A PAIR OF ARMORIAL PLATTERS

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A PAIR OF ARMORIAL PLATTERS
CIRCA 1760

Each of shaped outline and painted in the center with a coat-of-arms on elaborate rococo mantling, the well with a grisaille cell border and the rim enamelled with blossoming boughs between gilt floral motifs (small chips)--14¼in. (36.2cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Other pieces from this service are in the collection of the Robert E. Lee Foundation at Stratford Hall, Virginia. The arms and crest do appear to be related to those of Lee of Coton. See Howard, op. cit., p. 227.