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A fine Derby botanical dessert service, circa 1795
18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
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A fine Derby botanical dessert service, circa 1795
Painted with named botanical specimens taken from Curtis's Botanical magazine, the border with pink roses arranged around gilded dots and lines, comprising a pair of ice pails, covers and liners with additional painting inside the covers, centrepiece, four round dishes, four oval dishes, two heart-shaped dishes, two large lobed dishes and six plates, ice pails 22.8cm high, crown, crossed batons, D mark and pattern number 142 in blue, Latin and English titles in script (one ice pail restored, one cover a later replacement (possibly Spode), one dish chipped, a few pieces with minor wear) (25)
Footnotes
The specimens appearing on the service are taken from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published in volumes from 1787.
The specimens and their source prints are as follows:
Ice Pails. 'Pelargonium betulinum. Birch leav'd crane's bill'. Vol.5, pl.148, published March 1 1791. 'Cistus incanus. Hoary or rose cistus'. Vol.2, pl.43. 1788. 'Primula marginata. Silver-edged primula'. Vol.6, pl.191, published May 1 1792. 'Helleborus hyemalis. Winter hellebore or aconite'. Vol.1, pl.3 1786. 'Hypericum curis. Heath-leav'd St. John's-wort'. Vo.5, pl.178, published January 1 1792. 'Calceolaria pinnata. Pinnated slipper-wort'. Vol.2, pl.41, 1788
Centrepiece. 'Liriodendron tulipifera. Common tulip-tree'. Vol.8, pl.275', published September 1 1794.
Large lobed dishes. 'Liriodendron tulipifera. Common tulip-tree'. Vol.8, pl.275, published September 1 1794. 'Cistus formosus. Beautiful cistus'. Vol.8, pl. 264, published May 1 1794.
Lobed round dishes. 'Alyssum halimifolium. Sweet alyssum'. Vol.3, pl.101, published November 2 1789. 'Fuchsia coccinea. Scarlet fuchsia'. Vol.3, pl.97, published October 1 1789. 'Narcissus odorus. Sweet-scented or great jonquil'. Vol.3, pl.78, published March 1 1789. 'Primula villosa. Mountain primula', Vol., pl.14, 1787.
Heart-shaped dishes. 'Ixia flexnosa. Bending-stalk'd ixia'. Vol.4, pl.127, published August 1 1790. 'Michauxia campanuloides. Rough-leav'd michauxia', Vol.7, pl.219, published Feb 1 1793.
Oval dishes. 'Convolvulus nil. Azure convolvulus'. Vol.6, pl.188, published April 1 1792. 'Hibiscus syriacus. Syrian hibiscus commonly called althaea frutex'. Vol.3, pl.83, published May 1 1789. 'Lupinus luteus. Yellow lupine', Vol.4, pl.140, published December 1 1790. 'Narcissus odorus. Sweet-scented or great jonquil', Vol.3, pl.78, published March 1 1789.
Plates. 'Campanula carpatica. Carpatian bell-flower'. Vol.4, pl.117, published April 1 1790. 'Ixia longiflora. Long-flowered ixia', Vol.8, pl. 256, published March 1 1794. 'Cineraria lanata. Woolly cineraria', Vol.2, pl.53, published 1788. 'Helleborus niger. Black hellebore or Christmas rose', Vol.1, pl.8, published 1786. 'Mimosa verticillata. Whorl'd-leav'd mimosa', Vol.4, pl. 110, published February 1 1790. 'Crepis barbata. Bearded crepis or purple-eyed succory-hawkweed', Vol.1,pl. 35, 1787.