A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATES, each predominately enamelled in turquoise, blue, iron-red and gilt with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and surrounded by leaves within a continuous gilt scrolling floral band in the well, the border with four flower-sprays divided by ruyi-shaped flower-heads (fritted, both with hairline cracks), circa 1730

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATES, each predominately enamelled in turquoise, blue, iron-red and gilt with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and surrounded by leaves within a continuous gilt scrolling floral band in the well, the border with four flower-sprays divided by ruyi-shaped flower-heads (fritted, both with hairline cracks), circa 1730
22cm. diam. (2)

Provenance

Cecil H. Bullivant, nos. 1034 and 1035

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Stewart. Cf. D.S.Howard, op.cit, p.225.
The arms were originally those of Sir John Stewart of Jedburgh. The same coat-of-arms was also borne by Sir William Stewart, Lord Mayor of London in 1722, and it is possible that this service was made for his second son. Three other services with these arms were made within a decade of this one.

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