Fabulously hand decorated Rococo Revival full tea set/service for 12 people.
The set dates to around 1843 and is in the registered design of G F Bowers. The teapot has the date lozenge n the base. It is also marked “Worcester” and has the pattern number 410. All of the other pieces also have the 410 painted pattern number. I’m not sure if this was potted by G F Bowers and then hand decorated by George Grainger (Grainger and Woods, Worcester) who specialised in this Rococo revival style and were known to paint blanks.
The set is completely hand painted with a beautiful floral design, grey panels and fabulous gold edging/highlights.
It comprises of
1 x Teapot and Lid
1 x Lidded Sugar Bowl
1 x Milk Jug
1 x Slop Bowl
2 x Cake Plates
1 x further different shaped cake/sandwich plate
12 x Tea cups
12 x Saucers
It’s in very good condition for its age and rare to find such a comprehensive/complete set.
It does have some age related wear which I will try to describe below. This may not be comprehensive but I have tried to be as accurate as possible. A few pieces have hairlines and crazing. There are no obvious chips.
One plate with the 410 mark on the back is in very good condition with a small little bit of wearing to the glaze on one side on the rim.
One plate has a hairline crack and some very light crazing
The other plate also has a hairline crack and crazing
They all looked to be unused and do not have utensil marks. The gilt is intact
The milk jug looks to be in perfect condition, perhaps with some light discolouration which may wash away
The slop bowl seems to be in good condition with no chips, et cetera
The sugar bowl looks to be in wet good condition
The teapot has some very light crazing to the lid which I could see when I shone a torch on it. All of the gilding seems to be intact. There is a dark spot on the inside probably from age but no other signs of use inside there appears to be a hairline crack which you can’t see on the outside if you look very closely. There is a firing crack in the base.
Most of the cups are in excellent condition with no cracks or chips. 8 of the cups ring true, 2 ring but a bit duller (these have more obvious crazing) and 2 have hairlines and don’t ring.
The saucers are in great condition.
Cup 8cm as diameter 6.5 cm high
Saucer diameter 14.5 cm
Slop bowl diameter 16.5 cm height 10 cm
Two of the same which plates diameter at the widest .26.5 cm
The smaller less damaged sandwich plate diameter 25 cm
Milk jug height of the handle 12 cm approximate width from handle to spout 13 cm
Sugar bowl width from handle to handle approximately 18 cm and height also approximately 18 cm
Teapot height to the handle 19 cm from spout to handle approximately 27 cm
All items are very very carefully packaged and double boxed before shipping. Collection in person welcome
Overseas bidders I am happy to ship this via eBay’s global shipping only and will package this very very carefully.