Samuel Alcock Small Porcelain Dessert Set, Pink with Flowers, Victorian 1854

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Samuel Alcock Small Porcelain Dessert Set, Pink with Flowers, Victorian 1854

About the Item

This is a beautiful set of three dessert plates and a comport, made by Samuel Alcock in 1854. The items are decorated in a warm pink ground with fine hand painted flowers and have a knotted and pierced "pretzel" moulding along the rims. Samuel Alcock was one of the many potters in Staffordshire such as Spode, Coalport, H&R Daniel and many others during the 1830s and 1840s. He was perhaps not the most well-known of potters but produced very high quality wares and original designs, often standing out for their bright choice of colours and beautiful shapes. The Alcock factory is not well documented so although they had a huge output, items are often mis-identified and we don't know much about the production process of artists, even though the wares have a very high quality that equals that of the more well known factories. These items would have been part of a large dessert service including many more plates and serving dishes, comports and tazzas. The items have a wonderful pierced knotted "pretzel" moulding around the rims. The ground colour is a warm pink and each plate has a beautifully hand painted flower in the centre, all flowers in a nicely matching blue and purple colour scheme. All items are marked with a black printed diamond mark that dates them to the year 1854, and the red pattern number 3/6969. Condition report All items are in excellent antique condition without any damage, repairs or significant wear. One of the plates has some crazing, as visible in one of the pictures. Antique British porcelain is never perfect. Kilns were fired on coal in the 1800s, and this meant that china from that period can have some firing specks from flying particles. British makers were also known for their experimentation, and sometimes this resulted in technically imperfect results. Due to the shrinkage in the kiln, items can have small firing lines or develop crazing over time, which should not be seen as damage but as an imperfection of the maker's recipes, probably unknown at the time of making. Items have often been used for many years and can have normal signs of wear, and gilt can have signs of slight disintegration even if never handled. I will reflect any damage, repairs, obvious stress marks, crazing or heavy wear in the item description but some minor scratches, nicks, stains and gilt disintegration can be normal for vintage items and need to be taken into account. There is widespread confusion on the internet about the difference between chips and nicks, or hairlines and cracks. I will reflect any damage as truthfully as I can, i.e. a nick is a tiny bit of damage smaller than 1mm and a chip is something you can easily see with the eye; a glazing line is a break in the glazing only; hairline is extremely tight and/or superficial and not picked up by the finger; and a crack is obvious both to the eye and the finger. Dimensions plates 23cm (9") diameter.

Creator:
Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 1 in (2.54 cm)Diameter: 9 in (22.86 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 4
Style:
Victorian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1850-1859
Date of Manufacture:
1854
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. In excellent condition without any damage, repairs or significant wear; one plate has some crazing as visible in the pictures.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: A-ALC301stDibs: LU4805123093722