Sale 12190
New York
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21 - 22 September 2016
Price realised
USD 3,250
Estimate
A CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAIN CHARGER AND AN ARMORIAL SOUP PLATE 18TH CENTURY The charger with the arms of Lane with Clarke in pretence and a soup plate with the arms of Douglas quartering Douglas, Earl of Morton above the motto LOCK SICKER 11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter, the charger
Provenance
Formerly in The Family Residence, the White House, Washington D.C.
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