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An extensive Spode blue and white Indian Sporting Series service, all marked Spode, all titled unless other wise stated, c.1820. (83) Comprising: Two meat platters; 'Shooting a Leopard', 52cm. and 'Dooreahs Leading out Dogs'. Some slight peppering to the glaze. 47cm. Four chamfered rectangular dishes; 'Shooting a Leopard', untitled, 51cm. 'Driving a Bear out of Sugar Canes', 41.5cm. 'Shooting at the Edge of a Jungle', 36.5cm. and 'Hunting a Civet Cat'. Light staining to the glaze. 26cm. A chamfered rectangular bowl; 'Hunting a Civet Cat', 23.5cm. Two oval strainers; 'Dooreahs Leading out Dogs', 38cm. and 'Driving a Bear out of Sugar Canes', 33cm. Two oval bowls; untitled, 27cm. A shaped bowl with shell handles; 'Hunting a Buffalo'. Two tiny nibbles beneath the handle rims. 38.5cm. A rectangular dish and cover; 'Hunting a Buffalo' the base unmarked, 30.5cm. A sauce tureen, cover and two stands; untitled. One stand with a footrim chip. 21cm. A square cover; 'Hog Hunters Meeting by Surprise a Tigress and Her Cubs'. A tiny rim chip. 20cm. Thirteen soup plates ; 'Chase After a Wolf', one untitled. Two with tiny rim chips. 24.5cm. Nine plates; 'The Hog Deer at Bay'. One with a small chip to the back of the rim. 18cm. Eighteen plates; 'Common Wolf Trap', three untitled. One untitled plate stained and with a small rim chip, two further plates with small chips. 21cm. Twenty four plates; 'Death of the Bear', six untitled. Three with rim chips. 25cm. Spode's Indian Sporting Series forms one of the most collectable series of blue printed patterns, they were based on coloured engravings from drawings by Samuel Howitt in Captain Thomas Williamson's Oriental Field Sports, Wild Sports of the East, published by Edward Orme in 1807. The original edition contained 40 plates and was dedicated to His Majesty King George the Third. The popularity of the series can be judged by the fact that it was copied almost in its entirety by other potters. Cf. A.W. Coysh and R.K. Henrywood, pp.187-188.