Lot 126

Black light tested with no visible faults other than small traces of foreign material. The gilding on both plates has varied degrees of rubbing overall. There are light surface scratches overall.


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Private Collection, Melbourne.

King George III originally commissioned this service in 1805 and continued to order supplements through the Flight, Barr & Barr period of the factory. See H. Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783-1840, Suffolk, 1978, p. 19 for other examples from this royal service.

A similar example from the same set is currently housed at the Royal Collection Trust.