CIRCA 1815

Details

A COALPORT PORCELAIN YELLOW-GROUND PART DESSERT SERVICE
CIRCA 1815
Painted with gilt medallions and scrolling foliate motifs to the center within borders of Grotesques, comprising: two ice-coolers, covers, one liner, and a matched liner; two sauce-tureens, covers and stands; a two-handled oval footed compote; an oval footed bowl; six lozenge-shaped dishes; four shaped-square dishes; and thirty-five plates
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high overall, the coolers

Provenance

With Cecil Davis, London, through Arthur S. Vernay, September 1949.
Acquired from Needham's Antiques, New York, January 1958.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 188, no. 198.

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Lot Essay

In 1987, before the trustees and officers of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund went to Thailand in connection with the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Ramón Magsaysay Foundation, our entire family had an audience with the king of queen of Thailand. Peggy and I brought two square dishes from this service as a present for the queen. They seemed to please her very much.
D.R.

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