Four creamware soup plates from the 'Baltic Set Dinner Service', circa 1802With enamelled borders of oak leaves and acorns reserving panels inscribed 'Nelson', above blue ribbons inscribed 'the Glorious 1st of August' and 'the San Josef', each cavetto titled 'Aboukir' and '14th Feby', the centres with a fouled anchor within a laurel wreath and 'Nelson, 2nd April, Baltic', 24.5cm diam (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceProbably Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonProbably Emma, Lady HamiltonArchibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery and Midlothian (1847-1929); at Dalmeny HouseThence by descentSotheby's London, 5 October 2005, lot 168The inventories of Emma Hamilton's possessions, drawn up following Nelson's death and during her financial difficulties, list three distinct sets made for Nelson with a border of oak leaves. The 'Nelson set' was a dessert service of Paris porcelain and a tea service of Coalport, all decorated with Nelson's arms. The 'Baltic Set' was a tea service and a dessert set both of Paris porcelain, together with a dinner set which was creamware.It is believed that the various Baltic and Nelson Services were created, in some haste, ahead of the Lord Mayor's inauguration in 1802. The porcelain tea and dessert wares, well represented in this sale, would have been insufficient to serve at the celebratory banquet and it is likely that most of the guests dined off creamware. A plate, similar to the present lot, formed part of the Charles Wentworth Wass collection. When it was sold at Phillips in 1995 by his decedents, the plate bore a paper label in the hand of C Wentworth Wass describing it as part of the service presented to Lord Nelson by the City of London following his victory at Copenhagen. Wentworth Wass had been a major buyer of Nelson relics at Lord Bridport's sale.A dinner service was listed as part of the Baltic Service in a circa 1813 inventory of Lady Hamilton's possessions removed from Merton, and it is reasonable to assume that most, if not all of the creamware items offered in this sale formed part of the set used at home by Nelson, Emma and their guests. Unfortunately, Emma's financial problems meant that she had to part with almost everything in return for loans. On 8 July 1813 an auction was held by James Abbot of some of Lady Hamilton's possessions including large porcelain dinner and dessert services, although no identifying descriptions were given in the catalogue. While some of the better porcelain was still packed in crates kept by Alderman Smith as surety against other money he had advanced to Emma, it is possible the creamware 'Baltic' dinner service was part of the 1813 auction in New Bond Street sold by James Abbot, even though it was still listed in detail in the Trickey inventory which, it is believed was also drawn up in 1813. This inventory shows that, when it was packed at Merton, the Baltic Dinner Service included 21 soup plates, 71 dinner plates, 41 dessert plates and 10 cheese plates amongst other shapes.On Nelson's death, his brother William had claimed other possessions from Merton, and it appears that some of the porcelain from both the 'Nelson' and the 'Baltic' Services was subsequently inherited by Nelson's niece, Charlotte Nelson who was William Nelson's daughter from his first marriage. Charlotte had been a regular guest at Merton and she received many of Nelson's possessions after his death. She would have been very familiar with the Oak-Leaf pattern, having accompanied her uncle to the Lord's Mayor's Inauguration. Charlotte married Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport and many Nelson relics were inherited by his son Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. Lord Bridport's sale at Christie's in July 1895 featured many pieces of the porcelain Oak-leaf services, but not apparently any of the creamware dinner set. Meanwhile, other members of the Nelson family probably acquired china and other items from Alderman Smith. It is therefore worth noting that a similar creamware plate in the Nelson-Ward Collection (no.AAA4593), was bequeathed to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich in 1946 by the grandson of Horatia, Nelson and Emma Hamilton's daughter. A further plate can be seen in the Nelson Gallery at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, no.1973/172.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802Of distinctive shape and large size, the border of green oak leaves and gold acorns used on both the interior and exterior of the cup and around the saucer, the full arms and insignia of Nelson filling the centre of the saucer, the cup with the shield and motto 'TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO' beneath a coronet flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, the saucer 16cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonViscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895, lot 43Charles Wentworth Wass Collection, Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 324Various inventories of Lady Hamilton's possessions, used as sureties for loans, include a circa 1813 list, known as the Trickey Inventory, of 'Plate China Glass &c belonging to Lady Hamilton'. According to the terms of Nelson's will, Emma had inherited most of the household china, including the Horatia, Nelson and Baltic sets. The list of items in