Rare Samuel Alcock Antique Botanical Dessert Set with Hand-Painted Florals

Offered is a rare botanical antique dessert set.

There are 8 Samuel Alcock dessert plates featuring a soft aqua ground with hand-painted spring florals.

Though unmarked, the set is attributed to Samuel Alcock who manufactured pottery and porcelain from 1822 to 1859.

The design is finished off with scalloped, gilded rims.

The quality of the craftsmanship is prominent.

HISTORY:

The Alcock bone china body is of good quality, well-potted, and very richly decorated.
In 1833 the factory employed more than 400 people and their 20 Kilns equaled those in use by Minton.
Most of their porcelains between 1830 and 1840 are unmarked.
This is why the firm is so little known and often mistaken for Rockingham or Coalport.
The quality is there --but often not the maker's mark. There is a pattern number.
These numbers quickly increased, and a fractional pattern number was introduced, i.e. 1/1234.

This numbering system is shown
on these plates.

There are 8 dessert plates measuring 9 1/4 inches in this listing and they are heavy.
The matching dessert dish measures 9 3/4 X 11 inches handle to handle
The pattern number is 1/439

Great condition. No chips.

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