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A Worcester (Barr, Flight Barr) Twenty-Eight Piece Part Dessert Service

$52,085.01

£38,000

€44,448

CA$72,076.18

A$77,367.03

CHF 41,193.98

MX$916,325.70

NOK 520,579.34

SEK 475,434.13

DKK 332,046.70

About the Item

A Worcester (Barr, Flight Barr) Porcelain Floral Painted and Gilt Vermicule Ground Part Dessert Service, Painted by William Billingsley. Impressed and printed marks. Comprising: Two tureens and covers, each decorated on both sides. Two oval dishes, 28 cm. wide. Twenty-four plates each finely painted with a different floral panel, 21 cm. diameter. Impressed and printed marks, England, Circa 1810. Provenance: J. Rochelle Thomas, London. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. Laurance S. Rockefeller. Alberto Pinto. Literature: Sandon John, Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at the Cheekwood Collection, Nashville, Tennessee, 2007, Item number 77 - a plate from this unique service identified as being the work of Billingsley. Only employed at Barr, Flight Barr for a short period, initially as a painter and subsequently perfecting their porcelain bodies, Billingsley left in 1813 to set up the Nantgarw China Works. Barr, Flight Barr 1804–1813 The Warmstry factory at Worcester was owned by Joseph Flight and Martin Barr (c.1757–1813) who were joined by Martin Barr Junior (c.1784–1848) in 1804. The next decade was to be exceptionally successful; some of the finest quality British porcelain was made at the Warmstry factory. The customer accounts of this period list a prestigious cliental. Richly decorated personalised services were made for the wealthiest customers including Tzar Alexander I, The Duke of York, King George III, King William IV, The Duke of Clarence, The Imam of Muscat, The Marquis of Buckingham and the Nabob of Oude. The dawn of Romanticism was a period of considerable scientific enquiry, and this was reflected in the choice of ornament, notably the painting of rare feathers, shells, minerals, plants and flowers copied with accuracy from publications such as Curtis’s Botanical Magazine and from Dutch Still Life Painting. The present dessert service is exceptionally finely and realistically painted with flowers The infamous artistic genius, William Billingsley (1758-1828) was employed by Barr, Flight Barr from 1808 as a painter and was instrumental in the firm's refinements of its porcelain recipe, together with his son-in-law Samuel Walker. While at Worcester under Flight, Barr Barr, Billingsley was made to sign a contract preventing him from disclosing porcelain recipes to any third party, however no clause prohibited him from producing porcelain himself. In 1813 Billingsley took his porcelain recipes and lifetime's experience in the industry, along with his daughters Levinia, Sarah and son-in-law Samuel Walker, to Nantgarw, Glamorganshire, Wales, where he established the Nantgarw China Works, Pottery. William Billingsley is one of the most celebrated names in British porcelain, a talented and influential painter and gilder, as well as a pioneering manufacturer. One of the best flower painters, he was famed for his painting of flowers which were of truer perspective owing to his treatment of shadows and admired for his skill as a gilder for delicate gold scroll work of the highest quality (Bemrose, William, Bow, Chelsea, and Derby Porcelain, 1898. p. 130-133).

Creator:
Barr, Flight Barr Worcester (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 0.79 in (2 cm)Diameter: 8.27 in (21 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1810
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Brighton, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: B767701stDibs: LU1028029470322

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