Lot 107:
Description
A collection of decorative British ceramics and porcelain featuring an assortment of tablewares and ornamental items. The group includes three earthenware storage jars with wooden lids, each bearing a red circular stamp to the base reading POMONA, The Goddess of Fruit, PORTMEIRION, Made in England. Also present is a large glazed earthenware fruit bowl featuring a hand-painted fruit interior and a textured ochre exterior, marked to the base with a black printed crown above HOSE STREET POTTERY, MADE IN ENGLAND, and an illegible handwritten signature.
The assortment further comprises various tea sets including an Indian Tree pattern cup marked INDIAN TREE, BONE CHINA, S.B. & S. LTD, ENGLAND. A small lidded pot with a bird transfer bears a black circular mark for ROYAL WORCESTER COMPANY, Palissy, EST. 1853, ROYALE COLLECTION. The lot also includes a square scalloped bowl with floral transfers marked S. HANCOCK & SONS, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ENGLAND, CORONA WARE, and pattern name ROSARIC. Additional items include decorative wall plates with duck and swan motifs, floral salt and pepper shakers, a pierced reticulated bowl, a cottage-style money box, and various small trinket boxes in heart-shaped and rectangular forms.
Condition report:
The collection generally appears in good display condition. The S. Hancock & Sons Rosaric bowl exhibits heavy crazing to the glaze throughout (photo 7). The hand-painted Hose Street Pottery bowl shows scattered minor paint loss to the interior fruit decoration (photo 4). Minor surface wear and staining are visible to the foot rims of several pieces, and there is potential light rubbing to the gilt rims on some tea wares.
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