£1,200
An 18th century Coalport soft paste botanical part dessert service each piece painted with a named specimen within a Cambridge blue band edged with gilding, comprising an oval footed dish with 'Orange tree', 12 3/8in. (31.5cm.) long, four square dishes with Carnations, Tulips, Rose-Bay and Apple Blossom, two oval dishes with Hen-Bane and Iris, five plates with Madagascar Periwinkle, Violet-coloured Rose-Bay, Capella Pulchella, China Hollyhock and Coxcombe. (12) * Provenance: Partridge (Fine Arts) Ltd receipt dated 16th August 1982.
*A little rubbing to gilt trim, Orange Tree with small scratch to image; Hen-Bane with spotting to centre & gilt over run from rim; Carnation with paint bubbling to one corner of blue band; China Hollyhocks with crackle glaze, overall good.
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