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A FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATE
QIANLONG
PAINTED AND GILT WITH A CENTRAL CREST DEPICTING AN EQUESTRIAN ST. GEORGE TRAMPLING ON A DRAGON WITH A FACE REPRESENTING THE FLEUR-DE-LIS OF FRANCE, BENEATH THE MOTTO 'ST. GEORGE AND OLD ENGLAND' SURMOUNTED BY THE FIGURE OF BRITANNIA, WITHIN BORDERS OF TRAILNG FOLIAGE AND PSEARHEAD DESIGN -- 8 7/8IN. (22.5CMS) WIDE, (SLIGHT RESTORATION TO AREAS OF RIM).
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
THE ARMS ARE OF THE ANTI-GALLICAN SOCIETY. THIS SERVICE WAS PROBABLY MADE AT THE RE-FORMING OF THE SOCIETY IN 1757 AND IS ONE OF AT LEAST FIVE SERVICES, OR SETS OF PUNCH BOWLS. SEE 'CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN', D.S HOWARD, PAGE 418.
QIANLONG
PAINTED AND GILT WITH A CENTRAL CREST DEPICTING AN EQUESTRIAN ST. GEORGE TRAMPLING ON A DRAGON WITH A FACE REPRESENTING THE FLEUR-DE-LIS OF FRANCE, BENEATH THE MOTTO 'ST. GEORGE AND OLD ENGLAND' SURMOUNTED BY THE FIGURE OF BRITANNIA, WITHIN BORDERS OF TRAILNG FOLIAGE AND PSEARHEAD DESIGN -- 8 7/8IN. (22.5CMS) WIDE, (SLIGHT RESTORATION TO AREAS OF RIM).
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
THE ARMS ARE OF THE ANTI-GALLICAN SOCIETY. THIS SERVICE WAS PROBABLY MADE AT THE RE-FORMING OF THE SOCIETY IN 1757 AND IS ONE OF AT LEAST FIVE SERVICES, OR SETS OF PUNCH BOWLS. SEE 'CHINESE ARMORIAL PORCELAIN', D.S HOWARD, PAGE 418.
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