A pair of Chinese armorial rouge de fer and gilt circular warming dishes painted to the centres with a crest bearing a dexter cubit arm holding a truncheon encircled within the motto 'Je Le Maintiendrai' on a Fitzhugh pattern ground -- 11¼in. (28.5cm) wide, Jiaqing.

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A pair of Chinese armorial rouge de fer and gilt circular warming dishes painted to the centres with a crest bearing a dexter cubit arm holding a truncheon encircled within the motto 'Je Le Maintiendrai' on a Fitzhugh pattern ground -- 11¼in. (28.5cm) wide, Jiaqing.
See Colour Plate.

The crest and motto are intended for Thomas Nesbitt of Lismore. (2)

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