1147. An extremely rare Chinese armorial plate, c.1755, painted with the arms of Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, above a scene of large exotic birds perched on rocky outcrops before a figure fishing from a small boat, the scalloped rim with a border of foliate scrolls en grisaille, 22.6cm.
£2,000-2,500
Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection. Purchased from Betty Gertz, Dallas in 1984. Previously in Antwerp.
Exhibited: English Ceramics Circle, Armorials Exhibition 2008. Label to the reverse.
Illustrated: D S Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol II, p.221.
Clifford Henderson, a scion of the Grafton family, has been in correspondence with the 11th Duke of Grafton, who was unaware of the existence of this service and who has found no record of it at Euston Hall (the family seat in Suffolk). No other examples are known.
1148. A Chinese armorial soup plate, c.1755, the rim painted with the arms of Salvador within flower sprigs, the well painted with a Chinese warrior standing before three other figures beneath flowering magnolia, two small filled chips to the rim, 22.8cm. £1,000-1,500
Provenance: Christie’s, London, May 1969. Bonham’s, London, 22nd March 2005, lot 25. The Clifford Henderson collection.
1149. A Chinese armorial plate, c.1740, painted with the arms of Clifford of Chudleigh within bands of blue and gilt foliate scrolls, 22.5cm.
£1,500-2,000
Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection. Purchased from Heirloom and Howard in 1991. Paper label for Earle D. Vandekar.
A large number of these plates remain in the collection at Ugbrooke Park, Devon; the family seat of the Clifford family.
1150. A Chinese armorial octagonal plate, c.1760, painted with the arms of Maitland quartering Lauder, Earl of Lauderdale, the well with a large spray of European flowers, the rim with floral and ribbon garlands, 22.8cm.
Provenance: the Clifford Henderson collection. Purchased Sotheby’s in 1995.
£800-1,200 at
This service was made for the 7th Earl, and a large part of it remains at Thirlestane Castle in Berwickshire, the home of the grandson of the 15th Earl of Lauderdale.
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