A CHINESE OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE

A CHINESE OCTAGONAL ARMORIAL PLATE, C1760 enamelled with the arms of Tyndall and floral mantling in gilt chain cavetto, the border with crest and three principal and four smaller sprays, the rim gilt, 22cm wProvenance: Almost certainly made for Thomas Tyndall, a wealthy West Indies merchant and banker of Bristol whose house, Fort Royal of Tyndalls Park, Bristol was built 1758-61. See Howard (D S), Chinese Armorial Porcelains, 1974, p572 for a dish from the same service.Provenance: Collection of William Terry (1922-2017).