Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, Th Illustrated Guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone China (1971), pl. 51 for a dish with the same pattern.
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A Mason's Patent Ironstone China Imari part dinner service
the borders moulded with leaves and flowers, printed, painted and gilt with chrysanthemums issuing from pierced rockwork and a vase of flowers below panels of fenced gardens, flowers and seed pods, comprising: a soup tureen, cover and stand, four vegetable tureens and covers, a large meat dish and two smaller dishes, six sauce-tureens, covers and four stands, eighteen soup bowls, six dinner plates and eight luncheon plates, some impressed marks, circa 1820 (some damages and repairs, some rubbing and staining)(a lot)See front cover illustration
the borders moulded with leaves and flowers, printed, painted and gilt with chrysanthemums issuing from pierced rockwork and a vase of flowers below panels of fenced gardens, flowers and seed pods, comprising: a soup tureen, cover and stand, four vegetable tureens and covers, a large meat dish and two smaller dishes, six sauce-tureens, covers and four stands, eighteen soup bowls, six dinner plates and eight luncheon plates, some impressed marks, circa 1820 (some damages and repairs, some rubbing and staining)(a lot)See front cover illustration