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Armorial porcelain dinner plate with painted polychrome decoration comprising of a central coat-of-arms of a shield with a boar, two stars and a crescent, framed by a chain of flowers, above is a boar and below is a banner with a Latin inscription. blue flower and diaper design borders with gold stars and details.
dinner plates
porcelain
Chinese export
armorial (porcelain style)
Plate, Dinner
"THE CENTURY HOUSE GALLERIES / KNIGHTSBRIDGE. S.W.1 / Guaranteed / Genuine" (printed)
"made circa 1785 / for Lewis de Teissier / of Woodcots Park, co. / Surrey, born in 1736" (handwritten)
"SIT ORDO IN OMNIBUS" (handwritten)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
The Century House (Dealer)
1 (H), 9 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1929
China
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