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Antique Derby Collection

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Photographs and descriptions of Derby, Chelsea-Derby and Crown Derby
 from the Marc-James Collection now on permanent display in the Marc-James Museum.
These items may be viewed by appointment at the Museum but are not available for sale.

Contact:  Marc Belair, 360-738-4919
marcjamesllc@comcast.net

Bloor Green Ground Botanical

A superb Derby porcelain partial dessert service. The detail is so fine that you can see the ladybirds just starting to open their wings!  All hand painted by one of Derby's foremost artists, Horatio Steele, the son of famous fruit painter Thomas Steel.

Dates to c1820, and marked with early Bloor Derby mark, transferred by the thumb.

 

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Tea cup and saucer with cloud shaped, gilt edged reserves of summer flowers by one of Derby's premier painters, Moses Webster, C 1820, with an apple green ground.  Marked with crown, crossed batons, dots and D in red

The Verso of Above

Another Tea cup painted by Moses Webster, C. 1820.

The Verso of Above

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