An English 'Factory 22' tea service, circa 1830-40, possibly...

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£70

An English 'Factory 22' tea service, circa 1830-40, possibly William Ridgway, painted with rectangular panels of flowers reserved against lemon yellow, cobalt and gilt grounds, comprising a teapot of flattened melon shape with a flanged shoulder and tilted flower finial, but with a triangular fifteen hole strainer, 14.5cm high; cream jug (lacking handle), ten teacups, twelve coffee cups, slop basin, seven saucers and a square plate, single number '914' to the cream jug and '395' to some saucers, otherwise unmarked, sold together with a further 19th century English square plate, painted with flowers, marked pattern number 733, 22cm wide; and a Coalport Adelaide shape part tea and coffee service, circa 1835, pattern 3/38, painted with polychrome flowers reserved against a scrolling gilt, pale yellow and grey border, comprising fourteen teacups, three coffee cups, fourteen saucers and one plate, 20.5cm diameter, sold together with three Coalport saucers and matching slop basin in pattern 2/984, and a further Ridgway part service, circa 1825, pattern 2/1510, comprising three coffee and one teacup with high loop handles, nine teacups, bread and butter plate and a slop basin, numbered in iron red (qty) (damages)

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Factory 22 service - Teapot - Handle broken and re-attached, finial to cover chipped. Cream jug - handle broken, but present. Saucers - 3 cracked, 2 with hairlines. Slop - Cracked. Teacups - 2 stained yellow. 1 badly cracked. 1 with hairline. 1 both cracked and stained. Coffee cups - 1 with hairline around upper portion of handle. 1 slightly yellowed. 1 with short firing crack to upper portion of handle. A fourth cup with a hairline. Some slight gilt wear noted throughout. The lone floral square late has loss to enamels. Coalport Adeleide service - 20.5cm diameter plate with stapled repairs. Teacups - Seven missing handles. One handled teacup with a hairline and another with a foot rim chip. Coffee cups - One chipped. Saucers - One with a faint Y-shaped hairline visible to the rear. Generally, crazed throughout with a few pieces slightly stained yellow. Pattern 2/984 saucers and slop basin - Slop basin with signs of use and scratching to the interior. Ridgway service - Wear to gilding on handles and rims. Teacup with hairlines. Bread and butter plate with crude repaired break. Slop basin with Y-shaped crack to the centre, together with an upper rim chip. Saucers with gilding wear to the centres. One saucer chipped with associated crack. A second saucer with small crack to the foot. One saucer has a much paler yellow ground.