A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL MEAT DISH

CIRCA 1785

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL MEAT DISH
circa 1785
Enamelled at the centre with a coat-of-arms and coronet below blue enamel and gilt bands in the well and at the rim, one minor area of retouching to blue enamel
11 in. (30 cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Dom Henrique de Meneses (1727 - 1787), Gentleman of the bedchamber to Queen Maria I, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Turin and Rome from 1779 until 1781, and Ambassador to Madrid in 1785. See N. de Castro, Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, 1988, p.158.

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