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Armorial porcelain dinner plate with painted polychrome decoration consisting of a central four lobed medallion with a scene of a building next to a body of water, rim features two panels with harbor scenes, a splayed eagle with a black bird on its chest, and a coat-of-arms with a shield with three red crescents and a bird within a gold foliate scroll border.
dinner plates
porcelain
Chinese export
armorial (porcelain style)
Plate, Dinner
"c.1750 / Pole / Poly / [pound symbol] 12.12.0" (handwritten)
"Guaranteed Genuine. / THE / CENTURY / HOUSE / 2 KING ST,. ST. JAMES, S.W.1." (printed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD116
The Century House (Dealer)
1 1/8 (H), 9 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1856.2
China
Title Armorial dinner plate Accession Number 2006.44.1856.1
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