A CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER ARMORIAL SHAPED OVAL PLATTER
CIRCA 1795, INCISED 14
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A CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER ARMORIAL SHAPED OVAL PLATTER
CIRCA 1795, INCISED 14
Painted with the 'Bengal Tiger' pattern in the famille verte palette with four radiating panels, alternately enclosing a stylized dragon or vases in a still life on a table, the center with a coat-of-arms and crest beneath a banner inscribed with the motto QUIS.PROBHIBEAT SPERARE.MELIORA, the border with cell pattern and half flower-heads
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) long
Lot Essay
The arms are those of Parker impaling Palmer.
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