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THE COLLINGWOOD DESSERT PLATES,
probably Derby, a set of eight, the factory gilded rims, each with the letter ‘C’ below a baron’s
coronet, painted with land and seascapes, some signed and monogrammed to the base ‘
MC
’.
21.5cm diameter (8)
Note: ‘MC’ is probably Mary Patience Collingwood, the Admiral’s daughter, who married in
1817 Anthony Denny of Kerry. These plates have been passed down in the female line and are
fine examples of amateur porcelain painting in the late Georgian period.
Provenance: Beaulieu House, Drogheda, Co. Louth, sold by order of the Executors
€3000 - 5000
VICE ADMIRAL CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD, 1ST BARON
COLLINGWOOD 1748 – 1810)
was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson
in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as
Nelson’s successor in commands
