18th century, a pair of octagonal porcelain warming dishes hand painted in polychrome enamels with the armorial coat of arms to the center of each, decorated along the rim with floral garland and a gilt border.

2 x 9 1/4 x 11 in.

Private Collection, Virginia Beach, Virginia Collected by the consignor and her husband with the guidance of David Sanctuary Howard, who literally wrote the book on Chinese Armorial porcelain. The couple began collecting during the 1970s from galleries and auction houses across Europe and the United States, and even from Howard himself. This collection is a very special offering of some rare and wonderful pieces collected over a lifetime with great care and passion.

Good estate condition; some rubbing with light loss to gilt and pigment on rims; one with small nick to rim.