Oval dish from a dessert service
Bone china decorated with floral reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, flower-painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Bone china, moulded with integral 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 purple bindweed and single jilly flower. The border has four raised floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground, with painted polychrome stems between them, a white-edged poppy, ranunculus, harebell ? and an orange flower. There is a thick gold band round the edge. The base is painted in purple enamel with ‘Purple Bindweed & Single Jilliflower/Spode,2004
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
Purchased with the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund and the L.D. Cunliffe Fund
Height: 4.3 cm
Length: 26 cm
Width: 17.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
Decoration composed of ground colour ( pale blue) enamel ( polychrome) gold
Moulding
: Bone china, moulded with integral reliefs, decorated with pale blue ground colour, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Glazing
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.9.9-2013
Primary reference Number: 197513
Old object number: S 81
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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