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Lot Essay
The design for this service was taken from an engraving and the service was made, reputedly for the Royal Palaces of Portugal, to commemorate the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Dom Jos I of Portugal. The statue, by the sculptor Machado de Castro, was erected in Palace Square, Lisbon on 6th June 1775 during the festivities celebrating the reconstruction of Lisbon after the great earthquake of 1755. The rebuilding of the city was carried out under the orders of the Prime Minister, Marques de Pombal, whose portrait can be seen, beside an allegorical group, on the pedestal of the statue. It is now in the Praca do Comercio, on the banks of the River Tagus.
Other pieces from this service are illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., fig.52, p.76 (a plate); by J.A. Lloyd Hyde, R.R. Espirito Santo Silva and E. Malta, op.cit., colour pl.XVIII (a sauce-boat); by Castro e Solle, Ceramica Brasonada, vol.III, pl.CLXVIII (a teapoy); by David Howard and John Ayers, op.cit., vol.I, p.265, no.259 for a plate from the Mottahedeh Collection, sold in New York, 30 January 1985, lot 160; by J.G. Veiga, Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections, pl.161 (a plate), sold in a sale of the author's collection, London, 31 October 1989, lot 135; and by N. de Castro, op.cit., p.132 for an oval dish in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antique, Lisbon, which was exhibited in Portugal and Porcelain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, Catalogue, no.56. A dish, a sauce-boat and an oval dish were sold in these Rooms, 2 March 1976, lots 267 - 269; a dish was sold in these Rooms, 14 June 1976, lot 76; and an oval dish was sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1976, lot 155.
Other pieces from this service are illustrated by M. Beurdeley, op.cit., fig.52, p.76 (a plate); by J.A. Lloyd Hyde, R.R. Espirito Santo Silva and E. Malta, op.cit., colour pl.XVIII (a sauce-boat); by Castro e Solle, Ceramica Brasonada, vol.III, pl.CLXVIII (a teapoy); by David Howard and John Ayers, op.cit., vol.I, p.265, no.259 for a plate from the Mottahedeh Collection, sold in New York, 30 January 1985, lot 160; by J.G. Veiga, Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections, pl.161 (a plate), sold in a sale of the author's collection, London, 31 October 1989, lot 135; and by N. de Castro, op.cit., p.132 for an oval dish in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antique, Lisbon, which was exhibited in Portugal and Porcelain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, Catalogue, no.56. A dish, a sauce-boat and an oval dish were sold in these Rooms, 2 March 1976, lots 267 - 269; a dish was sold in these Rooms, 14 June 1976, lot 76; and an oval dish was sold in these Rooms, 18 October 1976, lot 155.