the 'Nelson Set' included a Dessert Service and a 'tea service', although this should more-correctly have been listed as a Breakfast Set. The set didn't include any teapot, but two bowls were present along with a sugar basin and a cream ewer. Curiously, the 1813 inventory lists '24 Cups and 13 Saucers', which has to be a mistake. More than thirteen saucers from the set survive today. It is impossible to believe that eleven saucers had been broken prior to 1813, and the only logical explanation is that whoever drew up the inventory meant to write '24 Cups and 23 Saucers'. One saucer had probably been broken, not eleven of them.Unfortunately, Emma's financial problems meant that she had to part with almost everything in return for loans. Much of Emma's china had been packed into crates and stored in Samuel Trickey's warehouse under instructions from Alderman J J Smith who kept her possessions as surety against money he had advanced to bail Emma out of debtor's prison. These crates were stored by Smith until at least 1831. Emma's daughter, Horatia and her husband had attempted to reclaim what she felt was hers by right, and their correspondence with Alderman Smith mentions 'the service you are anxious to possess with the arms of Nelson' (Prentice, p.22). Alderman Smith did, apparently return items to different members of Nelson's family, probably in exchange for money. Anything that Smith had not distributed was sold when he died in 1844. It is likely that the 'Nelson Set Tea Service' was passed from Alderman Smith to Nelson's niece, Charlotte, Duchess of Bronte, who had married Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport. On his death in 1868 his Nelson relics passed to their son, Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. Thus, what remained of this set was sold in Lord Bridport's sale at Christie's on 11 July 1895. A contemporary newspaper cutting attached to the back of this saucer by Wentworth Wass discusses the sale of this tea service, catalogued in 1895 as of Bristol porcelain but believed by 'enthusiastic collectors' to be of Worcester Pottery. The Bridport auction included a large part of the Nelson tea set and part of the Baltic set. In the Christie's sale ten pairs of breakfast cups and saucers sold for between 20 guineas and 36 guineas per pair. The present cup and saucer, together with the following lot, comprised one of these pairs, purchased at the sale by Charles Wentworth Wass. An annotated copy of the Bridport sale catalogue, shows that Wass was the buyer of lot 43, one pair of cups and saucers, for £37.16s. One of these cups and saucers is illustrated with a selection of Nelson China from the Wentworth Wass collection in Beresford and Wilson, Nelson and his Times (circa 1899), p.156. Both were then exhibited as part of the Wentworth Wass Collection at Thomas Goode's in South Audley Street in 1898, cat. no.61.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Coalport bread and butter plate from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802The centre with the full arms and insignia of Nelson enamelled over a lightly-printed outline, the border painted with oak leaves and gilded acorns, 21.3cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonCharles Wentworth Wass Collection, Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 325The 'tea service' itemised as part of the Nelson Set in the Trickey Inventory of Lady Hamilton's china indicates that it matched the design of the Nelson Set dessert service. This 'Nelson Set' tea service should more correctly have been called a breakfast service, for the cups are exceptionally large. The porcelain is Coalport, decorated in London. Unlike the extensive Horatia Set listed in the same inventory, this Nelson tea service contains only a limited number of different shapes. In this short list the final entry is '4 Bread and butter Plates'. The present lot will be one of these. This plate was part of the Charles Wentworth Wass Collection and was sold by Phillips on 6 December 1995, lot 325. A newspaper cutting on the reverse of this plate refers to a significant auction of 'The Nelson Relics' and suggests that this came from the 1895 sale from Lord Bridport's collection. This was shown in the exhibition of special porcelain from the Wentworth Wass collection held by Thomas Goode & Co in 1898, catalogue no.61.For more information on the 'Nelson Set Tea Service' please see lot 55 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A London-decorated Paris dish from the 'Nelson Set Dessert Service', circa 1802Of finely fluted circular shape, the border with brightly enamelled oak leaves and gilded acorns, reserving two panels of blue drapery and gilt inscriptions, the name 'Nelson' appearing twice above 'San Josef' and '14th February', the centre with the full arms of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, picked out in enamel colours and gilding over a lightly printed outline, 22.4cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonIt is more than likely that this is one of the 4 Dishes (Round) that formed part of the dessert service from the Nelson Set. It is not much bigger than the plates in the service, however. The decorators had little time to complete the order, and so they may have needed to use whatever sets of white blanks they could locate, from France, during war time. An identical dish is in the National Maritime