John Ridgeway Blue Ground Dessert Service, c 1850

comprising of a large comport, two medium comports, three low comports and a squat comport, all with two handles and twenty-four plates each painted within a central reserve with a notable English landmark or waterway encircled by a gilt border against a

royal blue ground banded by a ring of pale yellow and with all over heavily gilded scrollwork and foliage, the handles of fruiting vine design with gilt highlighting against white, the reverse with titles, pattern numbers 6/264

Provenance:: Provenance:J. B. Hawkins Antiques, Moss Vale
Exhibited:: Virginia Waters, Richmond on Thames, Loch Katrine, Chester, Burnshead Hall, Scotswood Bridge, Drayton Manor, Ayr Water, Bolton Abbey, Launceston Castle, Normanton Park, Kitley, Canonbury Tower, Clumber, Windsor Castle (title rubbed)
Labels:: The scenes comprising: Kilchurn Castle, Bolsover Castle, Vorst, Alnwick Castle, Conistone Lake, Nayworth, Warwick Castle, Tamworth, Belvoir Castle, Chatsworth, Applethwaite, Derwent Water, Howick Hasll, Knarnsborough Castle, Eton, Twickenham on Thames,

EStimate $20,000 - $30,000