
Fergus Gambon
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Sold for £13,125 inc. premium
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Provenance:
Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire until 1949
Subsequently by gift to the vendor
Only a few Swansea porcelain services survive relatively intact and even fewer breakfast sets remain. Remarkably, this lot still retains its eggstand and muffin dishes, certainly amongst the rarest shapes in Swansea porcelain. The decoration is most unusual as wares of the 'Paris Flute' form normally have relatively simple decoration, often just in gold, the ribbed surface making more elaborate work much more difficult. The all-over lattice ground seen here must have been time-consuming and costly to produce.
Please note that there are 65 pieces in the lot and not 56 as written in the catalogue.