Name/Title
Dessert serviceEntry/Object ID
C 66.31Description
Part of a "rich dessert service painted in landscapes to order": Coalport porcelain purchased from Sharpus and Co., London. White and gold porcelain with red and gold key-fret border enclosing landscape medallions. The lobed-edge dessert plates show scenes of Glenarm, Wolerton, Sion House, Fonthill, Moccas Court, Loughborough, Windermere Lake, Lambris Lake and Taymouth. 18 pieces in all.Acquisition
Accession
C 66.31Source or Donor
Department of Parks, City of New YorkAcquisition Method
LoanCredit Line
On Loan from Department of Parks, City of New YorkMade/Created
Date made
circa 1800Place
* Untyped Place
StaffordshireCountry
EnglandContinent
EuropeInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionNotes
Most pieces marked on the reverse with the location name of the depicted scene.Condition
Notes
Paint loss on edges and faces throughout all objects
plate .19 of "West, Wycomb, Buckinghamshire" has a large crack very poorly repaired. Currently being stored in the curatorial storage room.
Ice pail is missing two opposed handles originally attached at should level. Center element missing from basin-shaped lid.
Sugar bowl and lid have chips and stress cracks.
Sion House plate is cracked in the center
Small oval tray is cracked and poorly repaired
Sugar bowl and lid have stress cracks and chips. The lid is broken into two pieces.
Windermere Lake dish has chip out of left side of rimProvenance
Notes
Purchased by States Morris Dyckman, bill of sale dated September 24, 1803, from Sharpus and Co. London.
On loan from The Department of Parks, City of New York.
