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Lot 245

A very rare pair of Swansea soup plates from the Bevington-Gibbins service
Circa 1817-20.

8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A very rare pair of Swansea soup plates from the Bevington-Gibbins service

Circa 1817-20.
Printed in blue with the 'Castle' pattern, the rim and a narrow border around the cavetto picked out in gold, 24.2cm diam, one with upper case mark in red (slight wear to the gilding) (2)

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The soup tureen from this service is illustrated by Oliver Fairclough, Welsh Ceramics in Context, Part II, p 204. The service was made for the Bevington family with the simplified handle shapes associated with the Bevington period. The stand bears the rare impressed mark 'BEVINGTON AND CO' but a number of plates, including the present lot, bear upper case SWANSEA marks in red, suggesting that the red mark continued into the Bevington period, used concurrently with the Bevington mark. E Morton Nance, The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nantgarw, plate CLIVB and pp 343 and 129 records only a small number of pieces from the service survive, including eight plates, only four of which are marked

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