AN ARMORIAL SOUP PLATE

CIRCA 1735

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AN ARMORIAL SOUP PLATE
CIRCA 1735
The center enamelled with the arms of Tylney and Child quarterly above the motto IMITARI QUAM INVIDERE, the rim with four sprays of gilt and iron-red flowering branches
9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

In 1731 Richard Child, 3rd Baronet, was created Earl Tylney. His father, Josiah Child, had been a governor of the East India Company in the 17th century. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcleain, vol. 1, p. 393.

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