Plate, Yongzheng c.1730, unidentified British arms
Plate, c.1730, hitherto unrecorded and with arms not yet identified. A service in CAP II, p.164, has identical crest and motto and is there attributed to Maitland. This is now proved incorrect by the discovery of this plate since no Maitland bears the arms on the shield; however, both services were clearly for the same buyer
Reference : This service to be illustrated in a Supplement III to Chinese Armorial Porcelain by David S. Howard
Condition : Base star crack sealed (visible only on reverse); rim chips filled, gold strengthened
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