An associated Nantgarw cup and saucer and a breakfast saucer c.1818-20

An associated Nantgarw cup and saucer and a breakfast saucer c.1818-20, London-decorated with panels of flowers reserved on a green ground with oeil de perdrix in blue and gilt, the cup similarly with panels of birds and flowers, 16.5cm max. (3)

Wares in this pattern are often catalogued as being from the Duke of Gloucester service, it being reputed that it was commissioned as a gift from George III to Prince William Frederick on the occasion of his marriage to the Princess Mary. W D John, however, refers to the service as relating to the Duke of Cambridge, and given the date of manufacture it is perhaps more likely that it was ordered to celebrate the wedding of the Prince Adolphus in 1818 and ordered by his brother, the Prince Regent.