An assembled Derby and Bloor Derby crested part dinner service circa 1800-25 and 1830-48

comprising: a supper set of a footed center dish and cover and four shaped dishes and covers, a muffin dish and cover, a butter dish, cover and stand, four scalloped circular dishes, an oval footed compote, four oval platters in sizes, an oval tureen stand and twenty-four dessert plates; a circular soup tureen, cover and stand, a pair of sauce tureens, covers and stands, forty-five dinner plates and twenty-four soup plates; and three oval platters in two sizes, painted crowned crossed batons and script D and printed DERBY ribbon beneath a crown marks in red. 130 pieces.

J. Rochelle Thomas, Inc., New York (part)
Winifred Williams, London, acquired July 27, 1983 (part)

Some very occasional and minor rubbing to the gilding. Otherwise in good condition except: one cover of the shaped dishes has one 3/4-inch chip and two small chips to the rim edge of the cover. Two dishes, each with a pinhead chip to the corner or the exterior rim edge. Four oval platters in sizes: one has an approximate 8-inch long haircrack running halfway around the cavetto area and two other short haircracks running down the side of the cavetto area. Oval tureen stand, has 2-3-inch haircracks running down the side of the rim and some very minor discoloration. Dessert plates: one has very minor crazing around the boarder and another has a 1-inch flat chip to the rim edge. The soup tureen cover and stand: the cover has a 2-inch riveted haircrack running down from the knob and forking into two short directions on the side. Sauce tureens, covers and stands: one cover is extensively well-restored possibly covering haircracks. One stand has a 3/4-inch rim chip. Dinner plates: four plates, each with considerable ware to the gilding. One plate with two star cracks to the center. Five plates, each with one or more tiny chips to the underside of the rim and/or to the foot rim. Soup plates: one with a riveted haircrack covering an area measuring 5 x 2.5-inches at the rim, another with an approximate 6-inch riveted haircrack running down the side the rim of the plate across the center. One with two minuscule chips to the footrim.
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