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1600372
A set of 8 Chinese Export armorial soup dishes, Qing dynasty, circa 1790's.
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
536 - 714 EUR
543 - 725 USD
Hammer price
8 000 SEK
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A set of 8 Chinese Export armorial soup dishes, Qing dynasty, circa 1790's.
Lobed, after a silver model, decorated in blue enamel and gold around the rim, central motif of the Coat of Arms of the Swedish Noble family Wachtmeister. Diameter 24.6 cm.
Damages, repairs.
Provenance
From a dinner service commissioned by Claes Adam Wachtmeister (1755-1828), the dinner service is listed in his estate inventory of 1828 as being in his appartment in Stockholm, thence by descent within the family up until now.
More information
The decoration that surrounds the coat of arms is the order of the sword, it helps us date the service to some where between 1794 when recieves the title of Commandor of the large cross of the Order of the Sword. And before he recieves the Order of the Seraphim.