Museum accessions.(George II dinner service on view at London's Somerset House)(Brief Article)

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Gustafson, Eleanor H. | Copyright information

In an intriguing story of intertwining histories, 120 pieces from a magnificent dinner service ordered for George III have found their way to Britain. Some 80 examples will be on view at Somerset House in London until the end of this year. Acquired by the Rothschild Family Trusts, they will then be on indefinite loan to Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild between 1874 and 1889.

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