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Porcelain plate with a coat-of-arms design for the English m…
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Porcelain plate with a coat-of-arms design for the English m…
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Estimate €400 - €600
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Description
Porcelain plate with a coat-of-arms design for the English market (Gordon). China. Qianlong period (1736–1795), circa 1740. Octagonal in shape, elegantly decorated in ‘Famille Rose’ enamels, bearing the Gordon coat of arms for the English market, adorned with a central scene in the Chinese style and cartouches featuring landscape motifs in polychrome enamels. Dimensions: 22 cm. Very good condition.
Sir Adam Gordon of Dalpholly (c.1600–1700) married Anne Urquhart
of Newhall and made his fortune in trade. He owned shares
in the merchant ship Bon Accord and £6,000 worth of shares in the
‘Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies’. Sir Adam
Gordon had at least three sons and one daughter, but there is very little
record of his children apart from his heir, Sir William Gordon,
1st Baronet of Ivergordon (1679–1742). It is possible, however,
that one of Sir Adam Gordon’s descendants continued his
commercial activities in the East Indies. One of Adam Gordon’s grandsons
was John Gordon, the son of Adam Gordon the Younger. Little is known
about him, although a certain ‘Captain John Gordon’ appears
as commander of the Montague, an East India Company ship
sent to China during the 1719–1720 and 1722–1723 seasons.
An octagonal plate from this service is reproduced in ‘Collecting
Chinese Export Porcelain’ by Elinor Gordon. An octagonal dish,
two teacups and a saucer are held at the Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam. A larger octagonal dish is featured in
‘Chinese Export Porcelain in Private Brazilian Collections’ by Jorge
Getulio Veiga. Another plate is held at the Royal Museums
of Art and History in Brussels.
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Lot description modified on 10/13/2026 at 6:18 PM
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