Description:
Chinese export porcelain round dish with a deep well decorated with the arms of the Clifford family of Chudleigh, England, in the Famille rose palette in red, blue, white, turquoise, and gilt; and en grisaille (or encre de chine or ink color) with four horizontal black and gilt floral sprays around the rim. These arms consist of a checkered shield of blue and gold with a red band across the center containing a crescent moon. The titIe of baron was conferred on this branch of the family in 1672. In the span of a few decades, the family commissioned a total of three Chinese export porcelain services. This example may have been ordered by Hugh, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1700-1732), or by his son, Hugh, 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1726-1783). Hugh, 3rd Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, married the beautiful and wealthy Elizabeth Blount, eldest daughter of Edward Blount of Blagden in 1725. His son Hugh, 4th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh married Lady Anne Lee, the daughter of the Earl of Litchfield, in 1749. The family had a severe financial crisis about 1840 when these services were sold and the family moved to the Continent. About 1865-1970, two of the services wre sold at sale rooms in Switzerland and New York; the present 14th Baron Clifford bought most of this and displays between 30-40 pieces in the dining room at his country seat in Ugbrooke, Devon. As many pieces of armorial-decorated porcelain were lost or broken over the years, several factories specialized in creating replacements to fill gaps. The family ordered French replacements for this service from the Samson Factory of Paris, which David Howard described as "accurate, but bolder, looser painting." Similar pieces were also being ordered by the Dutch branch of the Clifford family who had settled in Amsterdam between 1634-1640.
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