A Spode Felspar porcelain part dessert service, circa 1825-47, painted in blue, yellow and gilt with a band of convolvulus within a gadrooned border, comprising: two oval tazzas; a pair of leaf-shaped dishes; a pair of shaped oval dishes; a pair of shaped rectangular dishes and seventeen plates, puce printed Felspar marks, one tazza with green printed Copeland & Garrett mark, painted pattern no. 3958 Note: See Leonard Whiter, Spode (1970), p. 87 for the author's date formula which would place the introduction of this pattern circa 1826. Provenance: Purchased from Spode's London retail premises by John Farquhar Fraser (1790 - 1862) after his marriage to Agnes Bagot in 1826. Lawyer and nephew of John Farquhar (1751-1826) the noted gunpowder magnate, who left no will at the time of his death, his fortune having accrued to about £1.5 million. F.J. Fraser with his brothers-in-law defended the interminable intestate case over his uncle's estate in the Court of Chancery. At this time and place Charles Dickens was a recording clerk. Possible elements of miserliness in 'A Christmas Carol ( nephew, partner etc) pub. 1843; and Bleak House (interminable Chancery case) pub. 1853 may in part stem from this case.John Farquhar Fraser and thence by descent to the current vendor.