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An English porcelain part tea-service
CIRCA 1800, PROBABLY COALPORT
Details
An English porcelain part tea-service Circa 1800, probably Coalport
Painted in the Chinese Export style with pink diaper-pattern panels suspending lilac swags of husk ornament above scattered sprigs, comprising:
A milk-jug
A slop-bowl
Five teabowls and two saucers;
and a Chinese Export cylindrical teapot and cover with pomegranite finial and entwined ribbed handle
Special notice
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 (London, 1970), for a Coalport milk-jug of similar shape and painted with a similar pattern.