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Oval dish from a dessert service: C.9.8-2013

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Oval dish from a dessert service

Maker(s)

Factory: Spode

Entities

Categories

Description

Bone china, decorated with integrally moulded reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding. Elongated oval dish with a wavy edge, and curved sides, standing on an oval footring. The inside of the dish is decorated with a bulging oval reserve edged in gold and painted in polychrome with auricular and speedwell. The border has four raised floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground, with painted polychrome stems between them, a rose, a tulip, a convolvulus and a purple crocus. There is a thick gold band round the edge. The base is painted in purple enamel with ‘Auriculer & Speedwell./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 Duplicate Fund and the L.D. Cunliffe Fund

Measurements and weight

Height: 4.2 cm
Length: 26 cm
Width: 17.4 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Stoke-on-Trent ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams

Dating

19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa 1820 CE - 1825 CE

Note

Spode pattern number 2004 was introduced in 1813-14. This dish was part of a dessert, breakfast, tea and coffee service of pattern 2004 probably made c. 1825, which formed part of the collection of Spode and Copeland ceramics at Trellissick Mansion.

School or Style

botanical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Decoration composed of ground colour ( pale blue) enamel ( polychrome) gold
Decoratio

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Bone china, moulded with integral reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Auriculer & Speedwell
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in purple enamel
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Spode, 2004
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in purple enamel
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: S81
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink ?
  • Type: Inscription

Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label

  • Text: RSC in monogram over SPODE printed n black, and below S81 hand-written in red ink
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Printed in black and hand-written in red ink
  • Type: Label

Inscription present: circular white paper label

  • Text: S/81
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in blue biro
  • Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.9.8-2013
Primary reference Number: 197512
Old object number: S 81F
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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

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