Lot 133
133
A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE for the Italian market enamelled at the centre with a fly encircled by butterfly wings within a band of turquoise geometric pattern in the well, the border with a coat-of-arms repeated twice, surmounted by a crest and divided by two G's entwined and beneath a crest, all reserved on a band of pink trellis-pattern at the border (rim chipped), circa 1745

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE for the Italian market enamelled at the centre with a fly encircled by butterfly wings within a band of turquoise geometric pattern in the well, the border with a coat-of-arms repeated twice, surmounted by a crest and divided by two G's entwined and beneath a crest, all reserved on a band of pink trellis-pattern at the border (rim chipped), circa 1745
23.3cm. diam.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Grimaldi, originally from Genoa, who first possessed Monaco in 1297. The first Grimaldi prince ascended the throne in 1304. During the French Revolution the family were deposed but regained the throne in 1814

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