A COALPORT COBALT-BLUE GROUND PART 'UNION' DESSERT SERVICE

1815-1820, PATTERN NO. 759

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A COALPORT COBALT-BLUE GROUND PART 'UNION' DESSERT SERVICE
1815-1820, pattern no. 759
Painted with cartouches of flowers and birds reserved on the blue ground gilt with foliate scrolls, the handles moulded in the 'Union' pattern and gilt with a crowned rose flanked by sprays of shamrock and thistle, the gadrooned rims enriched in gilt, comprising:
A footed lozenge-shaped compote on reticulated foot, 6 5/8in. (16.9cm.) high, 14 5/8in. (37.2cm.) long overall
Four square dishes, 8 7/8in. (22.6cm.) square
Four shell-shaped dishes, 9½in. (24.1cm.) long
Four lozenge-shaped dishes, 11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) long
Two sauce-tureens, covers and stands, 9¼in. (23.4cm.) long, the stands
Twenty-three square dessert plates, 8 7/8in. (22.6cm.) square
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Lot Essay

See Michael Messanger, Coalport 1795-1926, Antique Collector's Club, 1995, plate 4 for a lozenge-shaped dish also painted in pattern 759 and color plate 11, plates 128 and 129 for dessert wares moulded in the 'Union' pattern but painted with specimen flowers.

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