TWO CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES 18TH CENTURY One decorated in the Imari palette

TWO CHINESE ARMORIAL PLATES

18TH CENTURY

One decorated in the Imari palette, painted with the arms of Brydges, Duke of Chandos, impaling Willoughby and Middleton above a motto 'Mantien le Droit', all within a broad floral border, the other decorated with the arms of Harries of Cruckton, Ludlow and Tonge Castle, Shropshire within a scrolling vine border to the rim, 22.5cm. (2)

Provenance: sold at Sotheby's Fawley House Sale, 14th and 15th October 2003, lots 200 and 215.