Each of circular form with a cavetto edge with a reed and ribbon rim, all raised upon three splay bracket feet. The field centre engraved with a quartered coat of arms with another on an escutcheon of pretence, between supporters and surmounted by an Earl’s coronet, all with the motto below judicium parium aut lex terrae. Each fully marked. (2) Diameter – 23.2 cm / 9.15 inches Weight – 1146 grams / 36.84 oztProvenance:John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (1759-1840), then by descent to, John Charles Henry Pratt, 5th Marquess Camden (1899-1983), The Most Hon. the Marquess of Camden, D.L., J.P.; Sotheby's, London, 23 January 1964Notes: The arms are for Pratt quartering Jeffreys with Molesworth on an escutcheon of pretence. For John, 2nd Earl Camden (1759-1840) who married 1785 Frances Molesworth, daughter and heir of William Molesworth. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, Charles, 1st Earl Camden, in 1794. The Camden service, an exceptionally large and lavish dinner-service commissioned by John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (1759-1840) and supplied by Paul Storr, and others, in 1794, the year of his succession to the earldom. His father had been Lord Chancellor and a close friend of William Pitt, following him into politics and served variously as Lord of the Admiralty and a Lord of the Treasury, being appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1795. Camden's term of office in Ireland was one of commotion and alarm, culminating in the rebellion of 1798. Immediately after the suppression of the rising he resigned, and in 1804 became Secretary of State for War and the Colonies under Pitt, and in 1805 Lord President of the Council. He was again Lord President from 1807 to 1812, after which date he remained for some time in the cabinet without office. In 1812 he was created Earl of Brecknock and Marquess Camden. He died on 8 October 1840, and was succeeded by his only son, George Charles (1799-1866). Pieces from the Camden service are in the Gibbons Collection, at the Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi, the Jerusalem Museum and numerous private collections. A pair of wine coolers from this service is in the collection of the US Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms. Four sauce tureens and salts from the Camden service, 1794 by Paul Storr, sold: Christie’s 19 Oct 2001, lot 239 ($52,875 incl. prem) A soup tureen and stand from the Camden service, 1794/95 by Paul Storr, sold: Christie’s 23 May 2007, lot 139 ($48,000 incl. prem) Another, 1794 by Paul Storr, sold: Christie’s 19 Oct 2012, lot 149 ($60,000 incl. prem) A pair of wine coolers, 1794 by Paul Storr, sold: Christie’s 28 April 2007, lot 205 ($55,000 incl. prem) A warming pan and cover of 1793 by Paul Storr, sold: Sotheby’s, 23 May 2017, lot 405 (£5000 incl. prem)