Current Location: In storage
Titles
Plate from a Dessert Service
Maker(s)
Factory:
Spode
Entities
Categories
Description
Bone china, decorated with moulded reliefs reserved in a pale blue ground, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding. Circular with an alternately long and short arcs round the edge, slightly concave rim, and shallow curved well, standing on a footring. In the centre there is a stem of bluebells and a white convolvulus. The rim has three raised white floral sprays reserved in a pale blue ground alternating with three polychrome enamel sprays: a pink rose and two buds, a purple flower and a red flower. A narrow gold band runs round the inner edge and a broader gold band runs round the outer edge. The base is painted in red enamel ‘Spode/2004’.
Notes
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); by descent to William Copeland (b. 1966); sold Bonham’s 23-24 July, 2013, The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China China Collection, Feock, Trelissick, 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
Diameter: 21.4 cm
Height: 2 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Stoke-on-Trent
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(2013-10-14)
by
Bonhams
Dating
Early 19th Century
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
Note
This design was introduced in 1813 or 1814 and remained popular for many years. The Trelissick service was dated to c. 1825 when sold by Bonham's in 2013
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( pale blue)
enamel
gold
Materials used in production
Glaze
Bone china
Techniques used in production
Pressing
: Bone china, press-moulded and decorated with pale blue ground colour, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: name of factory and pattern number
- Text: Spode/2004
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Painted in red enamel
- Type: Factory mark
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: RSC over SPODE’ and below in red ink ‘S81.
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Printed in black and hand-written in red ink
- Type: Label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
- Text: S/81/Ri
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Hand-written in blue biro
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.9.26-2013
Primary reference Number: 197543
Old object number: S 81Ri
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 17 December 2013
Updated: Wednesday 9 June 2021
Last processed: Monday 27 September 2021
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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