Qianlong period (1736-95), circa 1775, porcelain dishes with octagonal shaped rim, hand painted in polychrome enamels with the probable coat of arms of the Thwaites family of Lancashire, having a crest with three estoile stars on blue ground, decorated along the rim with a double border of blue and gold chain pattern to interior.

9 1/4 in. diameter

Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Collected by the consignor and her husband with the guidance of David Sanctuary Howard, who literally wrote the book on Chinese Armorial porcelain. The couple began collecting during the 1970s from galleries and auction houses across Europe and the United States, and even from Howard himself. This collection is a very special offering of some rare and wonderful pieces collected over a lifetime with great care and passion.

Captain Thwaites was married to Judith Elwick, the daughter of John Elwick, a director of the East India Company.

Minor fretting and losses to the rims, rubbing to the decoration.