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ANTIQUE #SA1156547

A Derby Porcelain Plate From The Lady Camden Service Decorated By Billingsley C.1795

£675    $892    €767
A fine Derby porcelain ''Camden Service'' plate decorated by William Billingsley c.1795. The Camden service was a huge service ordered by Lady Camden in 1795. It had to be produced under great and unrealistic time pressure and was notoriously late. William Billingsley was tasked with painting all items but it is thought that when it was clear the deadline was impossible to make, he enlisted the help of John Brewer for some of the last items, such as the ice pails. This plate shows the typical ''Billingsley'' roses: a beautiful naturally flowing garland of English roses interspersed with buds, trailing around a crisp gilt ribbon. The way the roses link into each other, the way each individual one is completely different, the light effects achieved by rubbing out some of the pink paint, and the very fine buds and foliage all point to these being from Billingsley''s hand. 
 
The plate is marked with the puce crowned Derby mark, and the pattern number 185.
 
There is also an impressed le...
Antique ID: SA1156547
Item: A Derby Porcelain Plate From The Lady Camden Service Decorated By Billingsley C.1795 - (reference SA1156547)
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