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A Derby botanical dessert service, circa 1795
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A Derby botanical dessert service, circa 1795
Finely painted with named botanical specimens, many taken from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, with formal gilt foliate borders and gilt-line rims, comprising a sauce tureen, cover and stand, a lozenge-shaped footed centrepiece, three shell-shaped dishes, three lozenge-shaped dishes, a heart-shaped dish and twelve plates, centrepiece 30.8cm wide, crown, crossed batons and D marks and pattern number 115 in blue, Latin and English titles in blue script (23)
Footnotes
Most of the specimens appearing on the service are taken from William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, published in volumes from 1787.
The specimens and their source prints where known are as follows:
Tureen, cover and stand. 'Crepis Barbata. Bearded Crepis, or Purple-Eyed Succory-Hawkweed', Vol.1, pl.35, published 1786. 'Lathyrus Tuberosus. Tuberous Lathyrus', Vol.4, pl.111, published 1 August 1790. 'Dianthus Caryophyllus, Scarlet Bizarre Carnation. Franklin's Tartar', Vol.2, pl.39, published 1788. 'Althaea. Marsh Mallow', source unknown.
Centrepiece. 'Rhododendron Ponticum. Violet Colour'd Rose Bay', source unknown.
Shell-shaped dishes. 'Lathyrus Sativus. Blue-Flower'd Lathyrus, or Chichling-Vetch', Vol.4, pl.115, published 1 December 1790. 'Hypericum Calycinum. Large Flower'd St. John's Wort', Vol.5, pl.146, published 1 March 1791. 'Dianthus. Piquette Carnation', source unknown.
Lozenge-shaped dishes. 'Golden Flower'd Henbane', John Edwards, A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature, pl.42, published 1 January 1791. 'Borage', ibid., pl.57, published 4 June 1793. 'Narcissus of the Sun', source unknown.
Heart-shaped dish. 'Scotch Lilac', John Edwards, A Collection of Flowers Drawn from Nature, pl.76, published 4 August 1795.
Plates. 'Helleborus Hyemalis. Winter Hellebore, or Acconite', Vol.1, pl.3, published 1786. 'Narcissus Minor. Least Daffodil', Vol.1, pl.3, published 1786. 'Cactus flagelliformis. Creeping Cactus', Vol.1, pl.17, published 1786. 'Gentiana Acaulis. Large-Flower'd Gentian, or Hentianella', Vol.2, pl.52, published 1788. 'Iris Spuria. Spurious Iris', Vol.2, pl.58, published 1788. 'Gorteria Rigens. Rigid-Leaved Gorteria', Vol.3, pl.90, published 1 March 1789. 'Candy Tuft', Vol. 3., pl.106, published 1 March 1789. 'Amaryllis Vittata. Superb Amaryllis', Vol.4, pl.129, published 1 August 1790. 'Cheiranthus Maritimus. Mediterranean Stock', Vol.5, pl.166, published 1 March 1791. 'Coronilla Varia. Purple Coronilla', Vol.8, pl.258, published 1 March 1794. 'Solarum dulcamaria [sic]. Wood Night Shade', source unknown. 'Pancies [sic] or Hearts Ease', source unknown.