plate decorated with elaborate coat of arms Okeover impaling Nichol, in baroque style; red and white seahorse supporters; border with crested coronets dividing LO monograms

Plate with arms of Okeover impaling Nichol, c. 1740

Unknown artist, expand_more

Porcelainexpand_more

Gift of Leo A. and Doris Hodroffexpand_more  95.98.57

This plate is from a large service ordered by Leake Okeover of Derbyshire, England, whose descendants still retain the design that served as the pattern. A shipping invoice from 1740 reveals that the cost per piece was about £1, roughly ten times the price for most armorial porcelain. The intricate painting no doubt accounts for the strong price, and designates this service as the most elaborate armorial porcelain known to have been produced in the 18th century.

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Plate with arms of Okeover impaling Nichol
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95.98.57
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plate decorated with elaborate coat of arms Okeover impaling Nichol, in baroque style; red and white seahorse supporters; border with crested coronets dividing LO monograms