A fine pair of Derby soup plates, from the Northumberland Service

A fine pair of Derby soup plates, from the Northumberland Service, each finely painted in coloured enamels by William Billingsley, with scattered full blown pink roses and leaves, the turquoise ground oeil-de-perdrix border with three sprays of pink roses and leaves, each within an oval gilt panel, 9 3/4" diameter, circa 1795, crowned crossed batons marks in puce

The Northumberland Service was originally ordered from Derby in the 1780's, and was decorated by Edward Withers. in 1790, the Duke then placed a further order for twenty matching soup plates, and these were painted by Billingsley

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