A Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Plates for Count Gustav Tessin

Circa 1755, porcelain plates hand painted in polychrome enamels and gilt with the coat-of-arms of Count Gustav Tessin, an Ambassador to Paris, Prime Minister of Sweden, and connoisseur of the arts, to the center, iron red and gilt borders with blue floral blooms surround the armorial crest, European export foot to underside.

Diameter 9 in.

A Virginia Collector

Good estate condition.

$500 - 1,000