£200 - £300
TWO GRADUATED CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ARMORIAL DISHES, C1746
enamelled with the arms of Bookey, 29 and 38cm diam
From one of the two services ordered by Captains Matthew and William Bookey, successively Master of the Shaftesbury. See Howard (D S), Chinese Armorial Porcelain, 1974, p396 No 03.
Large dish chip on rim at 1 o'clock and another smaller flat chip under the rim not visible from the front. Slight stacking wear to the red enamel on the central shieldSmall dish with light wear and on the reverse some glaze cracks - no restoration to either
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