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Lot 393

A Flight plate from the first Duke of Clarence Service, circa 1789

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Flight plate from the first Duke of Clarence Service, circa 1789

The elaborate border formed from entwined ribbons in blue and green ribbon enclosing Orders of the Garter, St Andrew and the Thistle, together with sprigs of roses and thistles, the central royal arms of the Duke of Clarence hung with the Order of St Andrew flanked by laurel and oak leaves, 24cm diam, marked 'Flight' with a crown and a crescent in blue

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This service commemorates the creation of Prince William Henry (fourth son of George III) as Duke of Clarence and St Andrew in 1789. Another plate from the service, from the Wentworth Wass Collection, was sold by Phillips 6 December 1995, lot 290 and another is illustrated by John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), colour plate 22. This is now in the Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester porcelain at Cheekwood, illustrated and discussed in John Sandon's Catalogue (2008), p.98, no.60.

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