Lot Essay
Cf. the dessert-service from the Collection of the late Colonel H.C.L. Kingsford-Lethbridge sold in these Rooms on 19 October 1970, lot 63 and the pair of plates on 6 December 1976, lot 124.
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CIRCA 1815, ROBERT BLOOR & CO., CROWN, CROSSED BATONS AND D MARKS IN IRON-RED
Details
A Derby botanical part dessert-service
Circa 1815, Robert Bloor & Co., Crown, crossed batons and D marks in iron-red
The centres finely painted with loose bouquets of luxuriant flowers, the borders pierced and enriched in gilding with panels of trellis alternating with shaped blue-ground panels enriched with dark-blue dots and gilt with trailing vine beneath shaped rims gilt with bands entwined by ribbon, comprising:
Two oval baskets on fitted stands (both baskets cracked, one stand with small rim crack, the other with restoration to rim)
Two shaped rectangular two-handled deep dishes (one extensively repaired, the other with cracks to rim and one handle)
Two shell-shaped dishes (one slightly crazed)
Two shaped oval dishes (one cracked and stained, the other with gilding rubbed to the exterior)
Two shaped square dishes (one cracked, the other restored)
Twelve dessert-plates (one with slight rim crack and gilding rubbed)
Eighteen pudding-plates (one restored, some with gilt borders rubbed)
Circa 1815, Robert Bloor & Co., Crown, crossed batons and D marks in iron-red
The centres finely painted with loose bouquets of luxuriant flowers, the borders pierced and enriched in gilding with panels of trellis alternating with shaped blue-ground panels enriched with dark-blue dots and gilt with trailing vine beneath shaped rims gilt with bands entwined by ribbon, comprising:
Two oval baskets on fitted stands (both baskets cracked, one stand with small rim crack, the other with restoration to rim)
Two shaped rectangular two-handled deep dishes (one extensively repaired, the other with cracks to rim and one handle)
Two shell-shaped dishes (one slightly crazed)
Two shaped oval dishes (one cracked and stained, the other with gilding rubbed to the exterior)
Two shaped square dishes (one cracked, the other restored)
Twelve dessert-plates (one with slight rim crack and gilding rubbed)
Eighteen pudding-plates (one restored, some with gilt borders rubbed)