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John Ridgeway Blue Ground Dessert Service, c1850 comprising of…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
7-Dec-2009
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Description:
John Ridgeway Blue Ground Dessert Service, c1850 comprising of a large comport, two medium comports, three low comports and a squat comport, all with two handles and twenty-four plates each painted within a central reserve with a notable English landmark or waterway encircled by a gilt border against a royal blue ground banded by a ring of pale yellow and with all over heavily gilded scrollwork and foliage, the handles of fruiting vine design with gilt highlighting against white, the reverse with titles, pattern numbers 6/264. The scenes comprising: Kilchurn Castle, Bolsover Castle, Vorst, Alnwick Castle, Conistone Lake, Nayworth, Warwick Castle, Tamworth, Belvoir Castle, Chatsworth, Applethwaite, Derwent Water, Howick Hasll, Knarnsborough Castle, Eton, Twickenham on Thames. Provenance: J. B. Hawkins Antiques, Moss Vale, Nsw Private Collection, Nsw
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Category:
Unclassified