Lot 184 , A rare Rockingham porcelain cabinet plate, c.1826-30, D. 24.5cm

A rare Rockingham porcelain cabinet plate, c.1826-30, painted by George Speight with a study of shells in a seascape, within gilt flowerhead and vine leaf borders and 'shark tooth' edge, red griffin mark, D. 24.5cm
Estimate £200-300

cf. D. G. Rice, Rockingham Ornamental Porcelain, colour plate 9.

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.

There are some areas of fine crazing to the glaze, there is some scratching and a tiny area of wear to the gilt band in the cavetto of the plate, some occasional areas of pale browning, otherwise in good condition, with no restoration chips or cracks.


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Sold for £600