Lot Essay
Cf. John Twitchett, op. cit., p. 270, pl. 369 and the service sold in these Rooms on 3 February 1981, lot 17
Details
A DERBY DARK-BLUE-GROUND PART DESSERT-SERVICE painted by Daniel Lucas with named views in England, Scotland, Wales, France, Germany and Italy within gilt foliate wells, the dark-blue borders gilt with stylised foliage and anthemion beneath shaped gadrooned rims enriched in gilding, comprising:
A shaped rectangular two-handled centre-dish (two small rim cracks)
Two shaped oval two-handled sauce-tureens and covers (one handle repaired, some flaking to enamels)
Three shaped oval dishes in two sizes
Three shell-shaped dishes (one with small crack to foot)
Thirteen plates (one with chip to foot, two with minor flaking to enamels) (slight rubbing to gilding and very slight staining to some pieces), printed iron-red crown within a circle mark, Robt. Bloor & Co., circa 1825
A shaped rectangular two-handled centre-dish (two small rim cracks)
Two shaped oval two-handled sauce-tureens and covers (one handle repaired, some flaking to enamels)
Three shaped oval dishes in two sizes
Three shell-shaped dishes (one with small crack to foot)
Thirteen plates (one with chip to foot, two with minor flaking to enamels) (slight rubbing to gilding and very slight staining to some pieces), printed iron-red crown within a circle mark, Robt. Bloor & Co., circa 1825