Museum, no. AAA4549. And for more information on the Nelson Set please see lot 49 in this sale.Many pieces of the Nelson Set tea (or breakfast) service were included in Viscount Bridport's sale in 1895. These will have come down in the family by direct inheritance from Nelson's niece, Charlotte. The Bridport sale did not include any dessert service pieces, however. The ice pails, on the other hand, and a dessert plate, are in the Nelson-Ward Collection by decent from Nelson's daughter Horatia. These splendid pieces, emblazoned with Nelson's full arms, can be seen in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Spode coffee can and saucer from the Reverend William Nelson service, circa 1806-08The can with a distinctive kicked handle, decorated with red and gold keyfret borders, painted with two crests of Nelson's chelengk and the stern of the San Josef with motto 'Faith and Works', surmounted by an earl's coronet, saucer 13.7cm diam (2)Footnotes:The Spode factory specialised in 'matchings' or replacements for existing table services. It is possible this can and saucer was ordered by Reverend Nelson as a replacement or addition to his Coalport service made to commemorate his title of 1st Earl Nelson. In all respects the decoration of this can is identical to that of the Coalport breakfast service and so it is also possible that a London decorating workshop was responsible for both, and had found it difficult to obtain sufficient 'blanks' from one manufactory.William Nelson's chinaware was inherited by his daughter Charlotte, Duchess of Bronte, who had married Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport. On his death in 1868 the china passed to his son, Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. What remained of the set was sold in Lord Bridport's sale at Christies in July 1895. Lot 41 in the Bridport sale was a selection of pieces from the Reverend William Nelson set. Bought by 'Ward', the lot included six large tea-cups, five coffee-cups and twelve saucers. It is possible that the present lot was among these.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Another Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802The large cup with a border of oak leaves and gold acorns encircling the interior and exterior, the front with the shield and motto of Lord Nelson flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, the saucer with the full arms and insignia of Nelson filling the centre, the saucer 15.8cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonViscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895, lot 43Charles Wentworth Wass Collection, Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 323Together with the previous lot in this sale, this cup and saucer was part of Viscount Bridport's family collection of Nelson relics and was included in the 1895 auction at Christie's. The sale included a large part of the Nelson Set tea service and part of the Baltic set. Ten pairs of Coalport breakfast cups and saucers sold for between 20 guineas and 36 guineas per pair. The present cup and saucer was part of lot 43, sold to Charles Wentworth Wass for £37.16s for the pair. This pair was then exhibited as part of the Wentworth Wass Collection at Thomas Goode's in South Audley Street in 1898, cat. no.61. The present lot was sold from the Charles Wentworth Wass Collection at Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 323.For more information on the 'Nelson Set Tea Service' please see lot 55 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A London-decorated Paris dish from the 'Nelson Set Dessert Service', circa 1802Of quatrelobed round shape with a shell shaped handle at one side, the border with panels of bright green oak leaves and gilded acorns, reserving two panels of blue drapery and gilt inscriptions, the name 'Nelson' appearing twice, with 'Baltic' and '14th February', the centre with the full arms of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, picked out in enamel colours and gilding over a lightly printed outline, 24.5cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonBonhams, 2 November 2011, lot 136This dish is from the same service as the oval and circular dishes in this sale, please see lots 49 and 50 for further information on the 'Nelson Set'. The 1813 Trickey Inventory, quoted above, listed the Nelson Set as including four oval dessert dishes and four round dishes. The only other shape listed was a single 'Centre Dish'. Technically with one side handle this is a shell-shaped dish from a dessert service, but with only one dish of this form present along with four each of the other dishes, it is easy to understand why the inventory may have thought this was the Centre Dish. The Nelson Set was probably commissioned from a London china shop with its own decorating workshop. The Nelson dessert service is entirely Paris porcelain while the matching tea set used Coalport porcelain instead. It was not unusual for London decorators to use a mixture of Coalport and French porcelain 'blanks' in this way. Sadly most London decorators didn't mark their productions and it is hard to attribute this work. Because of his association with Emma Hamilton, some writers have suggested the Nelson Set was decorated in the workshop of Thomas Baxter, but stylistically there is no reason for this attribution.