A Grainger's Worcester 'Japan' pattern part dinner service circa 1810-15

each piece painted with a large stylized peony blossom surrounded by underglaze-blue and iron-red leafage issuing a network of gilt branchlets, comprising: a soup tureen, cover and stand, two oval vegetable tureens, covers and liners, two square vegetable tureens and covers, four sauce tureens, covers and stands, two two-handled square bowls, a 22 1/2-inch platter, a 20 3/4-inch meat platter, two 18 3/4-inch platters, two 16 1/2- inch platters, four 14 3/4-inch platters, four 12 1/2-inch platters, two 10 3/4-inch platters, twenty-five dinner plates, sixteen soup plates, fourteen dessert plates and fourteen side plates. 112 pieces.

Some minor and occasional rubbing to the the enamels and gilding, consistent with use. A soup tureen, cover and stand: there is restoration to one handle. The knob has been restored. There is some very minor crazing to the stand. Two oval vegetable tureens, covers and liners: in generally good condition. Two square vegetable tureens and covers: in generally good condition. Four sauce tureens, covers and stands: One cover with a tiny chip to the gilt-edged rim, another cover with very minor crazing. Otherwise in good condition. Two two-handled square bowls: in generally good condition One 22 1/2-in. platter: in generally good condition. One 20 3/4-inch meat platter: there is an approximately 1/4 by 1/2 inch area where the green glaze has peeled off and a tiny chip to the footrim. Two 18 3/4-inch platters: Each with an approximate 1 1/2-inch chip to the footrim. Two 16 1/2- inch platters: in generally good condition. Four 14 3/4-inch platters: in generally good condition. Four 12 1/2-inch platters: One with some crazing and discoloration. Two 10 3/4-inch platters: One with a fine 2-inch long haircrack running down the rim. Twenty-five dinner plates: One with a miniscule chip. Three plates, each with an approximate 1-2 inch very fine haircracks running down the rim. Two with some minor crazing and discoloration. One with a miniscule chip to the underside of the rim not visible from the exterior. One with a small chip to the footrim. One with a restored area at the rim measuring approximately 4 by 2 1/2 inches. Another with two very fine short starcracks to the center. One with a restored area at the rim measuring approximately 1 1/2 by 1/2 inches. Finally one with a very fine haircrack running across the center of the plate, forking in one short direction. Sixteen soup plates: one with a small flat chip to the underside of the rim, which is glazed over and it is possible that it may be a factory-related flaw. Two plates, each with an approximate 1-2 inch long fine haircrack running down the rim and another with an approximate 2-inch long fine starcrack in the center. Fourteen dessert plates: two plates with an approximate 2-inch fine haircrack running down the rim. One plate has an approximate 4 by 1 inch area at the rim, that has been restored, possibly covering a chip or a haircrack. Another plate has 1 1/2 by 1 inch restored area at the rim. One plate with some crazing, which is not very disfiguring. Twelve side plates: In generally good condition.
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Even though this service is unmarked, the attribution is supported by both the shapes of the wares as well as the decoration. An oval sauce tureen and soup tureen applied with distinctive handles similar to the present examples are illustrated in Henry and John Sandon, Grainger's Worcester Porcelain, p.74, no. 46. A pair of Grainger's Worcester oval stands and twelve covered pots de crèmes in this pattern were sold in these rooms, October 9, 1990, lot 129.