Description
the well decorated with ladies and gentleman standing before the wall of a grand house, beside a lake, a central tree and figures in the background beside a church, underglaze blue cross swords mark and impressed '22'
Dimensions
22.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance: The property of Lord Biddulph.
The central image for this plate is derived from a series of engravings by Melchoir Küsel for Verschieden ansichte in Italien, Carnthen und Friul published by Johann Wilhelm Bauer in Augsburg in 1679. The waste bowl of the service is dated 1740 on a signpost.
The early history of this service is unkown, but it was thought to have been purchased in Paris by William Henry Miller in 1840 from a member of the Orleans family.
The service was recognised when sixty-two pieces from the Estate of Samuel Christie-Miller were sold by Sotheby's in 1970.
This plate has been in the Biddulph family since the time of the 1st Baron Biddulph (1834-1923).