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chamberlain Worcester milk jug from the 'Horatia Service', circa 1802-03The ovoid jug with an upswept handle and raised lip, richly-decorated with the 'Fine Old Japan' pattern no.240, with Imari panels reserving gold-ground medallions painted with a Ducal coronet, a Viscount's coronet and the crest of the San Josef, 14cm high, marked with the pattern number '240'Footnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonCharles Wentworth Wass CollectionThe Horatia breakfast service was a double set and contained two of each of the principal shapes. The original order, written in Chamberlain's ledgers following Nelson's visit in August 1802, included '2 Milks'. When the final invoice was drawn up in 1806, these were listed as '2 Cream Ewers'. These cost 9 shillings each with an additional charge of 5s.6d for adding the crest and coronets. That Chamberlains used both descriptions when listing the same service only adds to the age-old debate, whether jugs in tea sets should be called cream jugs or milk jugs.In the Trickey Inventory of Lady Hamilton's possessions, drawn up circa 1813 as surety for a loan, the component parts of the 'Horatia Set' were carefully listed. Both jugs were still present and were described as '2 Cream Ewers'. The present lot was among a number of items from the Horatia Set purchased by the Collector Charles Wentworth Wass. This jug was shown as part of the Wentworth Wass collection in a commemorative exhibition held by Thomas Goode & Co in 1898, illustrated as catalogue no.59. On his death in 1905, this jug was probably among items from the Charles Wentworth Wass collection sold by the London dealers Stoner and Evans. Wentworth Wass is known to have acquired Horatia Service pieces from Lord Bridport's collection, although none featured in the Bridport sale.The second of the two jugs from the Horatia Service is now in the Museum of Royal Worcester. It was in R.W.Binns' Works Museum Collection before 1900, although omitted from the printed 1882/1884 catalogues, so this was probably acquired for the collection at the end of the 19th century. It is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1982), pl.118. For further information on the Horatia Service please see the footnote to lot 41 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Coalport slop bowl from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802Of plain shape and generous size, brightly painted with borders of oak leaves and acorns inside and out, the exterior with four reserves, two painted with the shield, motto and coronet of Lord Nelson flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, 16.3cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonViscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895, lot 53 (part)Alfred Trapnell CollectionAccording to the terms of Nelson's will, Emma inherited most of their household china, including the 'Horatia', 'Nelson' and 'Baltic' sets. Eight years after Trafalgar, however, all of her possessions were packed in crates in a warehouse as surety against loans to keep her out of debtor's prison. Various inventories from the time include the Trickey Inventory of 'Plate China Glass &c belonging to Lady Hamilton'. The 'Nelson Set Tea Service' was listed as including '2 Slop basons'.Many years after Emma's death, the crates of china were still stored by Alderman Smith, until at least 1831. It is then likely that Alderman Smith gave (or sold) the 'Nelson Set' to Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport who had married Nelson's niece, Charlotte, Duchess of Bronte. When the Baron died in 1868, his Nelson relics passed to their son, Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. Thus, what remained of the Nelson Tea Service was sold in Lord Bridport's sale at Christie's on 11 July 1895. In the Christie's sale, lot 53 comprised 'A Helmet-Shaped Milk-Jug; and a Basin' and these sold together for 30 guineas to a buyer named 'Wills'. Only one of the original two basins was included in the Bridport sale, and this suggests the other bowl had, by this time, been broken.At the time of the Bridport sale, the Nelson breakfast set was believed to be Champion's Bristol porcelain (even though the Bristol factory had closed in 1780). Alfred Trapnell was a prominent collector of Bristol porcelain and will have purchased this, probably from Wills.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A further Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802Of large size with borders of oak leaves and gold acorns, the front of the cup with the shield, motto and coronet of Lord Nelson flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, the saucer with the full arms and insignia, the saucer 15.8cm diam(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonViscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895Christie's, 10 October 1988, lot 409This important cup and saucer will be one of twenty similar Coalport cups and twenty-two saucers included in Lord Bridport's sale in 1895. It was subsequently sold at Christie's on 10 October 1988, lot 409 and bears an old collection label on the saucer referencing the 'Trustees of the R.P. Collection'. Eleven of these cups and saucers are now in the National Maritime Museum (eight from the Nelson-Ward Collection and three from the Sutcliffe Smith Collection).