Waste bowl, Qianlong c.1780, arms of Stevenson, initials A.S.
Waste bowl, c.1780, with the arms of Stevenson on both sides beneath the initials A.S. Made for a son or grandson of Dr (Sir) Archibald Stevenson of Edinburgh, a founding member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, who was granted these arms in 1673.
Reference : This service to be illustrated in a Supplement III to Chinese Armorial Porcelain by David S. Howard
Condition : Perfect; minor retouch to blue enamel.
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