A LARGE OVAL PORTUGESE MARKET ARMORIAL PLATTER

CIRCA 1770

Details

A LARGE OVAL PORTUGESE MARKET ARMORIAL PLATTER
Circa 1770
Carefully painted with the arms of Melo e Castro in the center beneath a coronet, a gilt chain border along the well and the shaped, molded edge rim edged in iron-red, green and gilt enclosing scattered sprigs of spring flowers in famille rose enamels
16.3/8in. (41.6cm.) wide

Lot Essay

From a dinner service made for Manuel Bernardo de Melo e Castro (1716-92), Viscount of Lourinha, Governor and Captain-General of Grao-Para and Maranhao, Brazil, Lord of the town of Lourinha, Great Officer of the Royal Household and Familiar of the Holy Office. See N. de Castro, op. cit., p. 192.