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A London-decorated Paris porcelain teapot and cover from the 'Baltic' service, circa 1802Of cylindrical shape, decorated with a border of oak leaves and gilded acorns, both sides with panel formed from a victor's laurel wreath enclosing fouled anchor, within a gilt inscription 'Nelson 2nd April Baltic', the handle and spout flanked by further gilt lettering '15th Febry', 'San Josef', and 'Glorious 1st August', the cover with additional oak leaves reserved with banderols inscribed 'Nelson San Josef' and 'Nelson Aboukir', 14.5cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceReverend William Nelson, 1st Earl NelsonHilare Barlow, Dowager Countess Nelson, Duchess of BronteColin Florence Joyce (1889-1968)Bonhams, 1 April 2015, lot 27The origin of the Baltic Service is uncertain but it is traditionally believed that the set was part of a presentation of chinaware given to Nelson in 1802 by the Ladies of the City of London. In that year Nelson was invited to ride in the Lord Mayor's Coach in the inaugural procession, and he then attended a banquet in his honour. Nelson's niece, Charlotte Nelson accompanied him and described the excitement of the event ...'... I wish you could have seen all the people jumping up to the carriage to see my uncle and thousands of people round him looking up at him... All the ladies had their handkerchiefs out of the windows when my uncle passed, they and the people calling out 'Nelson for Ever''Several distinct sets were made for Nelson with a border of oak leaves and these were given separate names. The 'Nelson set', which is well represented in this sale, was a dessert service of Paris porcelain and a tea service of Coalport, all decorated with Nelson's arms. The separate 'Baltic Set' was a tea service and a dessert set both of Paris porcelain. There is also a dinner service listed under the heading as part of the Baltic Set, and this is creamware.If the traditional story is true, (and it was circulating as least as early as 1865), then the various Baltic and Nelson Services will have been created in some haste ahead of the Lord Mayor's inauguration. It is likely that a London decorating workshop, or several workshops, was approached to fill the commission. There were many independent china decorators working in London and they used whatever blank porcelain was available to them. For the Nelson Set, a mixture of Coalport and Paris porcelain was used. In the 'Baltic Set' the surviving tea wares show that only French 'hard paste' porcelain was used.We know that a Baltic pattern tea service was delivered to Merton, the house Nelson shared with Emma, for it is listed in the circa 1813 'Trickey Inventory'. Nelson's will had left much of the contents of 'Paradise Merton' to Emma, but following his death at Trafalgar, most of the valuable contents of Merton were claimed by Nelson's brother William. When two of the account books of Nelson's Estate were discovered (Bonhams sale, 4 November 2008, lot 414), these showed that a payment was made on 11 February 1807 by Nelson's estate to Asser & Co for 'packing & dividing china.' The Trickey inventory and others from 1813-1814, were used by Lady Hamilton as surety for various loans. These inventories show that, according to the terms of Nelson's will, Emma did inherit most of the household china from Merton, including a Baltic Set tea service, but only after Asser & Co had divided it and packed it into crates. Some household china was sold in 1813, but most stayed in these crates, held in store by Alderman J J Smith, a former Lord Mayor of London who had loaned money partly to cover Emma's debts and free her from debtor's prison. Another slightly larger teaset of the Baltic pattern belonged to Nelson's sister Catherine 'Kitty' Matcham and this featured in Sotheby's sale of the Matcham Collection, Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, 5 October 2005, lot 22. This included a teapot of the same shape as the present lot. According to family tradition another set for dessert with an oak leaf border had been painted by Catherine herself as a gift for her brother Horatio Nelson. It is conceivable the dessert service and her Baltic tea set had both been passed on to her by her brother because they were surplus to Nelson's needs.The present teapot probably formed part of a further set of the Baltic porcelain given to Nelson's brother, William. William, 1st Earl Nelson married Hilare Barlow in March 1829. Hilare was the daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Barlow G.B.C. whose illustrious naval career included command of HMS Triumph, part of Nelson's fleet in the Mediterranean. Following William's death in February 1835, Hilare married for the third time to George Knight, the nephew of Jane Austen, although Hilare kept the name of Nelson, styling herself Dowager Countess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte. When Hilare Nelson died in 1857, this teapot passed to her niece, Florence Catherine Elizabeth Barlow and then to her daughter, Colin Joyce who bequeathed it to her cousin, Hilare Margaret Barlow, whose daughter sold it at Bonhams in 2015.Other pieces from William Nelson's 'Baltic' Service were probably inherited by Nelson's niece, Charlotte, Duchess of Bronte, who was William Nelson's daughter from his first marriage. Charlotte Nelson may also have acquired part of Emma's Baltic Set from Alderman Smith. Charlotte married Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport and Nelson's porcelain and many other relics were inherited by his son Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. Lord Bridport's sale at Christie's in July 1895 featured eleven lots of what was left of his family's Baltic tea service, but there was no teapot. Other Baltic Set pieces are in the Nelson-Ward Collection bequeathed to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich in 1946 by the grandson of Horatia Nelson-Ward.