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  1. Many of these items are painted with scenes of the Duke’s life1 of 22
  2. Apsley House (far left) in Piccadilly, seen in an intricate painting on a dessert plate2 of 22
  3. Many of these items are painted with scenes of the Duke’s life including the two large vases that show the battle of Waterloo (pictured) and Vitoria3 of 22
  4. A dessert plate showing the a scene at Quatre Bras4 of 22
  5. The display will include 34 dessert plates, 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 Piccadilly5 of 22
  6. A detail of intricate painting on a dessert plate showing the opening of Waterloo Bridge6 of 22
  7. The display will include 34 dessert plates, 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 Piccadilly7 of 22
  8. A detail of intricate painting on an ice-cream pail showing a Highlander and a Spanish guerrilla8 of 22
  9. The Duke of Wellington's HQ at Waterloo, depicted on a dessert plate9 of 22
  10. A large vase showing the Duke of Wellington in a scene at Waterloo10 of 22
  11. English Heritage staff at Apsley House are preparing 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 Wellington11 of 22
  12. A large vase showing the a scene at Waterloo12 of 22
  13. Other items from the service on display, including fruit comports and baskets, wine coolers, ice-cream pails, vases, soup tureens, candelabra and decorative statues13 of 22
  14. The service was commissioned in 1817 and took two years to make14 of 22
  15. The set originally comprised of over 400 gilded pieces15 of 22
  16. 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 see16 of 22
  17. English Heritage staff at Apsley House prepare to display the Duke of Wellington's Prussian dinner service17 of 22
  18. Josephine Oxley, Keeper of the Wellington Collection for English Heritage, arranges items of the Duke of Wellington's Prussian dinner service at Apsley House18 of 22
  19. The display will include 34 dessert plates 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 Piccadilly19 of 22
  20. Lydia Rousseau from the English Heritage staff at Apsley House20 of 22
  21. 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 Piccadilly21 of 22
  22. This year marks 200 years since the set was commissioned by King Frederick William III of Prussia to honour the 1st Duke of Wellington22 of 22
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