Lot Essay
See Joan Jones, Minton, Shrewsbury, 1993, p. 65 for a similar service composed of the same forms commissioned by Queen Victoria for use at Balmoral Castle and Sandringham.
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MOST WITH IMPRESSED DATE CYPHERS CIRCA 1878, PRINTED CROWNED GLOBE MARKS AND RETAILER'S MARK FOR T. GOODE & CO., LONDON, PATTERN NO. G1557, ONE PLATE WITH A PRINCE OF WALES FEATHER PARIS EXHIBITION MARK FOR 1878
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A MINTONS RETICULATED TURQUOISE-GROUND PART DESSERT SERVICE
MOST WITH IMPRESSED DATE CYPHERS CIRCA 1878, PRINTED CROWNED GLOBE MARKS AND RETAILER'S MARK FOR T. GOODE & CO., LONDON, PATTERN NO. G1557, ONE PLATE WITH A PRINCE OF WALES FEATHER PARIS EXHIBITION MARK FOR 1878
Each pierced trellis ground flanked by banded gilt ribbons, the cavetto enriched with 'jewelled' egg-and-dart pattern, comprising: two footed compotes and nine plates
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter, the compote (11)
MOST WITH IMPRESSED DATE CYPHERS CIRCA 1878, PRINTED CROWNED GLOBE MARKS AND RETAILER'S MARK FOR T. GOODE & CO., LONDON, PATTERN NO. G1557, ONE PLATE WITH A PRINCE OF WALES FEATHER PARIS EXHIBITION MARK FOR 1878
Each pierced trellis ground flanked by banded gilt ribbons, the cavetto enriched with 'jewelled' egg-and-dart pattern, comprising: two footed compotes and nine plates
10 in. (25.4 cm.) diameter, the compote (11)