A COMPOSITE BRITISH BOTANICAL PART DESSERT SERVICE
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A COMPOSITE BRITISH BOTANICAL PART DESSERT SERVICE

CIRCA 1820, PERHAPS SWANSEA

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A COMPOSITE BRITISH BOTANICAL PART DESSERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1820, PERHAPS SWANSEA
Each painted with a botanical specimen within gilt line rims, identified on the reverse, comprising: a footed shaped oval compote; two two-handled sauce-tureens and covers on fixed stands; two shell-shaped dishes; two shaped oval dishes; and twelve dessert-plates
10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide, the footed compote
Provenance
Acquired from D.M. & P. Manheim, New York, January 1957.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, p. 216, no. 229.
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