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A remarkable Derby cabaret service by John Brewer, circa 1800 image 1
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Lot 29*

A remarkable Derby cabaret service by John Brewer, circa 1800

29 September 2021, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £10,837.50 inc. premium

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A remarkable Derby cabaret service by John Brewer, circa 1800

Painted with panels of animals, birds and butterflies reserved on a yellow ground, comprising an oval tray painted in the centre with three sheep after George Morland and surrounded by eight smaller panels, oval teapot and cover with panels including two sporting dogs and two swans, sucrier and cover, milk jug and two large coffee cans, tray 38.9cm wide, crown, crossed batons and D mark in blue, cans with puce marks (8)

Footnotes

Provenance
Christies sale, 22 November 1971, lot 167
With C B Sheppard, Alfreton
Mellors and Kirk sale, 30 April 2009, lot 112
Twinight Collection

Illustrated by John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (1980), p.187, pl.222. Related decoration, also attributed to John Brewer, is seen on a chocolate cup and cover illustrated by Anthony Hoyte, The Charles Norman Collection (1996), p.34. Only a small number of pieces painted in this distinctive style are recorded and the present lot appears to be the only cabaret service so decorated. A cabaret service painted with shipping scenes by George Robertson was sold by Bonhams on 14 November 2018, lot 418.

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