Description Decorated in iron-red, gold, green and black at the centre with the arms of Thomas Pitt, Baron Londonderry above a banderole inscribed with the motto AMITIE, the rim with a stork beneath a baron's coronet between fronds within four oval panels alternating with gold and iron-red floral sprays. The present dish was ordered for Thomas Pitt (1717-1734), the 2nd Earl of Londonderry and second son of Thomas Pitt (1688-1729).
Dimensions D 22 cm
Literature Compare David Sanctuary Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol. 1, London 1974, p. 184, B9
Provenance Old private collection, Southern Germany
Notes VAT: Margin scheme