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Lot Essay
This seems to be from a group made for the Corbel or Corbet family of France, all of whom had arms with three crows (corbeau meaning crow in French). See the Hodroff collection (D.S. Howard, op. cit., p. 47) and another in the Mottahedeh collection (Howard & Ayers, op. cit., p. 141). A similar group is known inscribed PAMEN for the Dutch family.
However the present example has had the checkerboard fan enamelled over the crow crest, gilt crosshatch over the word CORBEAU, gilt scrollwork over the three crows, and extra iron-red and gilt flowering vine added around the coal, all seemingly old. Perhaps this change was done at the time in Holland, or even in China, to render the dish suitable for another client
However the present example has had the checkerboard fan enamelled over the crow crest, gilt crosshatch over the word CORBEAU, gilt scrollwork over the three crows, and extra iron-red and gilt flowering vine added around the coal, all seemingly old. Perhaps this change was done at the time in Holland, or even in China, to render the dish suitable for another client