Ephemera

Chamberlains Worcester Plates

Made for the Nawab of the Carnatic.

• Hand-painted
  Soft paste porcelain
  Circa 1820
  Dimensions 31 x 26.5 cms

Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards. The flower is 'Rhexia virginica'. From William Curtis's 'Botanical Magazine' 1790 - 1800

Similar dishes can be viewed in the V&A collection and the Museum of Royal Worcester