Dessert service
Alfred Meakin Ltd.
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
330 mm (Width); 406 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
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Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 652548
Summary
A thirty-two piece white ceramic dinner service with a blue edge. Some of the pieces also have a gold edge with the blue. Some of the pieces are made by W H Grindley and Co. The dinner service also comprises of a pair of meat plates (a and b), five ten inch plates with a gold and blue edge (c), five ten inch plates with a blue edge (d), four nine inch plates with a blue edge (f), five nine inch plates with a blue and gold edge (g), one round gravy boat saucer with decorated ends (h), one oval gravy boat saucer (i), one oval gravy boat with a matching lid (j and k), one ladle with a gold edges bowl (l) and one ladle with a blue edged handle (m).
Provenance
Gift to the National Trust by Mrs. Sue Butcher in 2001. The dinner service came from Mrs. Butcher's grandmother's farmhouse.
Makers and roles
Alfred Meakin Ltd.