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A Chinese famille rose armorial soup plate, the centre painted with pheasants among flowering branches issuing from pierced rockwork, the border with a crest, motto and coat-of-arms and flowering branches, (chips to rim) 8 7/8in. (22.6cm) diam., and a plate en suite, (hairline crack to rim) 9in. (22.8cm) diam., Qianlong, circa 1745
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Further details
The arms are those of Blair of Inchyra Cf. D.S. Howard op, cit.p. 339
This service was probably made for a Blair of Inchyra, descended from Andrew Blair of Inchyra, second son of Sir Thomas Blair of Balthayock, knighted by King Charles I. Cadet branches of Blair of Balthayock are of Balmyle, Pittendreick, Glasclune, and the Blairs who settled in France.
This service was probably made for a Blair of Inchyra, descended from Andrew Blair of Inchyra, second son of Sir Thomas Blair of Balthayock, knighted by King Charles I. Cadet branches of Blair of Balthayock are of Balmyle, Pittendreick, Glasclune, and the Blairs who settled in France.