TWO SILVERED, GILT AND ENAMELED ARMORIAL PLATES

SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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TWO SILVERED, GILT AND ENAMELED ARMORIAL PLATES
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The first with the arms of French of Berwickshire at the rim above a field of gilt and silver flowers, circa 1735, the other with the arms of Walsh de Serrant, circa 1760
9 1/8 inches (23.2 cm) diameter (2)

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Lot Essay

Francois-Jacques Walsh de Serrant (1704-82) served as Secretary to the King of France 1751-63. His Irish father had settled at Saint Malo; A. Lebel explains that some pieces of the service display the swan crest, as here, and others a coronet (op cit, p. 235).

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