Qianlong period (1736-95), includes two porcelain plates, the first hand painted to the center with large coat of arms of Carr family, Hampton, Middlesex, and the second octagonal shaped dish hand painted with deep blue ground crest with white lion above are three stars, a blue star tops the crest.


Carr plate 9 in. diameter.; dish 8 3/4 in. diameter

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.

This dish was possibly part of a service made for the family of Sir Robert Carr of Hampton, Middlesex who in 1777 assumed the Baronetcy of Kerr of Greenhead.

The Carr dish with chips to the rim; the other dish with repairs and restored rim chips.