A pair of Chinese Export plates decorated in the Meissen style. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette, with a central medallion in the style of Meissen.
A Chinese famille rose dish decorated with mandarins. Qianlong period
Decorated with the famille rose palette with a cortege of mandarins.
A Chinese en grisaille “The Seamstress” plate. Qianlong period
Decorated en grisaille, and gilt with ‘The Seamstress’ or ‘The Embroiderer’, seated with her back to a window with ships beside a tall building on a cliff, her robes heightened in gilt, encircled by a gilt spearhead border at the rim.
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 Chinese Export Porcelain ‘Cape of Good Hope” plate for the Dutch market. Qianlong period
Decorated in famille rose enamels, depicting a scene with four three-masted ships with the Dutch flag anchored at Table Mountain Bay in Cape Town, South Africa, A few people are on a boat heading to the port.
A very fine Chinese famille rose teapot decorated with Chinese ladies. Qianlong period
Decorated in the famille rose palette with Chinese ladies and their children.
Unusual Chinese famille rose salt cellar decorated with shells and rocaille scrolls. Qianlong period
Of circular form, with three foots and decorated in the famille rose palette with shells and rocaille scrolls in different shades of pink with gold highlights.
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 […]
A rare Chinese en grisaille and gilt royal portrait plate (Louise of Denmark-Norway). Qianlong period
Decorated en grisaille, and heightened in blue enamel and gold. In the centre is a circular medallion displaying the three-quarter length portrait of Louise of Denmark-Norway, dressed with an ermine collar over a royal robe embossed with crowns and wearing elaborate earrings and a pearl tiara atop her curly hair. The plate is decorated with with […]