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Auction archive: Lot number 1151

A fine Chinese armorial soup plate c.1769

Asian Art II
19 May 2011
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,268 - US$4,903
Price realised:
£2,200
ca. US$3,595
Auction archive: Lot number 1151

A fine Chinese armorial soup plate c.1769

Asian Art II
19 May 2011
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$3,268 - US$4,903
Price realised:
£2,200
ca. US$3,595
Beschreibung:

A fine Chinese armorial soup plate c.1769, decorated with the arms of Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton accolle with Fitzroy impaling Wrottesley, the rim with branches of flowering peony and other Oriental flowers, a few small rim nibbles, 22.7cm. (2) Provenance: 10th Duke of Grafton sale, Puttick and Simpson, 1965. The Angus Percival collection, Christie's, January 1985. It is possible that this service, along with one decorated with the arms of Pitt impaling Grenville, was one of two services commissioned by the East India Company for the two ex Prime Ministers (Augustus Henry, 3rd Duke of Grafton, and William Pitt the Elder whom he succeeded).

Auction archive: Lot number 1151
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2011
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
Beschreibung:

A fine Chinese armorial soup plate c.1769, decorated with the arms of Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton accolle with Fitzroy impaling Wrottesley, the rim with branches of flowering peony and other Oriental flowers, a few small rim nibbles, 22.7cm. (2) Provenance: 10th Duke of Grafton sale, Puttick and Simpson, 1965. The Angus Percival collection, Christie's, January 1985. It is possible that this service, along with one decorated with the arms of Pitt impaling Grenville, was one of two services commissioned by the East India Company for the two ex Prime Ministers (Augustus Henry, 3rd Duke of Grafton, and William Pitt the Elder whom he succeeded).

Auction archive: Lot number 1151
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2011
Auction house:
Woolley and Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
Castle Street 51-61
Salisbury Wiltshire, SP1 3SU
United Kingdom
enquiries@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
+44 (0)1722 424500
+44 (0)1722 424508
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