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See Geoffrey Godden, Staffordshire Porcelain, London, 1983, p. 135, fig. 191 for a plate of this form painted by Joseph Bancroft and an accounting from the cost estimate book for this pattern.
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DATE CYPHERS FOR 1859, VARIOUS IMPRESSED MARKS, PATTERN NO. A4722 AND D
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A MINTON TURQUOISE-GROUND 'NEWCASTLE-EMBOSSED' PART DESSERT SERVICE
Date cyphers for 1859, various impressed marks, pattern no. A4722 and D
Each finely painted with pink roses and other flowers, the wide basketweave borders interrupted by similarly painted quatrefoil cartouches, comprising: a three-tiered cake-stand, four footed compotes of various heights, a covered sauce-tureen and twelve dessert plates
16in. (40.5cm.) high, the cake-stand (18)
Date cyphers for 1859, various impressed marks, pattern no. A4722 and D
Each finely painted with pink roses and other flowers, the wide basketweave borders interrupted by similarly painted quatrefoil cartouches, comprising: a three-tiered cake-stand, four footed compotes of various heights, a covered sauce-tureen and twelve dessert plates
16in. (40.5cm.) high, the cake-stand (18)