A SET OF EIGHT ARMORIAL PLATES

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A SET OF EIGHT ARMORIAL PLATES
CIRCA 1745

Each enamelled on the rim with the coat-of-arms of Napier of Ballikinrany, the crest and motto on the rim opposite, a quatrefoil Meissen style panel in the center with a view of the church at Fort St. George in Madras and the rim with gilt-edged panels in the 'Valentine' pattern (one with tiny chips, one with a rim line, one with a center line, and one with a long crack)--9in. (23cm.) diam. (8)

Lot Essay

For other pieces from this finely painted service see Howard, op. cit., p. 320, Le Corbeiller, China Trade Porcelain, a Study in Double Reflections, p. 55, Hervouet and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnie des Indes a Décor Occidental, p. 19, and Howard and Ayers, op. cit., p. 205.