A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1775

Details

A RARE FAMILLE ROSE ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1775
The arms of the Fishmongers' Company flanked by merman and mermaid supports above the motto ALL WORSHIP BE TO GOD ONLY
9 in. (22.8 cm.) diameter

Literature

Fuchs and Howard, Made in China, p. 81, no. 42.
Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.624.

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Lot Essay

From one of three services ordered by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers for their ceremonial dinners. The Company, one of the oldest of the London City Guilds, was granted their first royal charter by Edward I in 1272.

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