A DERBY STAND PAINTED WITH A "HANSOM GROOP OF FLOWERS BY WITHERS"

A DERBY STAND PAINTED WITH A "HANSOM GROOP OF FLOWERS BY WITHERS", TWO PLATES, ONE CRESTED AND A DERBY SHELL SHAPED DISH, C1790-1805, stand 22cm w, puce mark (and on stand 219)Pattern 219 is one of the few specifically given to an individual painter, in this case Edward Withers one of the foremost painters of his day, in the Derby Factory's pattern books.