Armorial porcelain saucer with white body and painted polychrome decoration consisting of a central coat-of-arms of a horseshoe shaped cartouche with three bulls heads, a unicorn behind a tree at top, surrounded by an alternating chain of green and gold buds and floral swags along rim.
saucers (plates)
porcelain
Chinese export
armorial (porcelain style)
Saucer
"Guaranteed Genuine / THE / CENTURY / HOUSE / 2 KING ST,. ST. JAMES. S.W.1." (printed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD119
Unknown
1 1/8 (H), 4 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1882.2
China
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