm
Length: 28.4 cm
Width: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
This dessert dish belonged to a dessert, breakfast, tea and coffee service of Spode pattern 2004 which formed part of the collection of Spode and Copeland ceramics at Trellissick Mansion, Cornwall. The pattern was introduced on 1813-1814 and was popular for many years. Bonham's cataloguer considered that it was made about 1825 when the collection was sold in 2013.
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( pale blue)
enamel
( polychrome)
gold
Handles
Moulding
: Bone china, moulded with integral reliefs and applied handles, decorated with pale blue ground-colour, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Glazing
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on-label
Accession number: C.9.6-2013
Primary reference Number: 197510
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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