A SET OF TWELVE ARMORIAL SIDE PLATES

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A SET OF TWELVE ARMORIAL SIDE PLATES
CIRCA 1795

Each painted in the center with the arms of Pole quartering Van Notten, impaling Buller, a series of narrow borders in blue enamel, gilt and iron-red incorporating dots, arches and stars (two with star cracks, two with crazing, three with small chips, and one with short hairline)--6¼in. (15.7cm.) diam. (12)

Lot Essay

A plate from this service in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art is illustrated by Howard, op. cit., p. 760