Lid
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
124 mm (Width); 172 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall (Children's Country House), Derbyshire
NT 652548.6
Summary
A white porcelain oval gravy boat lid with a blue and gold edge and decorated handles. Part of 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. Some of the pieces are made by Alfred Meakin. The dinner service also comprises of two 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 ladle with a gold edged 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.