Lot Essay
The arms are those of O'Callaghan, Viscount Lismore. Cf. D. S. Howard, op.cit., p.790 where the author suggests that this service was probably copied from a Worcester pattern sent to China
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL HOT-WATER PLATES
circa 1810
Each of typical form, finely enamelled and gilt with a central coat-of-arms, coronet, crest, supporters and the motto Fidus et Audax, within a wide band of four floral cartouches reserved on a diaper-pattern ground at the concave border, one with border crack 11in. (28.2cm.) wide (2)
circa 1810
Each of typical form, finely enamelled and gilt with a central coat-of-arms, coronet, crest, supporters and the motto Fidus et Audax, within a wide band of four floral cartouches reserved on a diaper-pattern ground at the concave border, one with border crack 11in. (28.2cm.) wide (2)