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A J. & W. RIDGWAY PART DESERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1807, PATTERN NO. 843
Printed in colours and gilt with flowers growing from rockery, with scalloped rims, the serving piece handles, pierced rinceaux and plate rims moulded with grapes on vine leaves (minor wear to gilding), comprising:
An oval footed compote (bottom and foot cracked, small chips to foot rim)--13¼in. (33.6cm.) wide
Two rectangular pierced baskets--9¾in. (24.8cm.) wide
A rectangular stand--9in. (22.8cm.) wide
An oval dish (cracked)--10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) wide
A shell-shaped dish (tiny crack to underside of one handle and foot rim)--9in. (22.8cm.) wide
A square dish (four small cracks, one associated with a firing crack)--9½in. (22.8cm.) wide overall
An oval sauce tureen and cover on fixed stand (cover cracked in half and repaired)--the stand 8 in. (20.3cm.) wide
Twelve cake plates (one with a chip to the underside of the rim, one cracked, four with some staining to the underside)--8in. (20.2cm.) diam.
Cf. Goeffrey A. Godden, An Illustrated Guide to Ridgway Porcelains, London, 1972, plate 1 for a dessert service identical in shape to the present example. (20)
CIRCA 1807, PATTERN NO. 843
Printed in colours and gilt with flowers growing from rockery, with scalloped rims, the serving piece handles, pierced rinceaux and plate rims moulded with grapes on vine leaves (minor wear to gilding), comprising:
An oval footed compote (bottom and foot cracked, small chips to foot rim)--13¼in. (33.6cm.) wide
Two rectangular pierced baskets--9¾in. (24.8cm.) wide
A rectangular stand--9in. (22.8cm.) wide
An oval dish (cracked)--10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) wide
A shell-shaped dish (tiny crack to underside of one handle and foot rim)--9in. (22.8cm.) wide
A square dish (four small cracks, one associated with a firing crack)--9½in. (22.8cm.) wide overall
An oval sauce tureen and cover on fixed stand (cover cracked in half and repaired)--the stand 8 in. (20.3cm.) wide
Twelve cake plates (one with a chip to the underside of the rim, one cracked, four with some staining to the underside)--8in. (20.2cm.) diam.
Cf. Goeffrey A. Godden, An Illustrated Guide to Ridgway Porcelains, London, 1972, plate 1 for a dessert service identical in shape to the present example. (20)