Coalport Dessert Service painted by Fred Howard each with a still life of different fruits and their foliage, each signed 'F. HOWARD', reserved against a mazarine blue ground enriched with gilt scroll foliage between gilt borders with raised detailing, comprising: twelve plates, a pair of shaped oval dishes, a pair of shaped square dishes and a pair of comports, impressed numbers, gilt painted '5351/R', green printed marks and retailer's marks for H.G Stephenson plates.
18 Pieces in total.
Fred Howard worked at Coalport circa 1900s together with his colleague, Frederick Chivers, he specialised in painting fruit. H.G. Stephenson were established in the Barton Arcade off Manchester's Deansgate in 1868, continuing to retail 'China & Glass' from these premises for a hundred years. The family company is still going, but now specialises in supplying the catering trade.
 
Size: Plates: Diameter: 9 inchs