A RARE PORTUGESE MARKET SMALL SCALLOPED DISH

CIRCA 1776

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A RARE PORTUGESE MARKET SMALL SCALLOPED DISH
Circa 1776
Decorated in shades of blue enamel and finely painted grisaille with the script initials PFV beneath a crown and above a tripod pot, all flanked by a pair of smiling guardsmen, the well with the inscription sete barro he outro ounicornio, the rim with swagged drapery
6.3/8in. (16.2cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

This interesting service, once associated with the illegitimate sons of King Joao V of Portugal, has now been attributed by N. de Castro (Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, pp.149-50) to the Royal College of Nobles of Lisbon, a theory supported by M.A. Pinto de Matos (see Caminhos da Porcelana, Catalogue, p. 240). A plate from the service was sold Christie's, London, 16 November 1998, lot 465.

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