Mellors & Kirk
Lot 162
A PINXTON YELLOW GROUND TRIO painted en puce camaieu with a romantic landscape in gilt laurel frame, the ground painted in sepia monochrome with urns and festoons in gilt harebell border, the handles edged in gilt and with a line of dots, saucer 13.5cm diam, painted P 113 and titles near Little Eaton Derbyshire, Seven Churches County of Kildare Ireland or In Switzerland in red script, the coffee cup and saucer also with a number in red beneath the title, exhibition label, c1800 Exhibited: Mansfield Museum, Billingsley Mansfield Exhibition 1999, Catalogue No 40. One of the most elaborate and costly Pinxton set patterns, a teapot and other items are illustrated Sheppard (C B), Pinxton Porcelain 1795-1813, Alfreton 1996, plt 116 & col plt 18. ++Teacup - restored. Coffee cup - wear to the gilding on the top of the rim, no restoration. Saucer - fine scratches to the landscape panel but in otherwise fine condition, no restoration