拍品專文
Cf. Geoffrey Godden, Minton Pottery and Porcelain of the First Period, 1793-1850, London, 1968, pl. 40 for an example with moulded borders
細節
A MINTON PART DESSERT-SERVICE of 'Newcastle' shape, the centres painted with three bouquets within pierced trellis-pattern borders delineated in red and reserved with three larger bouquets enclosed within red and gilt scroll-moulded quatrefoil cartouches, comprising:
Four large comports
Four smaller comports (one cracked in centre)
Two sauce-tureens, covers and stands (one stand chipped and cracked, one cover slightly stained)
Twenty-three plates (one restored at border)
iron-red pattern numbers 5384, impressed date codes for 1856 and 1857
Four large comports
Four smaller comports (one cracked in centre)
Two sauce-tureens, covers and stands (one stand chipped and cracked, one cover slightly stained)
Twenty-three plates (one restored at border)
iron-red pattern numbers 5384, impressed date codes for 1856 and 1857