Dessert service
G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Place of origin
Hanley
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 929374
Summary
Indian tree design Crown dinner service by Ashworth's, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, c. 1861-1880, inscribed ' Real Ironstone China' and marked in orange 'B5522'. The set consists of fourteen small dinner plates (q), sixty four large dinner plates (r), a large tureen with lid (a), a tureen with partition, and lid (b), a large tureen with no lid (c), two tureens with lids, the same size as the tureen with partition (d)+(e), a further tureen lid (j), two sauceboat sets consisting of sauceboat, lid and stand (f)+(g), two further sauceboat stands (h), two smaller sauceboat lids (i), three small oval plates (k), a selection of oval plates in various sizes, some with and some without handles (l)-(p), and forty two shallow soup bowls (s).
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
B 5522 (printed in orange)
Makers and roles
G. L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd, manufacturer