23rd Apr, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Country House
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A Set of Three Chamberlain's Worcester Porcelain Dessert Plates, circa 1820, painted with flowersprays within green gilt borders and gilt gadroon rims, painted marks in red, 23cm diameter; A Coalport Porcelain Inkwell, circa 1810, of drum form with scroll handle, painted with flowersprays and sprigs on a yellow ground, 15.5cm wide; and A Staffordshire Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1840, painted with still lifes of fruit within a green and cream border highlighted in gilt, comprising four rectangular dishes and four circular dishes with leaf handles (qty)
Sold for £180
Estimated at £200 - £300
Chamberlain's plates - there is some mottling to the green grounds and some slight rim fritting. Inkwell - with large restored chip to the right-hand spout. There is a crack to the left-hand quill holder and some significant gilt wear. Dessert service - one single-handed dish with a very short crack. No other damage, free from repair. The gilding re-touched in several places.
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Auction: Country House, 23rd Apr, 2022
The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.
This sale will feature property from three private estates; The Contents of The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate of Ian Stephenson, The Selected Contents of a Private House to be sold on behalf of the 7th Earl of Durham, and The Selected Contents of a Private House, St Judes, Isle of Man.
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Tuesday 19 April - Friday 22 April 10am-4pm and morning of sale from 7.30am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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