A pair of Worcester armorial dessert plates c.1772

A pair of Worcester armorial dessert plates c.1772, each painted probably in the atelier of James Giles with the arms of Calmady, a winged horse above and azure shield with three golden pears, below a banner bearing the initials WC, the shaped rims with a gilt dentil border, 23cm. (2)

The service is believed to have been made either for Captain Warwick Calmady (1711-88) or else his illegitimate son, also named Warwick (1753-80). Warwick Junior married his cousin Pollexfen and a tea and dessert service descended through her family until they were sold in 1985.

Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.