A Worcester (Flight) plate from the "Hope" Service

CIRCA 1790-1792, BLUE CROWN ABOVE FLIGHT AND CRESCENT MARK

细节

A Worcester (Flight) plate from the "Hope" Service
Circa 1790-1792, blue crown above Flight and crescent mark
The central circular cartouche painted en grisaille by John Pennington with a female figure allegorical of Hope seated against a rock on a seashore, her left arm resting on a large anchor, before a distant galleon, the blue-ground borders gilt with stars and dots and flutes divided by paterae within a shaped gilt rim (graze to rim at 8 o'clock, slight chipping to footrim, four minute flakes to enamel)
9 in. (24.6 cm.) diam.

来源

H.R.H. William Henry, Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, later William IV, thence by descent to:
Lord Frederick FitzClarence.
William George, 18th Earl of Erroll.
Charles, 20th Earl of Erroll, sale Christie's, 11th May 1893, lots 104-165.
Sale, D. Sherratt & Co., Chester, October 1893
D. Lever Esq. Thornton House

拍品专文

This plate is from the dinner-service ordered by the Duke of Clarence, later William IV (1765-1837) in January 1790. The Duke commissioned a service to be painted with figures in landscapes in late 1789, placing the order in January 1790, choosing Flight's Hope and Patience design over other designs submitted by Flight and Derby. The original service, consisting of over two hundred and seventy pieces, took a year to produce at the cost of 700, and together with the armorial service ordered by the Duke in 1789, was of key importance to the Flight brothers in their attempt to reverse the dwindling fortunes of the factory.

The later erroneous but romantic association of the service with Admiral Lord Nelson was perhaps prompted by the nautical appearance of the decoration, which although iconographically typical of late 18th Century representations of Hope, came to be viewed in the 19th Century as being portraits of Lady Hamilton. This association was then reinforced when at the Christie's sale of 1893 the service was proclaimed as being that which had belonged to Nelson, this information having being derived from Lord Frederick FitzClarence's will.

Cf. R.L. Hobson, Worcester Porcelain (1910), pl. CV (2), and Henry Sandon, The Illustrated Guide to Worcester Porcelain (1969), pl. 148 and the examples in the British Museum, The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Museum of Worcester Porcelain. Other examples were sold in these Rooms on 6 June 1988, lot 203 and 24 February 1997, lot 65.