A pair of Herculaneum creamware plates

A pair of Herculaneum creamware plates, late 18th/early 19th century, printed in black to the well with a portrait of Nelson, the rims with black line borders, impressed marks, 25cm. (2)

The portrait on this service is after a stipple engraving by William Evans, in turn after a drawing by Henry Edridge. Cf. Richard Walker, The Nelson Portraits, p.196.

Provenance: the Douglas Johnson Collection.