A MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE PART DINNER SERVICE

CIRCA 1830, IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, IRON-RED PRINTED RETAILER'S MARKS FOR GEDDES.KIDSTON & CO.

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A MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE PART DINNER SERVICE
Circa 1830, impressed uppercase marks, iron-red printed retailer's marks for Geddes.Kidston & Co.
Printed in iron-red and painted in underglaze blue, apple green, puce and iron-red with flowering prunus and peonys in a fenced garden, the well with stylized scrolls, the shaped border with alternate panels of stylized flowers reserved within quatrefoil cartouches on the blue ground further reserved with iron-red chrysanthemums and gilt with foliate scrolls, comprising:
A well-and tree platter, 19¼in. (48.9cm.) long
A mazarine, 14in. (35.6cm.) long
Two shaped oval platters, 17in. (43.2cm.) long
A shaped oval platter, 153/8in. (39.1cm.) long
Two shaped oval platters, 13in. (33.1cm.) long
Two shaped oval platters, 107/8in. (27.6cm.) long
Two two-handled dishes, 8in. (20.3cm.) diameter, overall
Four sauce tureens, covers and stands, 93/8in. (20.3cm.) long, the stands
14 soup plates, (26.1cm.) diameter
13 dinner plates, 103/8in. (26.4cm.) diameter
13 dessert plates, 9in. (22.9cm.) diameter
Six side plates, 6¾in. (17.6cm.) diameter
A soup tureen cover, 11½in. (29.2cm.) wide (66)

Lot Essay

John Geddes operated the Verreville Pottery in Glasgow 1806-1827, exporting much of the production to America. From 1824-1827, his son joined him in the business and '& Son' was added to the mark. It is likely that after the family business closed, this son went into partnership with a Mr. Kidston, retailing wares similar to those produced and sold by the family firm.

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