Pair of Chinese export porcelain armorial plates with the arms of Oliphant impaling Browne, c.1790
From Chinese Armorial Porcelain by David Sanctuary Howard:
“The arms, though incorrectly painted, are intended for a branch of Oluphant of Scotland. It would not be possible to divine this but for another service with the same impalement, above, but with the crest A unicorn’s head erased argent. Although a crest’ is painted here, it is a duplication of the helm. The principal Oliphant arms are Gules three crescents argent, those painted here Azure, on a fess argent, two crosses crosslet between three crescents argent. The impaled coat is of Browne, Sable a dagger in bend proper and in chief a boar’s head erased argent. This is one of three services made within a decade with the same coats impaled – all differing and probably all incorrect. (See W4 for the desert service). The Browne family is of Blackburn in Berwickshire.”
10″ diameter
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