A Swansea pearlware part supper service circa 1805

each crescent-shaped dish and cover painted, by Thomas Pardoe, with a named flower specimen, both dishes and covers impressed SWANSEA and incised with the letter C and various numerals. 8 pieces.

Some crazing and minor occasional patches of discoloration. Some minor flaking of the brown enamel. The handle of one cover has been broken in three places and repaired; the same cover has a 1/4-in. triangular chip to the edge, issuing a short fine haircrack. Another cover has a 4-in. area of restoration along the rim at one end. The remaining covers and the dishes are in generally good condition.
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A similar supper set, complete with its footed center dish and cover and also painted by Pardoe, is illustrated by Jonathan Gray, The Cambrian Pottery, Swansea Pottery in London, 1806-1808, p. 61. fig. 4.21.