Dekor i underglasyrblått av engelska ätten Roberts crest omgivet av s.k. "Fitz-Hugh dekor". Längd 50,5 cm.
Obet glasyrnötning.
John Roberts of Bonnington was made a director of the East India Company in 1764, eventually rising to Deputy Chairman and then Chairman. The service may have marked his retirement as a director of the Company. Roberts had previously ordered at least two other services.
Howard, David S; Chinese Armorial Porcelain.