A fine Chamberlain’s Worcester plate

A rare Chamberlain's Worcester plate, from the Allen Service, painted in coloured enamels with the full arms of the Allen family and motto ' Triumpho Morte Tam Vita ', within an exceptional broad gilt border, with lions, unicorns, symbols of the Union, and trophies of War, 9 1/4" diameter, circa 1814-15, script mark in red

Provenance; Joshua William Allen, 6th Viscount Allen (1791-1845)
Viscount Allen, an Irish peer, succeeded to the titles of 6th Viscount Allen, County Kildare, and 6th Baron Allen of Stillorgan in 1816. It was said of his house in Merrion Square, Dublin 'That the door was enormous, but so few had ever seen the interior, that it was doubtful if there were any house behind it'

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