A Chamberlain's Worcester soup plate from the Carnatic Service, dated 1820, painted with a specimen

A Chamberlain's Worcester soup plate from the Carnatic Service, dated 1820, painted with a specimen of purple flowering henbane within blue moulded borders picked out in white and gilt, a small panel inscribed in Arabic with 'Amir-al-Hind Nawab Azam Jah Bahadur 1236 Hÿri', the date corresponding to 1820 AD, the plant probably copied from a William Curtis botanical illustration, red title to the underside, printed marks, 25.5cm

This service was ordered by Azam Jah, His Highness the Nawab (sometimes Nabob) of the Carnatic in 1820 and delivered from Worcester in 1823. The service was sold at Bonhams on 11th May 1978, lot 115.