Lot 440
  • 440

A `FAMILLE-ROSE' AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE ARMORIAL PART SERVICE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

painted with the arms of Thwaites, comprising: a rectangular salt; a canted rectangular meat dish,  seven dinner and six soup plates

Catalogue Note

See D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol.I, pg.601, R11., where the author suggests the service may have been made for Captain Thwaites.