Lot Essay
The arms are those of Galvez, of Castille, Aragon and Andalusia. See D. S. Howard and J. Ayers, op.cit., 1978, no.386, p.390 for a jardinire in the Mottahedeh Collection. Another jardinire, together with a circular tureen and cover from this service are in the Helena Woolworth McCann Collection at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, illustrated by J. G. Phillips, China-Trade Porcelain, pls. 29 and 30. See also M. Beurdeley, op.cit., 1962, colour pl.XVII, p.85 for a goose tureen bearing these arms.