CIRCA 1765

Details

A famille rose armorial plate
Circa 1765
Enamelled and gilt centrally with an accolé coat-of-arms against a puce rocaille mantling and surmounted by a coronet, within a chain-pattern band and scattered sprays of flowers around the rim
22.5 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Dutch (Frisian) families Nauta Beuckens and Swalue. For a further discussion on these arms, see an article by Dr. Jochem Kroes in 'Genealogie', March 1997, Chinees porselein met Nederlandse familiewapens.
A pair of tureens with the same coat-of-arms were sold in our London Rooms, 11 May 2004, lot 145; and a plate in these rooms, 19 October 1999, lot 386.

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