Lot 91
A pair of Chinese 18th century famille rose armorial octagonal meat plates
Auction: 29 June 2002 at 12:00 BST
£1,058
Description
with central polychrome armorial crest and motto 'Spero meliora', with gilt repeat barb frieze and border with sprays of summer flowers
22.5cm diameter
Footnote
Note: The arms are of Sandilands. This service probably made for a younger son of the 7th baron, Lord Torpichen, either Patrick, born in 1708, perished on an East Indiaman; Alexander, a major in the 21st Regiement, who was at Dettingen and Fontency and died in 1776; or Robert, an officer in the Scottish Brigade of the Dutch Service, who married Grisel, daughter of Sir Thomas Kikpatrick of Closeburn Bt and died in 1791, leaving a son who succeeded as the 10th Lord Torphichen.
Ref: Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p958