A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PART DINNER-SERVICE enamelled with a central scene depicting four figures flying a kite on a terrace beside a dog, buildings in a hilly riverscape in the background, all beneath an accollée coat-of-arms suspending a ribbonned cartouche issuing flower-sprays, and surmounted by a crest, comprising :

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PART DINNER-SERVICE enamelled with a central scene depicting four figures flying a kite on a terrace beside a dog, buildings in a hilly riverscape in the background, all beneath an accollée coat-of-arms suspending a ribbonned cartouche issuing flower-sprays, and surmounted by a crest, comprising :
A pair of oblong octagonal dishes (slightly fritted), 41.5cm. wide
Twelve octagonal plates (one damaged, five with hairline cracks, five slightly chipped), 22cm. wide
Three octagonal soup-plates (slightly chipped), 22cm. wide
circa 1770 (17)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Peach quartering Small with in pretence and accollée Cockburn. Cf. D. S. Howard, p. 346, where the author suggests that the central scene is unique. Samuel Peach, for whom this service was made, was a director of the East India Company between 1773 and 1784

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