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Another London-decorated Paris plate from the 'Nelson Set Dessert Service', circa 1802The brightly-painted oak leaf border reserving two panels with blue enamel ribbons inscribed in gold 'Nelson San Josef' and 'Nelson 2nd April', the centre with the full arms and insignia of Nelson printed in outline and fully enamelled, 22.2cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonThis, and the previous lot in this sale are from a large set that was originally listed in the Trickey inventory as including twenty-six plates. These plates can be distinguished by the panelled border that matches the 'Baltic Set', whereas the plates from the Nelson Set tea service have borders of oak leaves without any interruptions. One of the plates from this dessert service now in the National Maritime Museum, no.AAA4551, came from the Nelson-Ward Collection and possibly belonged to Nelson's daughter Horatia. Many pieces from the Nelson Set tea service were in Lord Bridport's collection sold in 1895, passed down from Nelson's niece Charlotte, although the Bridport sale did not include any dessert wares.For more information on the 'Nelson Set Dessert Service' please see lot 49 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A creamware dessert tureen and cover from the 'Baltic Set Dinner Service', circa 1802Of oval shape, on a fixed stand, enamelled with borders of oak leaves and acorns reserving panels inscribed 'Nelson', 'the Glorious 1st of August', 'the San Josef', 'Aboukir' and '14th Feby', the cover and sides of the tureen with a fouled anchor within a wreath and 'Nelson, 2nd April, Baltic', 19.7cm wide, incised '3' to stand, incised '4' to cover and 'No92' in brown script (2)Footnotes:The 'Baltic Set' dinner service is well documented in the Trickey inventory that lists the 'plate, china, glass &c. belonging to Lady Hamilton', which in 1813 was in store with her creditors. The inventory records the component parts of the creamware dinner service, and it also lists the matching 'Tea Service' and 'Dessert Service'. But there is a problem relating the present lot to any of the entries in the Trickey inventory. The dinner service, as listed in 1813, included four Sauce Tureens, Covers & Stands. Two of these are presumed to be the small tureens offered as lot 75 in this sale. The shape of the present lot is a vessel usually found as part of a dessert service rather than a dinner service. There was a separate 'Baltic Set Dessert Service' among Emma Hamilton's possessions, but as explained elsewhere in this catalogue, this matching dessert service was of French porcelain, and not creamware. This creamware dessert tureen appears to be an additional piece.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHINE. Service à thé en porcelaine de la famille rose, circa 1900Comprenant une théière et son couvercle, une bouilloire et son couvercle et un plateau ovale quadrilobé.Famille rose porseleinen theeservies, China, circa 1900.Famille rose porcelain tea service, China, circa 1900.Théière: H.11 cm D.9 cmBoulloire: H.7 cm D.8,5 cmPlateau: H.2 cm Long.26 cm Larg.21 cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of silver-plate including a beaded round tray with an engraved Greek-key band. Together with a Joseph Rodgers & Son EPBM four piece tea and coffee service of hammered and flared-out form; a small beaded oval entree dish and cover; a cylindrical coffee pot; a sauce boat; a globular pepper pot; a shell shaped salt cellar; a dessert fork; and a small grape shears
A George Butler silver-plated Dubarry pattern table service for eight, in a canteen. Comprising; 8 soup spoons, 8 table knives and forks (four large spoons of table spoon size as serving spoons), 8 dessert knives, fork and spoons, and 8 tea spoons, the knives with stainless steel blades; in a fitted canteen, L45cm Condition Report: Overall gtood condition, the knives with light use the others all good though with some light wear and tear commensurate with age and use. The canteen with a few general usage scuffs etc
A Chelsea part service painted with flower sprays, circa 1755, comprising five bell-shaped cups and saucers, a tea bowl, a milk jug, and a fluted saucer, red anchor marksMilk jug - stained hairline crack from rim beside spout down through body, some glaze crazing and cracking to handle and body, very minor footrim chipping. Fluted saucer with seven short stained hairline cracks and some glaze crazing overall. One bell shaped cup cracked and restuck to handle in three places, the cup with several short stained hairline cracks, footrim chip, some glaze crazing. Another with stained hairline crack across base and up into cup, two short hairline cracks to rim, sanding to glaze.One saucer with short hairline crack to rim, one saucer extensively cracked and repaired, one saucer with some sanding to glaze and glaze crazing.Some wear to enamels, particularly to rims.
