Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1806 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, pierced, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 22.80 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ plate with an English coat of arms. The plate has a broad pierced rim and is painted with an allegorical representation of Hope, in form of a pensive lady, gazing in the distance, holding a large anchor and resting her elbow on a coat of arms with another in pretence, all surrounded by a husk-chain with four pendants and surrounded by four anchors. The reverse is inscribed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:Another plate of this service is known with a contemporary label reading ‘This plate bears the arms of the Ker-Martin family for whom it was made’ (Sotheby’s London, 30th October 1972, lot 170). The dinner, tea and coffee service to which these plates belonged is believed to have been made for the marriage about 1790 of William Ker of Gateshaw, Roxburghshire, and Jane Martin, his cousin (Howard, 1974, p. 694). Many different pieces of the service are preserved, including plates with the rim painted with allegorical representations of the Four Continents, oval dishes with the rim moulded and differently pierced (Howard and Ayers, vol. II, pls. 440 and 440 a), and openwork baskets. Although porcelain with pierced walls was made in China since the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the pierced patterns on these pieces are more closely related to European porcelain models. It is unusual to find a Chinese armorial service of this late date with a coat of arms incorporated into a representational design rather than on its own. In 2010 Lesley Abernethy writes: The date ascribed to this piece is 1790; Jane/Jean Martin was only christened in 1785 in South Leith, Edinburgh, and her marriage with her cousin William Ker of Gateshaw took place in South Leith on October 20th 1806. If the service was commissioned for this marriage, it cannot be 1790. The other possibility is that the service was commissioned for the marriage of Jane Martin’s parents, Ellis Martin and Elizabeth Ker who married in South Leith in 1768, if that would fit better with the style of the dinner service.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, pierced, painted,
Dimensions:Diameter: 22.80 centimetres
Description:
‘Famille rose’ plate with an English coat of arms. The plate has a broad pierced rim and is painted with an allegorical representation of Hope, in form of a pensive lady, gazing in the distance, holding a large anchor and resting her elbow on a coat of arms with another in pretence, all surrounded by a husk-chain with four pendants and surrounded by four anchors. The reverse is inscribed.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall and Krahl 1994:Another plate of this service is known with a contemporary label reading ‘This plate bears the arms of the Ker-Martin family for whom it was made’ (Sotheby’s London, 30th October 1972, lot 170). The dinner, tea and coffee service to which these plates belonged is believed to have been made for the marriage about 1790 of William Ker of Gateshaw, Roxburghshire, and Jane Martin, his cousin (Howard, 1974, p. 694). Many different pieces of the service are preserved, including plates with the rim painted with allegorical representations of the Four Continents, oval dishes with the rim moulded and differently pierced (Howard and Ayers, vol. II, pls. 440 and 440 a), and openwork baskets. Although porcelain with pierced walls was made in China since the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the pierced patterns on these pieces are more closely related to European porcelain models. It is unusual to find a Chinese armorial service of this late date with a coat of arms incorporated into a representational design rather than on its own. In 2010 Lesley Abernethy writes: The date ascribed to this piece is 1790; Jane/Jean Martin was only christened in 1785 in South Leith, Edinburgh, and her marriage with her cousin William Ker of Gateshaw took place in South Leith on October 20th 1806. If the service was commissioned for this marriage, it cannot be 1790. The other possibility is that the service was commissioned for the marriage of Jane Martin’s parents, Ellis Martin and Elizabeth Ker who married in South Leith in 1768, if that would fit better with the style of the dinner service.
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