Three Chinese Export Armorial Octagonal Plates Circa 1770 and 1765

comprising: a soup plate and a plate with the arms of Wyatt impaling Fowle, and another plate with the arms of Stewart.

Stuart: The gilding is rubbed on the rim edge, otherwise in good overall condition. Wyatt soup plate: There are numerous small ¼ inch and less chips to the upper and underside of the rim and a 3/8 inch chip under the rim. Wyatt plate: There are numerous small 1/8 inch and less chips to the upper and underside of the rim. There is a one inch crack issuing from the rim and some stacking wear to the enamel flower sprays in the cavetto.
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Howard, 1974, Vol. I, p. 615, no. S2 illustrates a plate from the Wyatt service; and also a plate from the Stewart service, Vol. I, p. 576, no. Q9.