A Swansea sage-green-ground part tea service
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A Swansea sage-green-ground part tea service

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A Swansea sage-green-ground part tea service
painted with a wide band of trailing iron-red flowers, seeds pods and gilt leaves, within gilt lines, comprising: a shaped rectangular teapot, cover and stand, a helmet-shaped cream jug, slop bowl, two London-shaped cups and saucers and two plates, painted iron-red script marks, circa 1820 (the finial repaired, light glaze staining to glaze and rubbing generally)
See illustration (7)
Provenance
Harry Sherman Collection, no. 150.
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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. A.E. (Jimmy) Jones & Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain (1988), p. 182, for another example of pattern 297.

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