A Swansea sauce tureen, cover and stand from the Burdett-Coutts service, circa 1815-17


With spindle handles and a pineapple knop applied with a band of white 'jewels', painted in London in the Sims workshop with a basket of flowers, scattered insects on the stand and pink roses in the borders, a gilded rococo band around the cavetto and rim, stand 19cm diam, impressed SWANSEA, inventory numbers in red (3)
|ProvenanceFrancis Emile AndrewsThe service belonged to Angela, Baroness Burdett-Coutts who died in 1907. It was sold at Christie's in 1922 when it was stated that it had been ordered by the banker Thomas Coutts from Mortlocks in 1816, in celebration of his marriage to the actress Harriet Mellon. The buyer was Francis Emile Andrews and many of the pieces remain in the Andrews Collection, on display at Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Llanbedrog. See Fergus Gambon, Porslen Abertawe a Nantgarw, p.48-49. The painting is by James Turner.