A Chelsea-Derby plate from the Duke of Northumberland Service and two Derby dishes, circa 1779-85 The plate painted with six sprigs of pink roses, the light blue enamel border with oeil de perdrix in raised white enamel and gold, reserving three panels of similar flowers, 24.8cm diam, gold anchor mark and gilt script 'N', the dishes of heart shape, one finely painted with a pink rose and forget-me-nots within a heart-shaped panel, reserved on a bright yellow ground, with a formal gilt border issuing blue and pink flowers, 25.6cm diam, crown, crossed batons and D above pattern number 107 in puce, the other armorial, painted in famille rose style with the arms of Gresley quarterly with Bowyer in pretence, the border with a crest flanked by butterflies among flowering peony sprays, and a Chinese crenelated wall with an elaborate pagoda building beyond, 25.4cm diam (3) Footnotes: Provenance Shaw Collection The plate is from a service painted by Edward Withers which was probably ordered on the occasion of the second Duke of Northumberland's second marriage in 1779. Derby replacements subsequently ordered in 1791 are thought to be painted by William Billingsley. For a discussion, see Stephen Mitchell, The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed-Batons Useful Wares (2007), p.50-52. The coat of arms on the armorial dish is for Sir Thomas Gresley, 4th Baronet of Drakelow and his wife Dorothy, the daughter and heir of Sir William Bowyer, Baronet of Knipersley. They were married on 5 April 1719 in Biddulph, Staffordshire. The unusual design is a direct copy of a Chinese export service from the Yongzheng Period, circa 1735, a plate from which is illustrated by David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol.1 (1974), p.330. Replacement pieces for the service Were produced over a number of years by Worcester and at Derby, including into the later Bloor period. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing