#15650

Chinese export armorial blue Fitzhugh dessert plate painted with the crest of Roberts.
Jiaqing, circa 1805

7.5" Diameter

This service is illustrated in David Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain , Volume I , p. 976.
The service was made for John Roberts, a Director of the East India Company and its Chairman in 1776 and 1802. it was probably purchased on his retirement in 1805.