A pair of Derby kidney-shaped dishes
from a service made for the Prince of Wales, painted and gilt with the Prince of Wales feathers above the motto ICH DIEN within a heart shaped panel gilt with leaves, the blue-ground border gilt with stylised leaves and flowerheads, puce crossed batons and D marks, 1795-1800, Duesbury & Kean (some minor scratches and rubbing to gilding, both with a minor blemish to the glaze) -- 25.5cm. wide See colour plate 8 (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (1980), p. 192, pl. 230.