A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL CHARGERS

CIRCA 1728

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A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL CHARGERS
CIRCA 1728
Finely enameled with a floral spray border, pink diaper enclosing the arms of Tower, the crest at top inscribed LOVE AND DREAD
11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

Christopher Tower of Huntsmore Park and his brother Thomas Tower of Weald Hall, Joint Auditors of 'His Majesty's Revenue', ordered five armorial services in this period. See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. II, p. 142.

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