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A Coalport part dessert service
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A Coalport part dessert service
painted with generous spray of exotic flowers below gilt-line rims, comprising: a two-handled centrepiece, two two-handled sauce tureens, covers and stands, three quatrefoil dishes, three square-shaped dishes and seventeen dessert plates, circa 1807 (one plate in pieces, other minor damages and rubbing to gilding) (a lot)See illustration
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Lot Essay
Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden , Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains (1970), pl. 17 for a sauce tureen and cover of similar form.