Four Blue Transfer Earthenware Dishes, England, c. 1795-1825, a Spode root dish printed with the Standard Willow pattern, comprised of a central oval-shaped, machine-turned butter container with cover fixed centrally into an extended upright-sided stand with tapered cut off ends, impressed maker's mark, ht. 4 1/2, lg. 12 1/2, wd. 5 1/2; a pedestal bowl with ochre enameling on the rim, printed with unidentified pattern incorporating both Asian and Continental motifs, unmarked, dia. 9; a punch bowl printed in two patterns: the interior in The Angry Swans pattern, and Willow Nankin pattern printed twice on the exterior, rim enameled in brown, unmarked, dia. 8 1/2; and a dessert dish printed with the Chinese Stag Hunt pattern, unmarked, lg. 10 1/2 in.
Provenance: The Zeller Collection.
Condition
Condition: Root dish: Very good condition with only two small nicks to the rim of the butter container.
9 in. bowl: Good condition with a chip to the underside of the pedestal base and a small hairline to the base.
8 1/2 in. bowl: Very good condition with minor wear to the inside of the bowl with on small glaze chip.
Dessert dish: Surface chip, approx. 3/4 x 1/4 in. on the lower left hand rim. Some rubbing to the edge.
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