A PAIR OF SPANISH ARMORIAL SCALLOPED PLATES

CIRCA 1765

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A PAIR OF SPANISH ARMORIAL SCALLOPED PLATES
Circa 1765
Each with an elaborate coat-of-arms on the rim of Alvarez de Toledo, Dukes of Alba, encircled by the chains of the French orders of St. Michel and St. Esprit and the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece, all on puce mantling issuing eight pennants and with the motto above TU IN EA ET EGO PRO EA, a cluster of gilt flowers in the centerand the molded rim edged in gilt
9 7/8in. (25.8cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

This service probably made for Don Fernando de Silva, Alvarez de Toledo, Beaumont, Hurtado de Mendoza, 12th Duke of Alba (1714-76) and a President of the Council of Indies. See Julio de Atienza, Nobiliario Espanol, p. 124. A reticulated plate from the service was sold Christie's New York, 21 January 1999, lot 24

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