A DERBY LOBED DISH AND MATCHING PLATE

A DERBY LOBED DISH AND MATCHING PLATE, C1795 painted with a central group of flowers in Smith's blue and gilt border, 22 & 21.5cm diam, puce painted mark and 127 or 100 respectively, the latter with exhibition labelProvenance: William Wheeldon (d1874) the nephew of William Billingsley; Collection of Miss Margaret Ward of Derby, her executors sale in these 'rooms, 22 April 2004, lot 191 to the late father of the present vendor.Exhibited: Derby, Midland Counties Works of Art Exhibition 1870 (label indistinctly inscribed Wheeldon)