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A SET OF THREE ENGLISH MARKET
ARMORIAL DISHES
KANGXI PERIOD, CIRCA 1720
With the arms of Pitt with Ridgway in pretense
12º in. (30.7 cm.) diameter, the charger (3)
$5,000–7,000
PROVENANCE:
The Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection; Christie's,
New York, 22 January 2002, lot 227 (the plates).

Thomas Pitt of Blandford married Lady Frances
Ridgeway in 1717 and was created Baron
Londonderry in 1719. His father, a Governor of
Fort St. George India, had fostered the family
fortune when he sold an Indian diamond (still in
the Crown of France) to the French royal family
for a huge proft. His nephew was to become the
famous statesman and Prime Minister. See D.S.
Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. I, p. 184.

478
A MASONIC ENGLISH MARKET
ARMORIAL SHAPED PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1765
The center with the arms of Devan impaling
Hellord surrounded by Masonic devices, the
border painted with butterfies, the rampant lion
crest and entwined gilt initials
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) diameter
$1,500–2,500
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