A Chamberlain Worcester plate in the Princess Charlotte pattern c.1816-17

A Chamberlain Worcester plate in the Princess Charlotte pattern c.1816-17, the well painted with a fruit and flower spray, the wide border probably painted by George Davis with six diamond-shaped panels of exotic birds reserved on a pale blue ground with an elaborate gilt design of shells, scrolls and seedheads, black script mark with a foliate cartouche, 21.7cm.

Princess Charlotte Augusta was the only legitimate child of George IV, and ordered a service of this pattern to celebrate her marriage to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield. She died in childbirth in November 1817 and was greatly mourned by the family and public alike. In 1814 she had appointed Chamberlain as her porcelain manufacturer and was a significant patron, ordering several services in the three years before her death, including this one which included some 144 plates alone.