100 + PIECES OF SPODE BLUE & WHITE SERVICE IN SPODES TOWER PATTERN.Late 19th + some later examples. Several marked for Spode Blue Tower. Large service of mixed earlier and later manufacture. Consisting of fifteen dinner plates, 10 9/16" diameter (one plate is in the Spode Blue Tower pattern); nine bowls, 10 1/16" diameter; two bowls with a 9 3/16" diameter; thirteen salad plates, 7 5/8"; six fruit bowls, 6 1/4"; eight bread plates, 6 3/8"; five salad plates, 7 5/8"; eight small plates, 5 7/16"; three butter pats, 3 1/4"; one round covered tureen, 8 1/2" diameter; one 16" long platter; one 13" long platter; one 10 3/4" long platter; one 8 1/18" dish; one vegetable sidh, 9 3/4" long; one square dish, 8 1/2", an oval vegetable dish marked for Cauldon, England, Byzantium, 11 1/2" long; one small vase, 3 3/8" tall; one double-handled sauce boat, 6 3/4" long; two covered sugars, 4 3/4" & 4" in length; one large creamer and one small creamer; one large handled up, with We'll tak' a cup of kindness yet for days o'auld Lang Syne, 3 3/8" tall; with two large saucers, 7 1/4" diameter; four double-handled soup bowls with matching saucers, marked for Spode Blue Tower, 1 3/4" tall with 6 5/8" diameter saucers; six double-handled soup bowls, 2 1/4" tall; twelve saucers with 5 7/8" diameter, two of them marked for Spode Blue Tower; two teacups, 2 1/4" tall; six teacups which are unmarked, but of the same pattern, 2 5/8" tall; twelve saucers, 6 1/2" diameter; a waste bowl, 2 7/8" tall. With a large covered tureen with undertray, 10 1/8" tall. (131 pieces total). PROVENANCE: Estate of Jim Graham, former Washington, DC, Councilman Estimate $500-700
Some variation in color through the set. Two of the dinner plates have two old chips to the underside of rim. Three of the salad plates have old chips to underside of rim;Two of the fruit bowls with old hairlines. Two of the breadplates with old hairlines and discoloration. Four with old chips to the underside of the rim. Two of the salad plates with old chips to the underside of the rim. Of the 5 7/16" diameter plates, one with an old chip. The 8 1/2" diameter covered tureen with an old open crack. The small vase with an old hairline. The doulble handled sauce boat is lacking its ladle, as is the large tureen with undertray.
