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Armorial plate

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
1990
Dimensions
9 cm
Vendor
Heirloom & Howard
This octagonal Ch' ien plate is an excellent example of the service of Chinese armorial porcelain most probably commissioned by Alderman Beckford, father of William Beckford.

Beckford Senior was Lord Mayor of London in 1763 and again in 1770. The arms and crest of Beckford are repeated four times around the rim of the plate.

Provenance

Believed to have been commissioned by Alderman Beckford. Heirloom & Howard Ltd.

Porcelain

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Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Somerset, BA1 9BH
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Art we’ve helped buy at Beckford's Tower and Museum

Tripod pedestal
 Acquired 2003
Siena marble console table
 Acquired 2004
Pair of side chairs
 Acquired 1993
Objects of Vertu
 Acquired 1987
Hanging cabinet
 Acquired 2007
Coffer & stand
 Acquired 2011
Cabinet
 Acquired 2002
Armorial plate
 Acquired 1990

The Hanging Cabinet, made for William Beckford and probably designed by Beckford and the architect Henry Edmund Goodridge, is a superb example of the furniture Beckford commissioned during the final years of his life while living in Bath and the methods he used to display his impressive collection within Landsdown Tower, Bath.

A Silver gilt mounted lapis lazuli cup and cover with the Beckford crest by John Harris were acquired for the museum in 1990 with an Art Fund grant of £15,000 towards the total of £143,000.

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