Details
Comprising:
A pair of octagonal plates with the arms of Dickinson of Ednam impaling another
A pair of sauceboats with the arms of Dundas below the motto ESSAYEZ to the interior, flower festoons at the exterior rim
Provenance
The Art Exchange, 14 January 1974 (the sauceboats).
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above (the sauceboats).
Douglas Lorie, Inc., Palm Beach, Florida (the plates), 12 February 1986.
Gift from Russel B. Aitken to Irene Roosevelt Aitken, 8 March 1986 (the plates).
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See D.S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, London, 1974, vol. I, pp. 619 and 964 for further discussions of these services.

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