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A DERBYTOPOGRAPHICAL PART DESERT SERVICE
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A DERBYTOPOGRAPHICAL PART DESERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1815, IRON-RED CROWN, CROSSED BATONS AND D MARK, SOME PIECES WITH GILDERS MARKS FOR SAMUEL KEYS, WILLIAM SMITH AND JOSEPH STABLES
The tureens with bracket handles and finials secured with moulded lionmask terminals. painted in colours with Britis and Continental landscapes named on the reverse, within gilt acanthus and anthemia scroll borders (staining and crazing to most pieces, minimal wear to gilding), comprising:
A rectangular footed compote (one handle cracked)--11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) wide
Two oval sauce tureens, covers and stands--the stands 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) wide
Four lozenge-shaped dishes (slight flaking and/or wear to landscapes)--11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) wide
Four shell-shaped sishes (one handle chipped)--10in. (25.4cm.) wide Two shaped oval dishes (wear to edge of one landscape)--12¼in. (31.2cm.) wide
Twenty-one desert plates (three broken and repaired, one cracked, one with chip to foot rim, three with paint flaking from landscape)--8¾in. (22.2cm.) diam.
Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain, London, 1980, figs. 48, 299, and 339 for pieces painted with similar landscapes and gilt with similar elaborate borders. Wares such as these proved very popular in the late 18th and early 19th century. John Brewer, his brother Robert and George Robertson are three painters active at this time and known for their landscapes. However, it is impossible to attribute the present service with any certainty to any particular hand or hands, although three of its gilders can be identified through their marks, as noted in the catalogue description. (34)
CIRCA 1815, IRON-RED CROWN, CROSSED BATONS AND D MARK, SOME PIECES WITH GILDERS MARKS FOR SAMUEL KEYS, WILLIAM SMITH AND JOSEPH STABLES
The tureens with bracket handles and finials secured with moulded lionmask terminals. painted in colours with Britis and Continental landscapes named on the reverse, within gilt acanthus and anthemia scroll borders (staining and crazing to most pieces, minimal wear to gilding), comprising:
A rectangular footed compote (one handle cracked)--11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) wide
Two oval sauce tureens, covers and stands--the stands 8 5/8in. (21.9cm.) wide
Four lozenge-shaped dishes (slight flaking and/or wear to landscapes)--11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) wide
Four shell-shaped sishes (one handle chipped)--10in. (25.4cm.) wide Two shaped oval dishes (wear to edge of one landscape)--12¼in. (31.2cm.) wide
Twenty-one desert plates (three broken and repaired, one cracked, one with chip to foot rim, three with paint flaking from landscape)--8¾in. (22.2cm.) diam.
Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain, London, 1980, figs. 48, 299, and 339 for pieces painted with similar landscapes and gilt with similar elaborate borders. Wares such as these proved very popular in the late 18th and early 19th century. John Brewer, his brother Robert and George Robertson are three painters active at this time and known for their landscapes. However, it is impossible to attribute the present service with any certainty to any particular hand or hands, although three of its gilders can be identified through their marks, as noted in the catalogue description. (34)