Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1780-1790
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:virtues and vices
Dimensions:Diameter: 25.20 centimetres
Description:
Plate. The arms are Metge, “Argent three fleur-de-lis proper, two and one, quartering Lyon, “Argent a lion rampant azure within a double tressure flory counter flory (this is for the Lyon – Bowes-Lyon – family, Earls of Strathmore). Inscription. Coat of arms and figure of Justice and the whole stands on a column charged with the4 initials P.M. The rim is decorated to match the service. Made of blue underglaze porcelain. This service was made for Peter Metge of Athlumney, Baron of the Irish Exchequer. His grandfather had left France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and his mother was a Miss Lyon, ‘related to Lord Strathmore’.
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Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:virtues and vices
Dimensions:Diameter: 25.20 centimetres
Description:
Plate. The arms are Metge, “Argent three fleur-de-lis proper, two and one, quartering Lyon, “Argent a lion rampant azure within a double tressure flory counter flory (this is for the Lyon – Bowes-Lyon – family, Earls of Strathmore). Inscription. Coat of arms and figure of Justice and the whole stands on a column charged with the4 initials P.M. The rim is decorated to match the service. Made of blue underglaze porcelain. This service was made for Peter Metge of Athlumney, Baron of the Irish Exchequer. His grandfather had left France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and his mother was a Miss Lyon, ‘related to Lord Strathmore’.
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