Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

An English Pearlware Assembled Botanical Part-Dessert Service, Circa 1810-15

Lot Closed

October 16, 04:30 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

vibrantly painted with titled flower specimens, with gilt-edged rims, comprising:

1 Derby lozenge-shaped dish, length 12 in., 30.5 cm,

11 Derby Dessert plates, diam. 9 in., 22.8 cm,

5 small shallow bowls or berry dishes, diam. 6 3/4 in., 17.1 cm,

crowned D and cross baton marks script marks in iron-red, specimen titles in iron-red, some with painter's numerals 29 in puce,

and English pearlware, vibrantly painted in the manner of Don Pottery, Yorkshire, with gilt-edged rims, comprising:

1 footed shaped oval center dish, length 10 1/4 in., 26 cm,

2 shaped oval dishes, length 9 1/2 in., 24.1 cm,

2 further shaped oval dishes, length 9 1/2 in., 24.1 cm,

4 leaf-shaped dishes, length 7 3/4 in., 19.7 cm,

and 9 small dessert plates, diam. 7 3/4 in., 19.7 cm,

specimen titles in puce. 35 pieces.

D. M. & P. Manheim, New York, bearing label (part)

A growing interest in botany and the fashion for cultivating exotic flower specimens during the second half of the 18th century stimulated the publication of books and periodicals on the subject including William Curtis' The Botanical Magazine first published in 1787, the monthly magazine, illustrated with engravings from drawings by such noted artists as Sydenham Edwards and James Sowerby, provided the source for much of the botanical decoration on English pottery and porcelain during the last art of the 19th century and first part of the 19th century. Botanical Magazine sources for several pieces from the present service are identified "Iris Subliflora or Purple Flag", August 1808, pl. 1330, "æonia tenuiflolia or Fine Leaved Peony", May 1806, pl. 926; and "Justicia lucida or Shining Leaved Justicia", May 1807, pl. 1014.