A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE enamelled at the centre with an elaborate coat-of-arms and the Order of the Golden Fleece on an ermine mantle surmounted by an archducal hat within a continuous iron-red, gilt and grisaille floral garland in the well, the border with four flower-sprays (border repaired, rim fritted, glaze line to base), circa 1745

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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE enamelled at the centre with an elaborate coat-of-arms and the Order of the Golden Fleece on an ermine mantle surmounted by an archducal hat within a continuous iron-red, gilt and grisaille floral garland in the well, the border with four flower-sprays (border repaired, rim fritted, glaze line to base), circa 1745
23cm. diam.

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The arms are those of Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, who married Maria Theresa, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary. He became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1737 and Holy Roman Emperor (and of Austria) in 1745. This service must have been made after he became a Grand Duke but before he became Holy Roman Emperor

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