A group of Derby yellow ground botanical dessert and dinner ...

Hammer

£320

A group of Derby yellow ground botanical dessert and dinner wares, c.1790-1810,
each piece painted with a titled botanical specimen, comprising a wine cooler painted with a large blue Iris and Amaranthus, 15.5 cm high, a navette shaped tureen, 22 cm wide, four 25 cm diameter and two 22.5cm diameter plates, blue and worn gilt marks,

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The wine cooler has a large area of now discoloured restoration next to one of the handles and has some pooling to the glaze underneath. The two handled tureen has a restored handle and some scratching to the interior. Most of the plates have some staining crazing and wear to the gilding and enamel is some with some visible cracks to the surface also.