AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE painted at the centre en grisaille and gilt with a coat-of-arms in the form of a double-headed eagle holding an orb and sceptre and bearing a shield on the chest depicting St George and the Dragon, within a narrow scroll band in the well, the border enamelled with a floral garland, circa 1785

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AN IMPERIAL FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE painted at the centre en grisaille and gilt with a coat-of-arms in the form of a double-headed eagle holding an orb and sceptre and bearing a shield on the chest depicting St George and the Dragon, within a narrow scroll band in the well, the border enamelled with a floral garland, circa 1785
24.6cm. diam.

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Catherine the Great of Russia who reigned from 1762-96. Cf. D. Howard and J. Ayers, p. cit., p. 455 and C. le Corbeiller, op. cit., p. 112 for the example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which has a pierced border

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