A PAIR OF ARMORIAL PLATES AND AN ARMORIAL PLATE

THE PAIR CIRCA 1745, THE OTHER CIRCA 1755

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A PAIR OF ARMORIAL PLATES AND AN ARMORIAL PLATE
THE PAIR CIRCA 1745, THE OTHER CIRCA 1755
The pair with the arms of Chase, 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) diameter; the single depicting a hunting scene beneath the arms of May of London and Pashley in Susex, 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diameter

Provenance

With Bernard Levy, Inc., New York (the pair).
With The Century House, London (the subject plate).

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Lot Essay

D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol I, p. 259 illustrates a Chase platter from the Bullivant collection and notes that the service was made for Sir Richard Chase, Sheriff of Essex in 1744, whose relative Samuel Chase, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, used the family arms on his bookplate. Also see p. 331 for the May and Pashley service.

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