AN ARMORIAL DISH painted at the centre in iron-red, gilt, aubergine and en grisaille and enamelled in turquoise and blue with a large, elaborate coat-of-arms within a narrow band of iron-red and gilt scroll in the well, the border with a continuous garland of vine, circa 1735

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AN ARMORIAL DISH painted at the centre in iron-red, gilt, aubergine and en grisaille and enamelled in turquoise and blue with a large, elaborate coat-of-arms within a narrow band of iron-red and gilt scroll in the well, the border with a continuous garland of vine, circa 1735
31.9cm. diam.

Provenance

Cecil H. Bullivant, sold in London, 22 March 1988, lot 176

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Clarke. Cf. D. S. Howard, op. cit., p. 266. George Clarke was appointed Lt. Governor of New York in 1736

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