ENGLISH HAND-PAINTED CERAMIC TEA AND TABLE ARTICLES, LOT OF 24, comprising 20 examples with polychrome enamel decorations including a pitcher with relief image of two sleeping children nestled in a vine, four cup and saucer sets featuring Adams' Rose design, four Gaudy ironstone cup and saucer sets with grapevine motif, a Spode warming dish featuring floral design with molded gadroon border, and two pink lustre cup and saucer sets having floral motif. Marks to underside include impressed "ADAMS", "Dixon Co / 5", and "SPODE". Josiah Spode, Stoke-on-Trent; William Adams & Sons, Tunstall; Dixon & Co., Sunderland, England. 19th century. 5 7/8" HOA.
Seventeen undamaged, except some having expected usage wear; two Adams' Rose saucers with rim flakes, and one with minor flake to foot ring; one Gaudy cup with rim hairline, one with minute rim flake, one saucer with minor chip to rim; warming dish with minor chip to foot ring and some restoration to rim chips.