Lot 182:
Description
A collection of approximately forty four earthenware tableware pieces in the Game Series pattern by Palissy, a member of the Royal Worcester Group. The service features various polychrome transfer-printed illustrations of wild game birds and animals including mallard ducks, pheasants, partridges, rabbits, and a wild boar. Each central scene is enclosed by a wide, dense brown transfer-printed border composed of floral scrolls and foliage. The pieces are designed with slightly scalloped rims. The lot includes a lidded teapot, a cream jug, a sauce boat with a fixed stand, a lidded vegetable tureen, an oval serving platter, an open serving bowl, a pair of salt and pepper shakers, alongside an assortment of dinner plates, dessert plates, side plates, cereal bowls, teacups, and saucers. The underside of the platter bears a brown transfer-printed mark featuring a circular laurel wreath reading A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL WORCESTER GROUP above Palissy ENGLAND EST. 1853 and GAME SERIES below. A small red alphanumeric mark 1-8 is also present.
Condition report:
The service is in generally good condition with bright transfers. A small chip is visible to the rim of one saucer (photo 4). Fine surface crazing is present across the glaze of several pieces, consistent with earthenware of this period. There is minor shelf wear to the unglazed footrims.
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