Live Auction 4463Christie's Interiors
A MINTON 'NEWCASTLE EMBOSSED' PART DESSERT-SERVICE
Lot 577

A MINTON 'NEWCASTLE EMBOSSED' PART DESSERT-SERVICE

CIRCA 1841, IRON-RED PAINTED PATTERN NO. 5003

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 2,250

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A MINTON 'NEWCASTLE EMBOSSED' PART DESSERT-SERVICE
CIRCA 1841, IRON-RED PAINTED PATTERN NO. 5003
Painted with birds by Joseph Smith, the pale-green basketweave-moulded borders reserved with gilt cartouches enclosing flowers, comprising three low comports and sixteen plates
The comports 9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide (19)

Specialist note

A sample plate from this service is illustrated in Geoffrey A. Godden Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period 1793-1850 (London, 1978), pl. 42. For a brief discussion of the work of Joseph Smith, see p. 123.