A COALPORT DESSERT SERVICE BY STEPHEN LAWRENCE Circa 1840, the moulded rims picked out in yellow and gilt, the centres finely painted with botanical studies to reserves edged in gilt against a dark blue ground. 
Service comprising 10 dessert plates, , two oval dishes, 2 round shallow dishes, 2 diamond shaped dishes and an oval footed tazza. Gilt painted no.4/412. (8) Footnotes Geoffrey Godden in Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains identified pattern 4/412 from the fifth pattern book 1840-41 as the work of Stephen Lawrence. Lawrence was a gifted flower and fruit painter working at Coalport between 1820 and circa 1846. For a dessert service of the same shape and similar pattern see op.cit. pl.145.
 
Size:   Plates:
             Diameter : 9.5 inchs
 
             Comports :
             Height: 8 inchs 
             Diameter: 13.5 inchs
 
             Oval Dishes : Diameter : 9.5 inchs 
 
             Diamond Shaped dishes : Length 10,25