Extensive Derby Partial Dinner Service in a Japan Pattern, English, ca. 1820-1825, lushly decorated in the Imari palette, with the painted mark in red, the service including a large oval platter, w. 23-1/4", three oval nesting platters, the largest, w. 20-1/4", two oval platters, w. 14-3/4", two oval platters, w. 12-1/2", three oval platters, w. 10-1/2", a round footed covered soup tureen, h. 11-1/4", w. 14", four rectangular covered vegetable tureens, h. 6-1/2", w. 10-1/8", two covered sauce tureens, h. 6-1/2", w. 7", with two conforming underplates, dia. 8", forty dinner plates, dia. 9-3/4", sixteen rimmed soup plates, dia. 9-3/4", and fourteen bread and butter plates, dia. 7", a total of 97 pieces including the covers. Provenance: Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana. Selected by designer Mark Hampton to be the focal point in the dining room of the New Orleans, Louisiana, home of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Henderson.

Spectacular Derby service in a rare pattern. No evidence of wear due to actual use. Parcel-gilt with very scattered rubbing, primarily to the rim edges. Very scattered surface scuffs and losses to the enamel, probably due to stacking. Areas of "orange peel" (some with incorporated "dirt") to the glaze on some (undersides only). NOTE: The hairlines and chips noted below are old. Restorations were professionally rendered over time. DINNER PLATES: Two with fine craquelure. Three with some discoloration (one of these with a hairline from the rim edge along with a flake chip). Seven with small flake chips underneath the rim edge (one of these plates with two chips). One with a hairline through the foot into the rim, two with hairlines at the rim (one very faint) and one with a firing crack along with a small hairline from the foot and a hairline near the rim. One with a restoration from the rim into the recessed center. A nick or minor wear to the foot here and there. One plate bearing a sticker from Henry Stern Antiques, New Orleans as Bloor Derby, 1820 although the actual mark is the Derby red mark. BREAD AND BUTTER PLATES: Seven with some degree of discoloration. One with a restored break across, another with a restoration at the rim. One with a faint hairline from the rim edge. SOUPS: Six with a hairline and an adjacent small chip to the rim edge (one of these with two additional chips). One with four small chips (three of these are underneath the rim edge), another with a small chip underneath the rim edge. Two with restorations and another with a restored break across. Two with a loss to the foot (1" and 1-1/2"). THREE 10-1/2" PLATTERS: Two with general moderate discoloration. TWO 14-1/2" PLATTERS: Minor discoloration. 23-1/4" PLATTER: Several hairlines and a restoration. Bears the circular red Bloor mark, therefore probably a later addition to the set. NESTING PLATTERS: All with some degree of discoloration. Small: Restoration. Medium: Very faint hairline within one end of the foot (not visible on the top surface). Large: Areas of darkened, pronounced craquelure within the recessed center along with general discoloration. A small flake chip at the rim edge. FOUR COVERED VEGETABLE SERVERS: One cover generally restored, the handle of another with old metal repairs. Two handles with scattered firing anomalies (one of these with minor discoloration and an adjacent hairline). The dish interior of one generally discolored. TWO SAUCE TUREENS: Restoration to both handles and tiny nicks to the tips. Small, faint hairline at rim of one bowl and two faint hairlines at the rim of the other. 1-1/2" hairline to edge of one underplate. SOUP TUREEN: Restoration to the top handle. A 4" hairline from the flange up into the dome. Firing anomalies and restorations to the bowl handles. ***All of the above consistent with age.