A PAIR OF DAVENPORT GREEN-GROUND PLATES from the Royal Dessert Service made for William IV, the centres painted with a bouquet of rose, thistle, shamrock and leek tied with the Union ribbon within a gilt dentil well, the borders with three shaped panels painted with loose bouquets and edged in gilding reserved on a green ground gilt with trellis enclosing oeil-de-perdrix, within shaped gilt rims (gilding to wells and rims rubbed, slight scratching to enamels), blue printed marks, circa 1830

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A PAIR OF DAVENPORT GREEN-GROUND PLATES from the Royal Dessert Service made for William IV, the centres painted with a bouquet of rose, thistle, shamrock and leek tied with the Union ribbon within a gilt dentil well, the borders with three shaped panels painted with loose bouquets and edged in gilding reserved on a green ground gilt with trellis enclosing oeil-de-perdrix, within shaped gilt rims (gilding to wells and rims rubbed, slight scratching to enamels), blue printed marks, circa 1830
25.5cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

This dessert-service was made to the order of William IV and used at his Coronation Banquet. Cf. the pair of plates sold in these Rooms on 11 February 1991, lot 147; further pieces from the service are illustrated by T.A. Lockett, Davenport Pottery and Porcelain 1794-1887, pls. 72-73 and see ibid., pp. 78-82 for a detailed discussion on the commissioning of the service.

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