Chinese Export Armorial Plate – Wilkinson

Chinese export porcelain plate, circa 1775.
 
Dimensions: Approximately 9¼” in diameter.
 
Decoration: 
The rim is decorated with an underglaze blue butterfly and diaper pattern.
 
The cavetto is decorated with an underglaze blue diaper pattern with insets. 
 
The center is decorated with a unicorn crest, likely for Wilkinson of Durham, and the arms of Wilkinson impaling Burdeaux, likely a Huguenot family. 
 
The reverse is undecorated.
 
The service is illustrated and discussed in Howard, “Chinese Armorial Porcelain”, Vol. 1., at p. 600.
 
Condition: Minor glaze frit on rim; otherwise in excellent condition consistent with age and usage. Please examine the photos; they are part of the description.
 
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