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An important Derby dessert service, painted by Zachariah Boreman
An important Derby dessert service, each piece superbly painted in brown monochrome by Zachariah Boreman with a named Derbyshire view, within gilt stiff leaf bands, and gilt banded fluted border, comprising;
sixteen dessert plates, 9" diameter
a footed fluted oval centre dish
a heart shaped dish
a large lobed oval dish
three large fluted oval dishes
a pair of small oval dishes
circa 1790-94, crowned crossed batons marks in blue, and each titled in blue verso
A pair of plates in this pattern, possibly from this service, are in the collection of Derby Museum and Art Gallery, along with the original watercolour designs by Boreman for them
The museum records that Samuel Keys, an apprentice and then gilder at Derby from circa 1785-1830 said of Boreman ' he excelled in landscape painting, and was on intimate terms with Mr Wright, the celebrated artist (Joseph Wright of Derby)
