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Lot Essay
This service was ordered for José Raón y Gutiérrez (1703-1773), Captain General and Governor of the Philippines in 1765 and first Governor to use the Cape of Good Hope route to reach the Philippines. He held the highest rank in the Spanish Army and was therefore able to use the coronet of a marquis above his arms. The quartered arms show the families of Raón (1st and 3rd), Gutiérrez (2nd) and Cejudo (4th).
Baskets on stands of this form were modelled after Meissen originals of circa 1740 and initially formed part of a table centrepiece comprising a lemon-basket surrounded by small shaped bowls, probably to hold oil and spices, and the set would stand on a large shaped two-handled porcelain tray. See Howard and Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, London and New York, 1978, p. 564 for a discussion on these baskets, and no. 583 for an armorial basket of this form in the Mottahedeh Collection, made for the British market, together with an earlier Meissen version. A pair of armorial baskets and stands with Dutch arms are illustrated by D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, London, 1974, no. 157 and p. 218; and another for the same market see C.J.A. Jörg, Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade, The Hague, 1982, fig. 86, p. 172. Another, for the North American market, made for Major Samuel Shaw displaying his initials and the badge of the Order of Cincinnati, is in the Winterthur Museum, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, cat.111, p.174, and by J. G. Phillips, China-Trade Porcelain, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956, fig. 18, p. 30.
See Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.II, no. 385, p. 389 for a plate from the Raón y Gutiérrez service; M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, p. 188, cat. 168 for a dish in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon; J. A. Lloyd Hyde, Oriental Lowestoft, Chinese Export Porcelain, Newport, 1964, color plate C (bottom left) for another plate.
See also Fuchs and Howard, Made in China, Winterthur, 2005, no. 35, p. 73 for a plate with these arms which sold in our New York Rooms, The Hodroff Collection, part III, 21 January 2009, lot 269. A deep dish from this service was sold in these Rooms, 6 November 2007, lot 244.
Baskets on stands of this form were modelled after Meissen originals of circa 1740 and initially formed part of a table centrepiece comprising a lemon-basket surrounded by small shaped bowls, probably to hold oil and spices, and the set would stand on a large shaped two-handled porcelain tray. See Howard and Ayers, China for the West, vol. II, London and New York, 1978, p. 564 for a discussion on these baskets, and no. 583 for an armorial basket of this form in the Mottahedeh Collection, made for the British market, together with an earlier Meissen version. A pair of armorial baskets and stands with Dutch arms are illustrated by D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain, London, 1974, no. 157 and p. 218; and another for the same market see C.J.A. Jörg, Porcelain and the Dutch China Trade, The Hague, 1982, fig. 86, p. 172. Another, for the North American market, made for Major Samuel Shaw displaying his initials and the badge of the Order of Cincinnati, is in the Winterthur Museum, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, cat.111, p.174, and by J. G. Phillips, China-Trade Porcelain, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956, fig. 18, p. 30.
See Howard and Ayers, China for the West, London and New York, 1978, vol.II, no. 385, p. 389 for a plate from the Raón y Gutiérrez service; M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, London, 1962, p. 188, cat. 168 for a dish in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon; J. A. Lloyd Hyde, Oriental Lowestoft, Chinese Export Porcelain, Newport, 1964, color plate C (bottom left) for another plate.
See also Fuchs and Howard, Made in China, Winterthur, 2005, no. 35, p. 73 for a plate with these arms which sold in our New York Rooms, The Hodroff Collection, part III, 21 January 2009, lot 269. A deep dish from this service was sold in these Rooms, 6 November 2007, lot 244.