A John Ridgway claret-ground composite part dessert service, painted with sprigs of flowers within elaborate gilt borders, comprising; a sauce tureen, cover and stand, a shaped rectangular comport, two low comports, four trefoil, three two-handled square serving dishes, a pair of shaped oval serving dishes, eighteen various dessert plates and another pair of shaped serving dishes, painted iron-red pattern numbers 1252\2 and 1233, circa 1845 (cover of tureen has a glued repair)