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Lot 116

A Spode 'Indian Sporting' part service, circa 1810-20

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Spode 'Indian Sporting' part service, circa 1810-20

Printed in blue, comprising a large platter with 'Driving a Bear Out of Sugar Canes', a vegetable dish and cover and a small platter with 'Hunting a Buffalo', a sauce tureen with 'The Dead Hog', seven dinner plates with 'Death of the Bear', four side plates with 'Common Wolf Trap', and two soup bowls with 'Chase After a Wolf', the large platter 42cm wide, impressed and printed marks in blue, some with printed titles (18)

Footnotes

The source of the scenes is Oriental Field Sports by Captain Thomas Williamson with drawings by Samuel Howitt, published in monthly issues by Edward Orme of Bond Street, London. Publishing commenced in June 1805 followed by the same forty scenes in smaller book form in 1807. Both sizes were reprinted in 1807. For further discussion see David Drakard and Paul Holdway, Spode Transfer Printed Ware (2002), p.235.

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