Ephemera

Chamberlains Worcester Plates

Made for the Nawab of the Carnatic.

• Underglaze blue border with embossed floral decoration.
  Soft paste porcelain
  Diameter 26.7 cms

A Chamberlain's Worcester plate from the Carnatic Service dated 1820, painted with botanical specimens within blue moulded borders picked out in white and gilt, a small panel inscribed in Arabic with 'Amir-al-Hind Nawab Azam Jah Bahadur 1236 Hjri', the date corresponding to 1820 AD

This service was ordered by Azam Jah, His Highness the Nawab (sometimes Nabob) of the Carnatic in 1820 and delivered from Worcester in 1823
The service was sold at Bonhams on 11th May 1978, lot 115

Curtis's Botanical magazine
1808 No.1087
Blue & white flax with pale blue flowers, native of Europe. Hand coloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards
Linum ascyrifolium

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