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Armorial oval porcelain platter with a white body and painted polychrome decoration consisting of a central coat-of-arms comprising of a shield with ship, a cross, and a fist grasping a knife. Above is a standing lion and below is a banner with a Latin inscription. Surrounded by green, pink and gold foliate chain borders.
platters
porcelain
Chinese export
armorial (porcelain style)
Platter
"SIC NARRAVERE BARDI" (Painted Latin insciption below coat-of-arms)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Probably The Century House (Dealer)
1 x 7 3/4 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1927
China
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