A good Nantgarw muffin dish and cover from the Spence-Thomas service c.1818-20, painted by Thomas Pardoe with fine bands of flowers including auricula, rose, stocks, convolvulus and tulip, the domed cover surmounted with a gilt acorn finial, 21.5cm dia. (2) Provenance: the Lady Rothes Collection. Formerly the Rowland Williams Collection, no. N39; and from the Spence-Thomas family. Illustrated: Rowland Williams, Nantgarw Porcelain 1813-1822, fig 58 and discussed on p.41; and by W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album, illustration 21.