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