Bidspirit auction | A John Maddock & Sons

A John Maddock & Sons Royal Vitreous Partial Dinner Service - A partial dinner service manufactured from fine vitrified earthenware by John Maddock & Sons Ltd, Burslem, Staffordshire. The pieces feature a vibrant polychrome floral pattern in a clobbered style, with stylized flowers in iron red, cobalt blue, green, and purple. The decoration is bordered by a continuous ochre laurel leaf band and finished with a gilt line at the rim. The set consists of a large oval serving platter, a circular lidded tureen with twin scrolled handles and a scrolled finial, and a set of dinner plates. Each piece bears a printed reddish-brown factory mark to the underside consisting of a crown above a circular band containing the name John Maddock & Sons, with England at the centre and Royal Vitreous below. Platter length: 43 cm Plate diameter: 25 cm.