An extensive Flight Barr and Barr armorial dinner service c.1810-20

An extensive Flight Barr and Barr armorial dinner service c.1810-20, decorated with the crest of a panther with a coronet around his neck and a maltese cross, within wide shaped rims with a grapevine border on a salmon ground. Comprising: two circular stands, four vegetable tureens and covers, one square bowl, two servings dishes of 57cm, two serving dishes of 51cm, two serving dishes of 41cm, three serving dishes of 35.5cm, seven oval dishes of 31cm, two oval dishes of 25.5cm, 27 soup plates, 35 plates of 26.5cm, and 20 plates of 22cm. (111)

The crest is for the family of Pulteney, the former head of which had been the Earl of Bath before the male line died out in 1764. It is believed that the service was ordered by John Pulteney of Northerwood House near Lymington, Hampshire.