A good Derby botanical centrepiece or tazza c.1796-1800

A good Derby botanical centrepiece or tazza c.1796-1800, well painted in the manner of William 'Quaker' Pegg with a bold specimen of a fruiting orange branch within a gilt foliate rim, the spreading foot with specimens of Sweet Pea and Blue Aster, titled in blue to the base, two small chips to the underside of the rim, 34.3cm across.

The flowers are taken from John Edward's 'A Collection of Flowers', print numbers 2 (Sweet Pease, published 3rd January 1793), 36 (The Orange Tree, published 24th December 1788) and 78 (Tall Blue Aster, published 1st September 1795).