AN AMERICAN MARKET OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE
AN AMERICAN MARKET OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1800

Details
AN AMERICAN MARKET OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE
Circa 1800
With the arms of Sargent and motto NEC GUAERERE HONOREM NEC SPERNERE
9.1/8in. (23.2cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

The Sargent family of Boston and New York included Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) who became first governor of the Mississippi territory in 1798. See H., P. and N. Schiffer, China for America, p. 50