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William Reid Liverpool porcelain factory
A rare William Reid (Brownlow Hill ) Liverpool porcelain spoon tray
A rare William Reid (Brownlow Hill ) Liverpool porcelain spoon tray
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We can do better prices on the website, as we are not paying the ebay commission.Description.
A rare William Reid square spoon tray or teapot stand (the piece may have served for either purpose), painted with floral sprays. The numerals to the base (10) are the principal identificatory feature of a Reid piece. The number 10 was usually used on blue and white pieces – see Hillis, page 38. Furthermore, most stands of this form were decorated in blue and white. It is rare for these pieces to have a polychrome palette. The more normal (though still quite rare) form of spoon tray or teapot stand was hexagonal – see Hillis 3.33.
For examples of this rare shape, also see Hillis "Liverpool Porcelain, page 51 figures 3-79 and 3-80.
The painters's style is quite distinctive. See the fluted milk jug at figure 3.88 of Hillis. Note the bunching of the stems.
The translucency of the piece is greenish– denoting a bone-ash paste, supportive of a Reid origin. Furthermore, the glazed base has brown discolouration, again indicative of a bone-ash body. Hillis makes the point that the former misattribution of Reid wares to Chaffers, on the basis that there were two types of body – one containing soap rock and the other bone-ash was inaccurate. It has been shown that all Reid pieces were bone-ash.
Condition.
A small rim chip, as shown.
Dimensions.
4.25x4.5".
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