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A Royal Worcester plate from the Guards Service for the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, dated 1947

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Royal Worcester plate from the Guards Service for the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, dated 1947

With a gadrooned rim, richly decorated in raised paste gilding with the badge of the Welsh Guards, the border with a band of raised gold shells and foliage linked by scrollwork, reserved upon claret and pale primrose grounds, 24cm diam, printed mark in gold, impressed date letter Z for 1947

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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

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