Sauce tureen
Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain Factory (est.1750)
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
120 mm (H); 170 mm (Dia); 185 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
Coalport
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1145875.8.1
Summary
Sauce tureen - Part of one of three sauce tureens, covers and stands and a single stand from a large Coalport (?) porcelain dinner service, 'Indian Tree' design. The transfer printed design of magnolia and peonies is overpainted. Further peony sprays and a honeycomb border are used on all pieces. Paper labels in (viii) and (ix) 'Saloon mantlepiece south end'. (i-iii) Still Room, (iv-vii) Servant's Passage Cupboard, (viii-clxxvi) New Kitchen/Attic China Cupboard. (xii) A vegetable dish and cover, (lxviii) a large rectangular serving dish. (lxxvi) A comport on a low central support, (lxxix-lxxxi) Three rectangular serving dishes, (cxxxiii-cxlii) Ten soup plates, (cxliii-clxxv) dinner plates.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
'Saloon mantlepiece south end' (paper labels in (viii) and (ix)
Makers and roles
Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelain Factory (est.1750), potter