A SELECTION OF ARMORIAL TABLEWARES FOR THE OFFICIAL DINNER SERVICE OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY, APPARENTLY IN THE DIANA CARGO SHIPMENT AS ADDITIONAL PIECES FOR THE SERVICE USED ON FORMAL OCCASIONS AT THE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE IN MADRAS.
(The arms are those of the New East India Company. It is quite likely that this service was originally commissioned for the exclusive use of the President's at 'John Company' functions in the Madras and Bombay Residences, on the occasion of the centenary of the original merger between the 'old' and 'new' companies. This service was used in Bombay and Madras, from where various Governors took parts of the service back to England. See D Howard, page 774.
A Chinese 'Honourable East India Company' armorial oval dish
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A Chinese 'Honourable East India Company' armorial oval dish
painted and gilt with two lions bearing standards and flanking a crested coat of arms above the motto 'Auspicio Regis et Senatus Anglia', the broad rim with a point and pendulum border -- 12in. (30.5cm) wide, circa 1816.
painted and gilt with two lions bearing standards and flanking a crested coat of arms above the motto 'Auspicio Regis et Senatus Anglia', the broad rim with a point and pendulum border -- 12in. (30.5cm) wide, circa 1816.