Each finely painted to the center 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, together with two modern brass sconces to display the plates
9¹⁄₂ in. (24.1 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. This was the year that Richard Chandos-Grenville (1776-1839) assumed the title of 2nd Marquess of Buckinghamshire upon the death of his father, George. 1813 is also the transitional year of the Barr, Flight & Barr (1804-1813) and the Flight, Barr & Barr (1813-1840) factories, and factory marks for both iterations of the factory are found on pieces of the service.