Lot 43
43
A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL FOLIATE DISH, enamelled in a central cartouche with Fort St.George above a coat-of-arms and beneath a falcon crest, oval cartouches depicting Plymouth Sound and the Pearl River at opposite ends of the border (rim chipped and associated hairline crack), circa 1745, 36.8cm. wide; and a famille rose armorial octagonal dish enamelled with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and surrounded by fronds, the border with a continuous floral garland (rim chip restored, fritted), circa 1775, 27.7cm. wide (2)

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OVAL FOLIATE DISH, enamelled in a central cartouche with Fort St.George above a coat-of-arms and beneath a falcon crest, oval cartouches depicting Plymouth Sound and the Pearl River at opposite ends of the border (rim chipped and associated hairline crack), circa 1745, 36.8cm. wide; and a famille rose armorial octagonal dish enamelled with a central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest and surrounded by fronds, the border with a continuous floral garland (rim chip restored, fritted), circa 1775, 27.7cm. wide (2)

Lot Essay

The arms on the first are those of Pole. Cf.D.S.Howard, op. cit., p.326 and p.129 for a colour plate
The arms on the second are those of Henrique José Comacho Guerreiro de Brito
These arms were granted by King Dom José I of Portugal in 1771.
Cf. Nuno de Castro, op.cit., p.129, for an identical plate

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