A Chinese Export Armorial Large Plate Circa 1765

with the arms of Peake

The plate is in good condition with some minor rubbing to the gilding and some minor speckling in the glaze. There are some shadows of leaves visible beneath the arms suggesting that the coat of arms was added and earlier gilding removed. It is possible that the plate was regilt that the arms was added.
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Howard, 2003, Vol II, p. 329, no. P17 and p. 501, no. T11 illustrates a punch bowl and a mug with the arms of Peake but with different borders. The punch bowl, circa 1755, intended for Hugh Peake, is decorated with a spearhead border, while the mug, circa 1785, is decorated with a narrow husk border, probably for Thomas Peake, the eldest son of Hugh Peake. Howard notes that the spearhead service was brought back from China by the second and third sons of Hugh Peake, Hugh and Samuel Peake, who worked for the East India Company. The present charger appears to be from a third service, which although in style of decoration suggestes a date of circa 1730, appears in execution to be somewhat later. David Howard, in his unpublished notes on the service, suggested a tentative date of circa 1765, and conjectured that the decorator may have been asked to copy the style of an earlier period. The only other recorded piece from this service is a large charger which was in The Hodroff Collection, sold at Christie's, New York, January 24, 2007, part lot 87.