CIRCA 1750-55

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AN EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATE, AND A PAIR OF PLATES
Circa 1750-55
The first enamelled and gilt with the arms of Count Tessin below spearheads at the well and shell and scroll at the border below the shaped moulded rim; the pair of plates with a lion supporter holding a caduceus and resting on a blue enamel shield with the initials RS, below shell and scroll at the border
all 9 in. (22.5 cm.) diam. (3)

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Lot Essay

Count Tessin was in the mid 18th Century Swedish ambassador to Paris. A crest of a demi-lion holding the staff of Aesculapius, similar to the design at the centre of the pair of plates, can be found on a famille rose armorial servie made for von Steijern of Sweden, and it is quite possible that these plates come from another service commissioned by the same family. A example from the von Steijern service is in the Gothenburg Historical Museum, inv.no.19185. A pair of plates similar to the present lot was sold in these Rooms 6 April 1998, lot 125.

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