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Lot 114

A Derby botanical part dessert service, circa 1797-1806

15 December 2020, 14:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Derby botanical part dessert service, circa 1797-1806

Finely painted with pattern 216 of botanical specimens within bright yellow borders picked out in gold, comprising a centrepiece, sauce tureen, cover and stand, a lobed dish and five plates, one of the plates painted with a 'Tulip', probably by William 'Quaker' Pegg, centrepiece 29.8cm long, crown, crossed batons, D marks and pattern 216 in blue, titles in blue script (10)

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The specimens are as follows together with details of the source prints where known:

Centrepiece; 'Globe Amaranthus'.

Sauce tureen, cover and stand; 'St Johns Wort', 'Primula Auricula', 'Madagascar Perriwinkle' and 'Sisyrinchium Iridiodes, Iris leav'd Sisyrinchium' (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.3, pl.94, published September 1 1789).

Lobed dish; 'Dodecartheon Meadia, Meads Dodecartheon, or American Cowslip' (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.1, pl.12, published 1787).

Plates; 'Iris Pumila, Dwarf Iris' (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.1, pl.9, published 1787), 'Heliconia Psillacorum, Parrot billed Heliconia', 'Lupinus perennis, Lupine perennial' (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.6, pl.202, published 1792), 'Tulip', 'Pyrus Spectabillis, Chinese Apple Tree' (Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.8, pl.267, published 1794).

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