A series of seventeen Bloor Derby Hand Painted earthenware dinner plates, including an additional four soup plates. Each of these early Derby plates is decorated with a central floral bouquet, surrounded by a cobalt blue border with gilded cartouches, three per plate, each holding its own delicate floral painting. Each plate is marked on the underside.
These plate dates to the Bloor period of the Derby factory, approximately between 1825 and 1830.