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Probably made for the second Viscount, father of the famous Victorian Prime Minister. See Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p. 713 and also a colour plate p. 153.
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A SET OF SIX BLUE AND WHITE ARMORIAL PLATES
CIRCA 1785
Each with the arms of Temple, Viscount Palmerston, in coloured enamels in the center, the well and rim with spearhead-edged diaper pattern in underglaze blue (rim chips, some with old touch-up, three with several rim lines each, one with one, one with star glaze crack back)--9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam. (6)
CIRCA 1785
Each with the arms of Temple, Viscount Palmerston, in coloured enamels in the center, the well and rim with spearhead-edged diaper pattern in underglaze blue (rim chips, some with old touch-up, three with several rim lines each, one with one, one with star glaze crack back)--9 3/8in. (23.8cm.) diam. (6)