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Lot 156
Sale 6113 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 13, 2013
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,200
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Chinese Export porcelain armorial plate from the service of William Alexander (1726-1783) of New York circa 1775
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.