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Provenance:
Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection
Christie's sale 12 October 1987, lot 266
Mercury Antiques, Liane Richards
Private Collection, London
An original design for this plate survives among Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum (ref. E.5901-1910). The design shows a pattern of gilt stars in the cavetto instead of the Sèvres-pattern gold scrollwork seen on the present lot. It is likely the drawing and this specimen plate played part of the design process for a proposed service commissioned by Prince Albert. Through his friendship with Henry Cole, Prince Albert would have favoured Minton with his order and was likely to have been closely involved with any design.