SET OF (8) CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES
Yongzheng, c. 1724, crest of Frederick with Maresco in pretence and impaling Marescoe,
old Century Shop label, 9"diam.
See Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol I, pg. 202
The service was made for Leonora, widow of Thomas Frederic of Westminster (d. 1720).
Leonora was the daughter and heir of Charles Marescoe of London.
From a Cambridge, MA family whose extensive armorial collection was previously sold by CRN Auctions in May, 2018.
Two with hairlines (one of these with rubbed emblem); one stapled; one with light scratches in gold of shield; one with minor stacking rubbing in well.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Realized: $2,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 108 : SET OF (8) CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PLATES
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