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English Heritage staff at Apsley House prepare to display the Duke of Wellington's Prussian dinner service which was commissioned in 1817 by King Frederick William III of Prussia to honour the 1st Duke of Wellington. The display will include 34 dessert plates (pictured), each showing a place or event connected to the Duke’s life and will be displayed chronologically around the table in the Waterloo Gallery at the property in Piccadilly. The service has been on display at Apsley in the Museum Room, however, this will be the first time it will be displayed on a table for the public to see. This year is also the 200th anniversary of the dinner service being commissioned. There will also be other items from the service on display, including fruit comports and baskets, wine coolers, ice-cream pails, vases, soup tureens, candelabra and decorative statues. Many of these items are painted with scenes of the Duke’s life including the two large vases that show the battle of Waterloo and Vitoria.
This picture shows four dessert plates with images from (clockwise from bottom, front) The Duke's head quarters at Waterloo, Quatre Bras, the opening of Waterloo Bridge in London and a view of Apsley House in Piccadilly.
Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2017.
Photograph by Christopher Ison for English Heritage ©
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English Heritage staff at Apsley House prepare to display the Duke of Wellington's Prussian dinner service which was commissioned in 1817 by King Frederick William III of Prussia to honour the 1st Duke of Wellington. The display will include 34 dessert plates (pictured), each showing a place or event connected to the Duke’s life and will be displayed chronologically around the table in the Waterloo Gallery at the property in Piccadilly. The service has been on display at Apsley in the Museum Room, however, this will be the first time it will be displayed on a table for the public to see. This year is also the 200th anniversary of the dinner service being commissioned. There will also be other items from the service on display, including fruit comports and baskets, wine coolers, ice-cream pails, vases, soup tureens, candelabra and decorative statues. Many of these items are painted with scenes of the Duke’s life including the two large vases that show the battle of Waterloo and Vitoria.<br /> This picture shows four dessert plates with images from (clockwise from bottom, front) The Duke's head quarters at Waterloo, Quatre Bras, the opening of Waterloo Bridge in London and a view of Apsley House in Piccadilly.<br /> Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2017.<br /> Photograph by Christopher Ison for English Heritage ©<br /> 07544044177<br /> chris@christopherison.com<br /> www.christopherison.com