Lot Essay
The arms of are those of the family Gordon quartering Forbes. See D. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, p. 313, nr. J1.
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CIRCA 1745
Details
A set of six armorial plates
Circa 1745
Each enamelled and gilt with a lady seated on a carpet between a servant offering coffee and a lady holding a fan, within a spearhead border in the well, the everted octagonal rim decorated with four landscape cartouches, the bottom one depicting a coat-of-arms and the one above with the inscription 'Gorde.Manuque', minute rim frits
22 cm. diam. (6)
Circa 1745
Each enamelled and gilt with a lady seated on a carpet between a servant offering coffee and a lady holding a fan, within a spearhead border in the well, the everted octagonal rim decorated with four landscape cartouches, the bottom one depicting a coat-of-arms and the one above with the inscription 'Gorde.Manuque', minute rim frits
22 cm. diam. (6)
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