Lot 180 , An extremely rare Rockingham cabinet tea set, c.1826-30, teapot 17cm high

An extremely rare Rockingham cabinet tea set, c.1826-30, comprising teapot, sucrier and cover and a milk jug, each piece of baluster shape applied with flowers and green tendrils, and finely painted with a bouquet and sprays of flowers, on three branch shaped feet, all with red griffin marks, teapot 17cm high
Estimate £300-500

cf. D G Rice, Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain, colour plate 13.

Provenance:
The Dennis G. Rice collection of fine Rockingham porcelain

As well as being an avid collector of Rockingham ornamental porcelain and animal figures, Dr. Dennis G. Rice was an academic and wrote two key reference works on the subject – Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain (1965) and the Illustrated Guide to Rockingham Pottery & Porcelain (1971).
A number of the pieces illustrated in the books are offered below. The Rockingham animals figures in the collection are also published in Dennis G. Rice's companion books Dogs & Cats in English Porcelain and English Porcelain Animals of the 19th Century.

Milk jug has fine crazing to the glaze all over, typical small losses to the encrusted to the flowers and a shallow chip to the rear foot beneath the handle, there is minor speckling to the glaze in places
Teapot and cover has fine crazing to the glaze all over, typical small losses to the encrusted flowers and two of the feet have shallow splinter chips to the edges, occasional minor speckling to the glaze
Sugar bowl and cover has fine crazing to the glaze all over, typical small losses to the encrusted flowers, the red printed griffin mark is a little bit blurry and a section of the handle on the cover has been broken and restored and coloured in green to hide this restoration, otherwise in reasonable condition.


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Sold for £480