A Nantgarw plate from the Duke of Cambridge service c.1818

A Nantgarw plate from the Duke of Cambridge service c.1818, painted probably by Thomas Martin Randall with panels of birds, buildings in landscapes, and arrangements of fruit, reserved on a shaped border of red fabric, the well with a spray of native flowers, impressed mark, a clean crack to the well, 24cm.

Provenance: from a private collection in London.

This dessert service was given as a wedding gift by the Prince Regent to his brother, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, in 1818, although slight variations in the ground and gilded detail suggest that more than one service may have been produced.