Dinner Service, 44 Pieces English, circa 1813-1815, most with blue crown mark, depicting insects among peonies on white ground, thirteen 9-3/4 in. plates, scratches and glaze wear, one with large rim break and reglue, six with rim chips, one with 7 in. crack; one 9-1/4 in. plate; ten 8 in. plates, scratches, glaze wear and discoloration, five with multiple rim chips, one with large star crack, four with old breaks and reglue; six 9-1/2 in. soup bowls, one with 3 in. crack and associated chip, one with long crack and three staple repairs, one with rim chip, glaze scratches; vegetable dish, broken in two pieces along old glue repair, other glue repairs (pieces present for restoration); small lidded tureen, underplate and extra lid, tureen with rim chips, underplate discolored on both sides, one lid with cracks and chip underside of rim, the other with discoloration on underside of lid rim; vegetable tureen, 12-1/2 in., four rim chips, lacking lid; 17 in. platter with matching 12-1/4 in. drainer, glaze loss to flowers on platter rim; 11-1/4 in. vegetable bowl, large old restoration; four platters, 14-1/8 in., scratches and glaze loss, 12-1/2 in. and 10 in., both with old breaks with staple repairs, one 10-7/8 in.; 12-1/4 in. domed tureen lid, underside of rim discolored; drainer in "Indian Grasshopper" pink pattern, 12-3/8 in., scratches and glaze wear; "Bamboo Basket" 12-7/8 in. drainer and 13 in. tureen, both with glaze wear, tureen with large crack and staple repair above foot . Notes: Probably the first ironstone pattern to be produced by Mason's.. Provenance: Sotheby's, 2005; Tennessee Private Collection