Current Location: In storage
Titles
Rectangular two-handled dish from a dessert service
Maker(s)
Factory:
Spode
Entities
Categories
Description
Bone china, decorated with moulded floral 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. 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 china aster and crowfoot. Outside there are two raised floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground, with polychrome floral sprays in each corner, a rose, daffodil, hearts ease and a red flower. There is a gold band round the edge. The base is painted in purple enamel with ‘China Aster & Crowfoot//Spode,2004.
Notes
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); 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
Legal notes
Purchased with the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund and the L.D. Cunliffe Fund
Measurements and weight
Height: 7.4 cm
Length: 28.5 cm
Width: 17.8 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Stoke-on-Trent
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
(2013-10-14)
by
Bonhams
Dating
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
Note
This pattern was introduced in about 1813 or 1814 and remained popular for many years. When sold by Bonham's the Trelissick dessert service was dated to c. 1825.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( pale blue)
enamel
( polychrome)
gold
Handles
Materials used in production
Glaze
Bone china
Techniques used in production
Moulding
: Bone china, moulded with integral floral reliefs, decorated with pale blue ground colour, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
- Text: China Aster & Crowfoot
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Painted in purple enamel
- Type: Inscription
- Text: Spode/2004
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Painted in pale purple enamel
- Type: Factory mark
- Text: RSC in monogram over SPODE’ printed in black, and below S.81 in red ink
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Printed in black and hand-written in red ink
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.9.7-2013
Primary reference Number: 197511
Old object number: S 81
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 3 December 2013
Updated: Friday 15 December 2023
Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
