Lot Essay
The arms are those of Gordon of Invergordon quartering Forbes
CIRCA 1745
Details
A famille rose armorial octagonal soup-plate
Circa 1745
Enamelled to the centre with a servant pouring a cup of tea for a woman seated on a small carpet and an attendant holding a fan behind, within a spearhead-pattern band, the rim with four cartouches enclosing river landscapes, the bottom one centred by a coat-of-arms, the upper one with a banderole inscribed 'Corde.Manuque (with Heart and Hand) above an arm and sable
22.2 cm. diam.
Circa 1745
Enamelled to the centre with a servant pouring a cup of tea for a woman seated on a small carpet and an attendant holding a fan behind, within a spearhead-pattern band, the rim with four cartouches enclosing river landscapes, the bottom one centred by a coat-of-arms, the upper one with a banderole inscribed 'Corde.Manuque (with Heart and Hand) above an arm and sable
22.2 cm. diam.
Literature
D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Oxford, 1974, P. 129, 313; C.J.A. Jrg, Chinese Export Porcelain, Chine de Commande from the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, 1989/90, p.256-257, fig.102