390
A pair of armorial soup plates
Estimate
350 - 500
Session 2
27 October 2026
Description
Chinese export porcelain
Decorated in Famille Rose enamels, underglaze blue and gilt, with the arms of the Preston family, of Valleyfield House, Scotland, at the centre, with the motto «Praesto Ut Praestem»
Borders decorated with a Fitzhugh-style border
Qianlong period, c. 1780
(one plate with restoration and the other with two hairline cracks)
Diam.: 24 cm
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