Porcelain shrimp dish decorated in green and gilt Bird and Scared Flower pattern. Decorations include flowers, birds, butterflies, and, in the center, in brown, an armorial motif with a hand holding a sword that is run through the head of a boar. An oval border surronds the armorial motif with the motto in Latin 'AUDENTIOR ITO'.
platters
porcelain
Chinese export
armorial (porcelain style)
Platter
AUDENTIOR ITO (Oval boarder surrounding central armorial motif)
BIRD AND SACRED FLOWER
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD163
Unknown
China
9 3/8 x 1 5/8 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3022
China
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