Qianlong period (1736-95), includes an octagonal plate, circa 1765, hand painted with the Coat of Arms of Madock family, the wide rim with floral garland, and a smaller octagonal dish, circa 1755, hand painted with the Coat of Arms of Barrow impaling Dighton of Lincolnshire, the wide rim with floral sprays.

The larger dish 9 1/4 in. diameter; The smaller dish 8 1/2 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.

Good estate condition, the larger iwth minor glaze flakes to the rim; one with minor hairline to the rim.