Live Auction 10710Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A WORCESTER (BARR, FLIGHT & BARR) PINK-GROUND PART DESSERT-SERVICE
Lot 196

A WORCESTER (BARR, FLIGHT & BARR) PINK-GROUND PART DESSERT-SERVICE

CIRCA 1813, IMPRESSED CROWNED BFB AND PUCE PRINTED FACTORY MARKS, PUCE PAINTED SCRIPT TITLES

Closed24 November 2015

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GBP 4,750

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A WORCESTER (BARR, FLIGHT & BARR) PINK-GROUND PART DESSERT-SERVICE
CIRCA 1813, IMPRESSED CROWNED BFB AND PUCE PRINTED FACTORY MARKS, PUCE PAINTED SCRIPT TITLES
Each piece painted with a view of a British building, titled to the obverse, comprising: two ice pails, covers and liners and sixteen plates
The ice pails 12 ¼ in. (31 cm,) high

Purchased from the factory in 1813 by Sir William Cosway, and thence by descent to the present owner

Specialist note

Sir William Cosway (1783-1834) lived at Bilsington Priory in Kent and was secretary to Admiral Lord Collingwood during the Battle of Trafalgar.