Lot Essay
Cf. Alwyn Cox & Angela Cox, Rockingham Pottery & Porcelain 1745-1842 (1983), pl. 94, for examples of similar shapes and an example of the pattern.
Details
A Rockingham part tea and coffee service
painted in grey and gilt with trailing seed pods issuing tendrils below scroll and leaf moulded borders, with fruit finails and scroll handles, comprising: a teapot and cover, a two-handled sugar bowl and cover, a milk jug, seven teacups, a coffee cup, six saucers, a circular stand and two two-handled shaped circular dishes, pattern 1423, puce griffin mark, circa 1840 (a lot)
painted in grey and gilt with trailing seed pods issuing tendrils below scroll and leaf moulded borders, with fruit finails and scroll handles, comprising: a teapot and cover, a two-handled sugar bowl and cover, a milk jug, seven teacups, a coffee cup, six saucers, a circular stand and two two-handled shaped circular dishes, pattern 1423, puce griffin mark, circa 1840 (a lot)
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