Lot Essay
Possibly made for William Alexander of New York (d. 1783) who claimed descent from Henry, 5th (and last) Earl of Stirling, and who became Surveyor General of New York and a Governor of Columbia College.
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CIRCA 1780
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A PAIR OF ARMORIAL SOUP PLATES
Circa 1780
With a quartered coat-of-arms beneath an earl's coronet and supported by a mermaid and a savage, all above the motto PER MARE PER TERRAS, a flower-entwined gilt bamboo border
8.7/8in. (22.5cm.) diameter (2)
Circa 1780
With a quartered coat-of-arms beneath an earl's coronet and supported by a mermaid and a savage, all above the motto PER MARE PER TERRAS, a flower-entwined gilt bamboo border
8.7/8in. (22.5cm.) diameter (2)