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coalport-plate-from-the-garter-service-c-1845-50

September 10, 2021

A very similar- if simpler- design to the Coalport Garter dinner service circa 1845-50, again, supplied by Nixon & Son of Windsor. Presumably, a later variation on the same pattern.

My understanding is that individual Garter plates were decommissioned and given to royal staff as a reward for loyal service