1599

Spoon — CRC# 1599

Description
A rare Bristol tea spoon, from the Ludlow Service, the shell shaped bowl painted in coloured enamels with a flower spray, the leaf moulded handle painted with a flower, within gilt borders, circa 1775, no mark.
Service
Ludlow
Mark
No mark
Mark Group
No mark
Decorator
No mark
Maker
Champion
Historic Provenance
From the service supplied to Daniel Ludlow of Campden, Gloucestershire. See F S Mackenna, Plymouth and Bristol Porcelain, where the author records that the Ludlow Service appeared on the market in the 1940s, and included thirteen tea spoons
CRC#
1599
Type
Spoon