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Lot 75
a John Ridgway, Hanley, Superior Stone China Chinoiserie Dinner Service, circa 1840-45, each piece printed in brown/black with flowers and rocks in a fenced garden within diapered borders, comprising a graduated set of ten shaped rectangular meat dishes (the largest 42cm wide) and stands, a pair of two-handled vegetable tureens and covers, a pair of two-handled sauce tureens, covers and stands (and one spare stand), a strainer dish, a pair of octagonal serving dishes, a two-handled pedestal circular bowl, twelve soup bowls, twenty-three dinner plates (25.5cm diameter), and twenty dessert plates (22cm diameter), each with brown printed crown and oval belt mark, "JR", "No4" and "Superior Stone China" on a ribband See illustration