A very rare Nantgarw centrepiece from the Mackintosh service, restored crack
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A very rare Nantgarw centrepiece of Mackintosh service type, circa 1818-20
Of footed oval form with a shaped rim and shell-moulded handles, painted in London with a peahen and a peacock perched upon a stone plinth, within an elaborate gilded border of floral and shell-shaped panels, a similar border on the underside above two bird vignettes, 35.5cm wide, impressed NANT-GARW CW (broken and restored)
Sold for £2,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: The Strawbridge Collection. A number of Nantgarw services with related decoration are known, one of which was in the possession of the Priest Richards family of 'Plâs Newydd', near Cowbridge. In 1880 it was given to Ella Priest Richards on her marriage to the Mackintosh of Mackintosh. Three such services are discussed by WD John, Nantgarw Porcelain, Supplement Number Two. All are thought to have been ordered by Mortlocks from the decorators Robbins and Randall of Barnsbury Street, Islington, the bird painting probably by Thomas Martin Randall

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics

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