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A Chinese export ware porcelain armorial ashet, with arms of…
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A Chinese export ware porcelain armorial ashet, with arms of Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet (1731?1815) a planter in Barbados. Shield: per fess argent and ermine, three battle-axes in pale sable. Crest: an arm embowed in armour, garnished or, and charged with a cross couped gules, the hand grasping a battle-axe. Incorporating the baron's badge The Red Hand of Ulster. Motto: Tenax Propositi (Tenacious of purpose) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Philip_Gibbes,_1st_Baronet. His son emigrated to New Zealand in 1855, the baronetcy extinguished in 1940. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne-Gibbes_baronets. Six firing blisters to the well ground off. 46 cm x 38 cm
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Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese