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- Sale 6113
Live
| Philadelphia
Nov 13 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 6113
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$1,000 – $1,500
Bearing the coat-of-arms of Alexander quartering MacDonald: the central shield flanked by a semi-nude man holding a club and a mermaid, above the motto, "Per Mare Per Terras," all surmounted by a beaver atop a crown; with outer band of floral bouquets joined by bamboo, the shaped gilt rim with green sawtooth border.
Diam: 9 in.Typed note accompanying plate reads: "William Alexander (In 1762 unsuccessfully claimed title to The Earl of Stirling but assumed it without authority) was born in New York. Commanded American Militia regiment throughout the War of Independence. Surveyor General of New York & Governor of Columbia College. Major General in 1777. Died 1783."
Literature: For related examples see, David Sanctuary Howard. New York and the China Trade, The New York Historical Society: 1984, pg. 70, ill. A20; and Thomas V. Litzenburg, Jr. Chinese Export Porcelain in the Reeves Center Collection at Washington and Lee University, London: Third Millennium Publishing, 2003, pg. 118, no. 106. According to Litzenburg, "the service is one of the few examples of armorial porcelain for America known to have been made during the colonial period."
