Established in 2010, we are dealers in good quality antique furniture, silver, metalware, fine porcelain, artwork and glassware ranging from the 18th century to the early 20th century. We have a particular interest in the Arts and Crafts movement, and much of our stock dates to this era. We’ve published several books on antiques, which are available via Amazon.
We have a large dealers unit at Carlton Fine Arts and Antiques Centre in Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, and we stand at fine arts and antiques fairs in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
We have the real pleasure of being able to offer for sale an extremely rare Nantgarw dinner plate from the famed Duke of Cambridge dinner service. The Duke of Cambridge Dinner Service was commissioned by the Prince Regent (eventually George IV) as a wedding gift for his younger brother Adolphus & Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel on their marriage in 1818. The service is illustrated in illustrated in WD John “Nantgarw Porcelain Album”
This London decorated plate was painted at the atelier of Robins and Randall with a central bouquet of flowers surrounded by 8 vignettes, 2 of birds, 2 of flowers and 4 of landscapes. The Base of the plate carries the impressed Nantgarw C.W marks to base.
This nantgarw dinner plate was exhibited as part of the selling exhibition of rare Derby, Pinxton, Nantgarw and Swansea porcelain 'A journey with William Billingsley' 2016, ISBN: 9783741809903
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Penrose Antiques Ltd has clarified that the Nantgarw Duke of Cambridge Dinner Plate c.1818 (LA59571) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1818
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condition
condition
It is in good condition other than staining to reverse (this staining could probably be removed but we prefer to leave it as being integral to the piece) and an over-glazed firing crack across the foot rim. The firing fault does not extend to the decorated surface of the plate.