Porcelain plate with armorial decoration for the French mark - Lot 61

Porcelain plate with armorial decoration for the French market (Maréchal de Thomond). China, Qianlong Qianlong (1736-1795) period, circa 1750 Decorated in famille rose enamels with the arms of O'brien de Thomond, Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules, three leopards passant guardant Or and Argent (which is O'Brien); 2nd, three gyrons Gules, points downwards; 3rd, Or, a dart or pheon Azure, point downwards (which is Sidney). The commission for Marshal of France Charles O'Brien de Clare de Thomond (1699 - 1761), 6th Viscount Clare, called 8th Earl de Thomond (from 1741), without bearing the title. Born into an ancient and illustrious Irish family descended from the King of Ireland, Brian Boru, nephew of Duke Jacques Fitz-James de Berwick, he was first known as Mylord, Viscount de Clare, then as Earl of Thomond. He was brigadier of the king's armies in 1734, marshal of the camps and armies in 1738, and lieutenant-general of the armies in 1744. He was named Commander of Saint-Louis in 1747, and Knight of Saint-Michel and the Holy Spirit in the same year. He was promoted to Marshal of France in 1757, and in 1768 became Commander of Languedoc. Diameter: 23 cm