Title
Plate with the arms of Okeover impaling Nichol
Creator
Made in Jingdezhen, China
Date
about 1739 or 1742
Label
#3401
Plate with the arms of Okeover impaling Nichol
Made in Jingdezhen, China, about 1739 or 1742
Made of Hard Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by Herbert G. McKay
2010.5
This plate, with its rococo-style decoration, comes from one of the most elaborate armorial porcelain sets ever made. It was made for Leake Okeover and his wife Mary Nichol of England and is decorated with their impaled arms.
The service consisted of 100 pieces and cost an astounding £99.11.10. In comparison, sterling silver plates engraved with their owner’s coat of arms cost between £5 and £7 each, and the butler who would have been responsible for setting the Okeover’s table would have been paid between £30 and £60 a year.
This piece is on display in the Chinese Armorial Gallery in the Reeves.
Plate with the arms of Okeover impaling Nichol
Made in Jingdezhen, China, about 1739 or 1742
Made of Hard Paste Porcelain
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by Herbert G. McKay
2010.5
This plate, with its rococo-style decoration, comes from one of the most elaborate armorial porcelain sets ever made. It was made for Leake Okeover and his wife Mary Nichol of England and is decorated with their impaled arms.
The service consisted of 100 pieces and cost an astounding £99.11.10. In comparison, sterling silver plates engraved with their owner’s coat of arms cost between £5 and £7 each, and the butler who would have been responsible for setting the Okeover’s table would have been paid between £30 and £60 a year.
This piece is on display in the Chinese Armorial Gallery in the Reeves.
Credit Line
Museum Purchase with Funds Provided by Herbert G. McKay
Citation
Made in Jingdezhen, China, “Plate with the arms of Okeover impaling Nichol,” Museums at Washington and Lee University: Online Exhibits, accessed May 17, 2024, https://exhibits-museums.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/301.