AN ENGLISH MARKET BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL PUDDING DISH

CIRCA 1725

Details

AN ENGLISH MARKET BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL PUDDING DISH
CIRCA 1725
The arms of Haldane in colors and gilt in the center as if on a bookplate, finely painted cobalt blue borders
6 3/8 in. (16.1 cm) diameter

Provenance

The Peter H Frelinghuysen Jr. Collection; Christie's, New York, 24 January 2012, lot 1.

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Lot Essay

A soup plate from this handsome service was exhibited in A Tale of Three Cities: Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, London, 1997 (cat p 56), where D.S. Howard writes "the manner of painting the armorial from a bookplate is remarkable, and confirms that an actual bookplate was coloured and taken to China - the earliest recorded example of this happening."

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