Plate from a Dessert Service
Factory: Spode
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’.
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
Purchased with the Applied Arts Duplicates Fund and the L.D. Cunliffe Fund
Diameter: 21.4 cm
Height: 2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
19th Century, Early#
George IV
Circa
1820
CE
-
1825
CE
This botanical pattern, Spode no. 2004, was introduced in 1813 or 1814 and remained popular for many years. This plate belonged to a dessert service, accompanied by breakfast, tea and coffee ware, formerly in the Copeland collection at Trelissick in Cornwall. When sold in 2013, the service was dated c. 1825 by Bonham's cataloguer.
Decoration composed of ground colour ( pale blue) enamel gold
Pressing
: Bone china, press-moulded and decorated with pale blue ground colour, painting in polychrome enamels, and gilding
Glazing
Inscription present: name of factory and pattern number
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.9.26-2013
Primary reference Number: 197543
Old object number: S 81Ri
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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