A Minton & Boyle Felspar Indian Tree pattern part dessert service, 1840, printed and painted in colours with birds on flowering branches within scrolled turquoise borders, comprising a tall footed comport, four shell, four oval dishes, two square dishes, twenty-six dessert plates and four tea platesOne trefoil dish has minor rim chip. One plate has chip under rim, one has a short hair crack to rim and one has a long semi circular crack around inner lip. Large footed tazza has some hair cracks and staining to column and losses to enamels. Two of the oval dishes have short cracks with staining to cracks. Two side plates have short cracks to rims.
An extensive Coalport dark blue ground dinner and dessert service, 20th Century, reserves of flowers, gilt gadrooned rim, comprising a large oval soup tureen, cover and stand, two oval vegetable tureens and covers, two sauce tureens, covers and stands, a circular two-handled bowl, two oval footed comports, two oval and one square dish, four graduated platters, twelve soup plates, eleven dinner plates, twenty-one dessert plates, four square sandwich plates, six tea plates and four coffee cups and saucers Bruton Knowles, Summerfield Sale, November 1989, Lot 1499 Soup tureen, cover and stand - hairline crack and noticeable staining to stand, the cover with some glaze crazing and hairline cracks, both cover and tureen with some light glaze staining.Two oval tureens and covers - one oval two handled tureen with hairline crack across base, both covers with some glaze crazing and one with short stained starcrack.Two small oval tureens, covers and stands (called sauce tureens) - one stand with hairline crack, some very minor stained glaze crazing.Circular two handled footed bowl - hairline crack to base, some minor stained glaze crazing.Two oval footed comports - in good order.Two oval two handled dishes - in good order.Rectangular two handled dish - ok.Four shaped square sandwich platters, with some very slight differences in sizes - one with extensive flaking to gilding, one with noticeable glaze crazing.Four graduated platters - three with hairline cracks running around the well.Twelve shallow soup plates (not 9 as catalogued) - one with hairline crack, one with glaze crazing and some general glaze crazing overall.Eleven dinner plates (not fourteen as catalogued) - one extensively cracked, one with stained hairline crack, one with footrim chip.21 dessert plates - one with several stained hairline cracks to rim, another with a footrim chip.Six tea plates - ok, these are possibly replacements as they have a slightly darker blue border and are not decorated with gilding to the centre.Four coffee cups and saucers - ok.Some wear, rubbing and glaze crazing overall.
A Caughley reeded white and gilt part tea service, circa 1790, decorated with circle and dot band, comprising eleven tea bowls, six saucers and two saucers dishes, together with seven similar coffee cupsOne teabowl with two hairline cracks, one cracked across and riveted, one with rim chip.Two saucers with hairline cracks. Two of the coffee cups are cracked. Some wear to gilding and enamels overall.
A late 19th century Staffordshire cheese dish and stand, c.1870; a Copeland Spode child's tea service, decorated in blue with stags, dogs and fowl, c.1920; a shell teapot and milk jug; an African verdite stone bust, of an elder, 14.5cm high; another, of an African seated playing a bongo; etc
A George III silver tea service London 1809 and 1810, comprising a teapot, 29cm wide, a twin-handled sugar bowl, 19cm wide, a cream jug, 10cm high, with an engraved foliate border, 34.78ozt (3)Condition ReportThe maker's marks are rubbed and illegible. Rubbing to the decoration. Dents to the teapot.
An English porcelain tea service, c.1840s, in the manner of Coalport, enamelled with birds in gilt border reserves against Coalport blue ground, to include, ten breakfast cups 11.5cm, four teacups 10.5cm, thirteen saucers 14cm, a large lidded sugar bowl 19cm wide, teapot 28cm wide, slop bowl 17.5cm diameter, painted marks '2037'Condition ReportBreakfast cups) a few small nibbles to the bases. Slight rubbing to the gilt.Teacups) Two with hairline cracks. Saucers) A few small nibbles to the bases. Two with hairline cracks to the base. One with a large repaired crack, adhesive visible. Sugar bowl) Small nibbles to base and lid. Hairline crack to top edge of the bowl. Teapot) Open crack to lid. Slop bowl) Some rubbing to the decoration.
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