A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH painted at the centre with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within a band of iron-red and gilt spear-head in the well, the border with diaper and flower-head pattern, circa 1750
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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OBLONG OCTAGONAL DISH painted at the centre with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within a band of iron-red and gilt spear-head in the well, the border with diaper and flower-head pattern, circa 1750
33.3cm. wide
Lot Essay
The arms are those of Chase. Cf.D.S.Howard, op.cit., p.259 for an identical dish from the Bullivant Collection. This service was apparently made for Sir Richard Chase, Sheriff of Essex, in 1744.