Lot 483
SÈVRES PORCELAIN ARMORIAL SOUP PLATE
1824
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 2 May 2018 at 11:00 BST
£325
Description
of shallow circular form, with the polychrome arms and motto of the Earls of Stair, below the crest of Dalrymple to the rim, with gilt highlights, blue and gilt maker's marks
Dimensions
23.5cm diameter
Footnote
Note: This soup plate was commissioned as part of a service containing sixty plates, and twelve soup plates, by a 'Milford Stair' of rue Clichy No. 42 Chaussée d'Antin, costing 741 francs and 60 centimes. This mysterious buyer was likely to have been John William Henry Dalrymple, the 7th Earl of Stair (1784-1840). A discussion, and example of this service, is included in Aileen Dawson's 'French Porcelain: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection', p. 220-221.