A PAIR OF EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES, each enamelled with a central scene depicting Fort St. George at Madras beneath a crest and above a coat-of-arms at the border, divided by two cartouches depicting Plymouth Sound and the anchorage in the Pearl River (minor rim chips), circa 1745 | Christie's

Lot 198 A

198 A

A PAIR OF EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES, each enamelled with a central scene depicting Fort St. George at Madras beneath a crest and above a coat-of-arms at the border, divided by two cartouches depicting Plymouth Sound and the anchorage in the Pearl River (minor rim chips), circa 1745

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A PAIR OF EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES, each enamelled with a central scene depicting Fort St. George at Madras beneath a crest and above a coat-of-arms at the border, divided by two cartouches depicting Plymouth Sound and the anchorage in the Pearl River (minor rim chips), circa 1745
23.4cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Pole. Cf. C. S. Howard, op. cit., p.326.
For a plate with identical panel decoration, though different arms, cf. D. Howard and J. Ayers, op. cit., p.202

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