Lot Essay
For a two-handle rectangular dish of this pattern see W.D. John, Swansea Porcelain, pl. 93 (bottom right)
Details
A SWANSEA PART DESSERT-SERVICE outline-printed and coloured in the famille rose palette with Orientals at discussion in a rocky garden outside a pavillion in a wooded river landscape, the borders with panels of birds and branches on gilt scroll grounds, comprising:
Two circular two-handled sauce-tureens (slight chip to one handle)
A rectangular footed centre-dish (cracked)
Four rectangular two-handled deep dishes (one with one handle repaired, all with slight cracks to rims near handles)
Four rectangular two-handled shallow dishes (one with minute chip to underside of handle)
Four shell-shaped dishes (one with slight haircrack to centre)
Fifteen plates (two cracked, one rivetted)
many pieces with red stencil mark, circa 1820
Two circular two-handled sauce-tureens (slight chip to one handle)
A rectangular footed centre-dish (cracked)
Four rectangular two-handled deep dishes (one with one handle repaired, all with slight cracks to rims near handles)
Four rectangular two-handled shallow dishes (one with minute chip to underside of handle)
Four shell-shaped dishes (one with slight haircrack to centre)
Fifteen plates (two cracked, one rivetted)
many pieces with red stencil mark, circa 1820