A SET OF EIGHT CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES CIRCA 1745-50 |

each painted in the center with the arms of van Reede van Oudtshoorn and Boesses accollé, the rim decorated with scrolling acanthus leaves and loops in gilding

All with overspray all around the rim edge and back, apparently covering small rim chips. It is impossible to see the extent of restortion. One with an area of restoration extending to the front, covering a crack running in from the rim. Slight wear to the enamels and the arms. The silver background on the left arms has been worn away.
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Pieces from this service are rare. Two larger examples in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and another excavated fragment from Utrecht appear to be the only published examples. The coat of arms belong to Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn (1714-1773) and his wife Sophia Boesses (1720-1791), who married on 18th of January, 1741. Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn was a crime officer in the Cape Colony in 1741, who later became the vice-governor in 1760, and entitled Lord of the manor in 1766. Sophia was a member of the Boesses family, which rose to political prominence in the late 18th century in the Netherlands. For further discussion, see Dr. Jochem Kroes, Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market, Zwolle, 2007, cat. no. 229.