The center finely painted with the arms of the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham with those of his wife Anna Eliza de jure Baroness Kinloss (the sole heiress of James Brydges, Duke of Chandos) in pretense above the motto TEMPLA QUAM DILECTA, the wide border gilt with a rinceau of foliate scrolls
9³⁄₈ in. (23.8 cm.) diameter

Richard, Earl Temple of Stowe, 2nd Marquess of Chandos and later 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire, circa 1813.
By descent to Richard, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861), Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire; Christie's, London, 23 August 1848, lot 956 (186 pieces for 29 pounds, 18 shillings).

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'The Stowe Service' represents the apogee of the superior quality of work carried out during the Regency period at the Worcester factory. It was delivered in 1813 to the second Marquess of Buckingham and intended for his country seat at Stowe in Buckinghamshire. The superb armorial decoration, carried out on such an extensive service proclaimed the aspirations of the Marquess, coupled with pride in his family's ancestry. His aspirations were realized in 1822 when he was created first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; subsequently in 1848, Christie's conducted a sale on the premises at Stowe, and the service was sold. The Third Duke bought back eighty-two pieces of the service at that sale, and these were later sold in the second Stowe sale of 1921.