A rare Chinese porcelain armorial dish dated 1791

A rare Chinese porcelain armorial dish dated 1791, of small size, painted with the quartered arms of Chadwick within blue and gilt borders, the reverse inscribed 'Canton in China 24th Jan. 1791', 15.9cm.

The arms are those of the old Staffordshire family of Chadwick quartering the ancient family coats of Malvesym, Carden and Bagot. Cf. D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, Vol II, W1, p.741.

Provenance: from the Geoffrey Godden Reference Collection.