AN OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE

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AN OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1760

DECORATED IN BRIGHT FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELS WITH A LARGE SPRAY OF SPRING FLOWERS IN THE CENTER, THE RIM WITH A PINK RIBBON INTERLACED WITH GILT BAMBOO AND ROSE SPRIGS AND CENTERED BY THE ARMS OF MAITLAND QUARTERING LAUDER, EARL OF LAUDERDALE (TINY RIM CHIPS, GLAZE CRACK REVERSE)--8½IN. (21.5CM.) DIAM.

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FROM A SERVICE MADE FOR JAMES, THE 7TH EARL OF LAUDERDALE (1718-89). SEE HOWARD, OP. CIT., P. 386.