A SWEDISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE

CIRCA 1730

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A SWEDISH MARKET ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1730
The coat-of-arms of Höpken beneath a pink coronet and enclosed by berried vine and palm, sea-foam green cell pattern on the well and the rim with delicately painted gilt emblems
9 inches (22.8 cm) diameter

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Lot Essay

From a service made for Baron Daniel Niklas von Höpken (1699-1741), a Swedish Secretary of State and investor in the Swedish East India Company. He was a leader of the "Hats" party; his son, Count Anders, was also an important Swedish statesman. See J Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, p 122.

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