Covered Vase, Ten Plates
English, early 1800s: tea extractor, hand-painted flowers and insects in pastels and gilt, Mason's two-line impressed mark, 7-1/2 in., gilt losses, spout chip, rim chips, firing crack in handle; ovoid vase and cover, West Pans, rope-twist handles, reserves on blue ground, 8-7/8 in., bird finial restored, lid rim with chips, vase rim with V-shaped break and cracks into body; two soup bowls, Ashworth marks, 1860, 10-1/8 in., good condition; two plates, Ashworth's "Fence, Rock and Willow" pattern, 1860s, 10-1/4 in., scratches, glaze and gilt wear, one with rim chip, both with discoloration verso; Mason's "Orange Pheasant" pattern plate, 10-1/8 in., wear to rim lustre; Mason's soup bowl with black Mason's crown mark and "Higginbotham, Thomas & Co/Dublin" mark, 10-1/8 in., discoloration verso, wear to gilt and lustre; four plates, "Coloured Wall", 1813-1830, Mason's one-line impressed mark, 9 in., scratches and glaze wear, gilt losses; . Provenance: Valerie Howard and Christie's stickers; Tennessee Private Collection