A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SOUP PLATES
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SOUP PLATES

CIRCA 1735

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL SOUP PLATES
CIRCA 1735
With the arms, marshaled with 21 coats, of Sandilands Lord Torphichen quarterly impaling Hume Earl of Marchmont, Pepdie, Polwarth and St. Clair, all between two mottos, the Sandilands crest shown twice on the rim between finely drawn flowering boughs in blue enamel, grisaille and gilt
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diameter (2)

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Lot Essay

See D.S. Howard, op. cit., vol. I, p. 308 for a description of these arms and of the 7th Baron Torpichen, who married Lady Jean Hume, daughter of the 1st Earl of Marchmont.

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