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Superb Copeland Armorial Dessert Plate Phoenix 1
A stunning porcelain shaped dessert plate by Copeland with a base ground of the richest underglaze blue with a spectacular mirror shine glaze. Three large shaped reserves, ornately framed with gilt scrolled acanthus leaves, are filled with beautifully painted arrangements of garden flowers painted in bright enamels. The central reserve is painted with a striking family crest, of a phoenix in flames rising out of the coronet of a Marquess, with a coronet on its own head. The technical heraldic description would be: out of a ducal coronet or (gold), a crowned phoenix in flames proper (natural colours). Below the crest is the motto "Ad Finem Fidelis" in a puce banner. A private commission pattern number 8980 is painted to the reverse along with the company backstamp of c.1860. There is a second plate available.
I cannot find the specific family who commissioned this service, a combination of this crest and motto not having been found, and indeed this specific crest not having been found documented either whilst several families have a crest featuring a similarly described phoenix and ducal coronet, I have found none where the phoenix is crowned, and, whilst a ducal crest coronet is not usually significant of a specific status, this coronet is clearly that of a Marquess which seems unlikely not to be of significance. The two pearls of the main coronet and a pearl to the centre of that crowning the phoenix are raised enamel "jewels" also. It is therefore possibly linked to the Seymour family of Hertford, Seymour being a family named repeatedly linked to the main features of a crest with a phoenix in flames rising out of a ducal coronet, and several members of which were titled Marquess: Richard Seymour-Conway, Francis Hugh George Seymour and Hugh Grey de Seymour being the 4th, 5th and 6th Marquesses of Hertford respectively, present in the mid-19th century. The motto "Ad Finem Fidelis", translating to "Faithful To The End", is not noted as linked to the family, but mottos are famously quite transient and can be changed, removed and added at any time.
Reference materials including, but not limited to, Fairbairn's Book Of Crests Of The Families Of Great Britain & Ireland, and The Book Of Family Crests published by Reeves & Turner, British Armorial Bindings online resource, county council records, etc.
The plate measures 23cm (9 1/16") wide.
Condition is excellent with no damage, repair or restoration. Very minor handling wear, mainly just to the gilding to the edges of the reserves in the centre of the plate and the fine gilt lettering of the motto is slightly faded. Payment is accepted by bank transfer, card payments (via an online invoice, I'm afraid we cannot take payments over the telephone), Paypal and UK personal cheque. If you prefer to pay by Stripe please go to our website where we offer that option and additionally options to "Pay in 30 days" and to pay in 3 instalments, all securely supported.
Price includes UK shipping. Worldwide shipping is also available, please ask for a cost. For US customers, current tariff charges of 10% must be paid in advance of posting. Please contact us to go through the details.
We wish to ensure all our customers are happy with their purchases and offer a full no quibble return policy for all items returned within 14 days. We ask that returns are notified within 7 days where possible. Return postage is the buyer's responsibility in terms of cost and safeguarding the item through transit.
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I cannot find the specific family who commissioned this service, a combination of this crest and motto not having been found, and indeed this specific crest not having been found documented either whilst several families have a crest featuring a similarly described phoenix and ducal coronet, I have found none where the phoenix is crowned, and, whilst a ducal crest coronet is not usually significant of a specific status, this coronet is clearly that of a Marquess which seems unlikely not to be of significance. The two pearls of the main coronet and a pearl to the centre of that crowning the phoenix are raised enamel "jewels" also. It is therefore possibly linked to the Seymour family of Hertford, Seymour being a family named repeatedly linked to the main features of a crest with a phoenix in flames rising out of a ducal coronet, and several members of which were titled Marquess: Richard Seymour-Conway, Francis Hugh George Seymour and Hugh Grey de Seymour being the 4th, 5th and 6th Marquesses of Hertford respectively, present in the mid-19th century. The motto "Ad Finem Fidelis", translating to "Faithful To The End", is not noted as linked to the family, but mottos are famously quite transient and can be changed, removed and added at any time.
Reference materials including, but not limited to, Fairbairn's Book Of Crests Of The Families Of Great Britain & Ireland, and The Book Of Family Crests published by Reeves & Turner, British Armorial Bindings online resource, county council records, etc.
The plate measures 23cm (9 1/16") wide.
Condition is excellent with no damage, repair or restoration. Very minor handling wear, mainly just to the gilding to the edges of the reserves in the centre of the plate and the fine gilt lettering of the motto is slightly faded. Payment is accepted by bank transfer, card payments (via an online invoice, I'm afraid we cannot take payments over the telephone), Paypal and UK personal cheque. If you prefer to pay by Stripe please go to our website where we offer that option and additionally options to "Pay in 30 days" and to pay in 3 instalments, all securely supported.
Price includes UK shipping. Worldwide shipping is also available, please ask for a cost. For US customers, current tariff charges of 10% must be paid in advance of posting. Please contact us to go through the details.
We wish to ensure all our customers are happy with their purchases and offer a full no quibble return policy for all items returned within 14 days. We ask that returns are notified within 7 days where possible. Return postage is the buyer's responsibility in terms of cost and safeguarding the item through transit.
Price
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Category Antique Ceramics
Date c.1860
Mid Victorian Antiques Material Porcelain
Origin English
Item code as788a1922 / FA1957
Status For Sale
£385.00 
$515.63
€444.68
$515.63
€444.68
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