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Provenance:
Royal Worcester Factory Pattern Room, deaccessioned 2002
This dessert service was commissioned by the Brigade of Guards and presented to HRH Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on their marriage in 1947. The set was decorated by Ivor Williams with the badges of the various Guards Regiments. This example was a specimen for the original service made in 1949. Other replacement pieces were added to the service in 1960. For other specimens in the Museum of Royal Worcester see Henry Sandon, Royal Worcester Porcelain (1973) pl.181. The Guards Service remains in use at Buckingham Palace and was recently exhibited in the Queens Gallery