Page 55 - A Time and A Place Catalogue, Jorge Welsh
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A circular plate with a wide upturned rim, standing      22 Plate
on a short foot. It is finely painted in several shades
of underglaze cobalt blue, with a central medallion      Porcelain decorated in
framed by a stylised leaf border between two             underglaze cobalt blue
concentric circles, and a further circle in the          China — Qing dynasty,
cavetto. The scene on the medallion shows                Jiaqing period
the front façade of Tullgarn Palace, above               (1796-1820)
the inscription ‘TULLGARNS SLOTT ANNO                    Ø 25 cm
MDCCXCVI’. The rim is painted with a border
of stylised scrolling foliage interspersed with four
coats of arms opposite each other, the shields at
the top and bottom showing the coat of arms of the
Swedish armed forces, the shield on the right with
the arms of Östergötlands, and the shield on the left
with the arms of the House of Holstein-Gottorp.
A blue band encircles the edge of the rim. →

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