A very large Chinese hexagonal armorial charger for the English market. Yongzheng period
Bodly painted with the arms of Carleton in the center, the rim with five peony cartouches and one enclosing an arm rest on a cell-diaper ground.
A Chinese famille rose armorial charger for the Belgian market (Jacobus-Gerardus de Knyff). Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose enamels, gilt and silvered, with the arms of Knyff.
A Chinese armorial famille verte armorial charger for the Dutch market (Thomas Ray of Ostende). Kangxi period
Decorated with the famille verte and gilt, with a central cypher.
A large Chinese armorial platter for the English market (Wilkins). Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with a bamboo and floral border, the arms are of Wilkins, Per pale or and argent a wyvern vert, crest, A wyvern’s head erased; and motto “Sin ar du hun” (“Wonder at thyself”).
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Baillie impaling Gordon). Qianlong period
The arms are of Baillie of Jerviswood, Sable a sun or between nine stars argent, crest, A crescent or ; impaling Gordon, Azure three boar’s heads couped or.
A pair of Chinese famille rose armorial plates for the Belgian market (Jacobus-Gerardus de Knyff). Yongzheng period
Decorated in the famille rose enamels, gilt and silvered, with the arms of Knyff.
A pair of Chinese armorial plates for the English market (Macgregor of MarcGregor). Qianlong period
The arms are MacGregor of MacGregor, Argent an oak tree eradicated in bend sinister surmounted of a sword in bend bother proper, in the dexter canton an antique crown gules ; crest, A lion’s head proper (crowned with an antique crown). The supporters are Dexter a unicorn argent (crowned), sinister a deer proper ; and […]
An early & large Chinese armorial dish for the European market (Corbeau). Kangxi period (ca. 1710)
The octagonal dish decorated with a central roundel depicting a coat-of-arms below a scroll inscribed CORBEAU, surrounded by shaped panels enclosing plants, a Buddhistic lion and a group of cranes, reserved on a washed-blue ground with meandering camellia.
A Chinese armorial plate for the English market (Selby impaling Tuite). Qianlong period
The arms of Selby of Biddleston, Barry of eight sable and or, impaling Tuite, Quarterly argent and gules; crest of Selby, A saracen’s head wreathed about the temples or and sable.
A large Chinese armorial oval fruit dish for the Dutch Market (Crommelin of Amsterdam). Qianlong period
Of oval form, decorated in the famille rose palette with sprays of flowers, with upright and undulating rim, with two flat moulded handles at the ends, the coat of arms of the Crommelin to the center of the dish, in an asymmetrical shield in rococo style, impaled, 1. on a blue background a white (gold) […]