Tickled pink
Recently I got tickled pink by a wonderful set of dishes...
These dishes in very similar patterns were all made by H&R Daniel in 1827 - except one, which was made by Yates but very obviously meant to replace or complement the Daniel dishes. There are 5 shell dishes and two plates, all originally belonging to large dessert services.
The shell dishes have one handle in the shape of a shell, and in fact the whole dish is a bit like a shell, and perfect to pass down a wet dessert dish, such as treacle, along the table. Between the dishes there are three different patterns, which are very similar and a wonderful match.
The H & R Daniel porcelain factory was founded by Henry Daniel, son of a family of master colour makers. He headed up the decoration department in the famous Spode factory where he oversaw all the beautiful early Spode decorations. In 1822 he opened his own factory with his son Richard, creating a truly iconic body of work with the most subtle colours and beautifully painted flowers and landscapes.
The Daniel factory was the last true cottage industry among the English porcelain factories, resisting the increase of industrialisation and mass production. This resulted in extraordinary and unrivalled quality of design, but it probably also led to the factory having to close its doors in 1846 because it could no longer compete with others who did modernise. Daniel porcelain can be hard to identify as the factory was only around for about two decades, but this short duration and the low output also means that Daniel items have become true collectors' items.
These plates were potted in the "Shrewsbury" shape, which was used between 1827 and 1836. It is a beautiful shape named after the Earl of Shrewsbury, who first ordered a service in this shape in 1826.
These items have provenance; they previously formed part first of the J&J Simpson Collection, and then the Beardmore Collection, a quite well known collection of H&R Daniel porcelain. A charming detail is the labels on the underside of the Yates dish, which showed that both collectors puzzled about the pattern number - and probably didn't realise that it was made by Yates, It was, in fact, a good friend who pointed it out to me when I showed her the set.
Now whenever I have a set of anything, I will get asked by some to sell some of the items separately. And if I decide to split up a set and sell the items separately, I get asked how I could be so cruel as to split up a service!
So here's what I decided to do:
I have put the set of 5 dishes and 2 plates up as one group (I can't really call it a service as they are too odd together), as well as listings for each separate item.
The group will come at a 15% discount.
Up to Monday morning 2 Sept I will make only the group available to buy on my website, but you can explore the separate listings for more detail.
If you are interested in buying a separate item, please head to the listing and submit a back-in-stock request - see the black button "Notify when available"
If nobody has snapped up the group by Sunday evening, any separate items will be offered to the first person who submitted a back-in-stock request, first come first served.
Any items without requests will simply become available for sale in the shop.
How fair is that?
Where to find things
You can find all my dishes and plates here, and all my available stock here. If you always want to see the latest additions, follow me on Instagram... I post pictures and a story several times a week.
Happy weekend, and let yourself be tickled pink! 🌸🌸🌸
This week's new treasures:
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