Porcelain refreshment stand with armorial decoration for the - Lot 103

Porcelain refreshment stand with armorial decoration for the Spanish market (José de Galvez y Gallardo). China. Qianlong period (1736-1795), circa 1783 Decorated in famille rose enamels, with the coat-of-arms of José de Galvez y Gallardo, 1st Marquis of Sonora, decorated with garlands of flowers. José Bernardo de Gálvez y Gallardo (1720-1787) was a Spanish jurist and politician. In 1774, he was appointed member of the General Council of Commerce, Currency and Mines. He was also Governor of the Council of the Indies, and is considered one of the main promoters of the Bourbon reforms. This is the second documented service commissioned by the Marquis de Sonora, documented and transported on the Asuncion from Manila in 1784 to Cadiz. A terrine from this order is preserved at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, another is in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (Lisbon). Size: 15 cm x 18.5 cm