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Lot 2186
Eleven Mottahedeh Vista Alegre Armorial Plates
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Portugal, 20th century, to include: (5) soup plates (9 in.) and (6) octagonal plates (9 1/4 in.); with floral decoration and other motifs on the lip, and central armorial devices, the soup plates with the coat of arms of Pitt impaling Grenville, the octagonal plates with the coat of arms of Dundas; from The Nelson Rockefeller Collection; all marked on underside "Reproduction of a Chinese Export porcelain..." from 1736-1796.

From the Collection of Wayne Morrison, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Occasional light cutlery scratches and minor wear to gilt; one plate with tiny flea bites to edge; no other apparent condition concerns.