Pair of Chinese Armorial Porcelain Plates, Arms of MacDonald

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Description:

Octagonal, famille rose painted with floral garlands, the center with oval coat of arms enclosing motto PER MARE PER TERRAS.

Qianlong, circa 1780

9 in. (22.9 cm) diam.

Literature: David S. Howard Chinese Armorial Porcelain London, 1974, p. 622. According to Howard, the cadet branch of the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles dates from the 15th century. James MacDonald of Ranathan was born in 1702. In 1731, he married Helen, the daughter and heir of Ludovick Grant of Tullach, and died in 1776. This service was probably made for their son William, born in 1732, of Ranathan and St. Martin’s Abbey in Perthshire. Another service with the same arms and motto, but a different crest, was made about ten years later for the MacAllister family.

Provenance: Mildred Mottahedeh

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 54PC_8B
Condition: Very good. Gilt slightly rubbed but otherwise in good overall condition.	Year: Circa 1780

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