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I5. Dish. Chinese (English market), ca. I7I5. Hard paste. Diam. I23/8 in.
(31.3 cm). Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield
Foundation Gift, by exchange, i974 (I974.I95)

The arms are those Edward Harrison (i674-i732) and his wife, Frances Bray
of
(i674-i752). The painter would have copied a black and white drawing orprint in
which the colors and metals were indicated heraldic language; the words sa (for
by
sable, black) and argt (for argent, silver) are just decipherable. Harrison evidently
the
of
recognized inadequacy of his instructions, as one his next services (there were
six altogetherfor him and his immediatefamily) duplicates this one but is entirely
correct
as is
polychromatic, necessaryfor blazoning.

Dish, detail Harrison and Bray arms
of

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