Period:Qing dynasty Production date:18thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 22 centimetres
Description:
Octagonal plate. Coat of arms of Crichton of Ruthven, “Argent a lion rampant azure, on a chief of the second, three lozanges of the first”; crest, “A pillar argent”; impaling Freke, “Sable two bars and in chief three mullets or”; motto STAND SURE. Made of blue underglaze porcelain. One of four Chrichton services, two with Freke impaled and two without. It was possibly made for (a relative of) Patrick Crichton, 1st office of the “Earl of Elgin” at Canton in 1764, or John Crichton, a private trader at Canton in 1770. The Freke arms are of Melcombe in Dorset and Hannington in Wiltshire.
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Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 22 centimetres
Description:
Octagonal plate. Coat of arms of Crichton of Ruthven, “Argent a lion rampant azure, on a chief of the second, three lozanges of the first”; crest, “A pillar argent”; impaling Freke, “Sable two bars and in chief three mullets or”; motto STAND SURE. Made of blue underglaze porcelain. One of four Chrichton services, two with Freke impaled and two without. It was possibly made for (a relative of) Patrick Crichton, 1st office of the “Earl of Elgin” at Canton in 1764, or John Crichton, a private trader at Canton in 1770. The Freke arms are of Melcombe in Dorset and Hannington in Wiltshire.
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