A GROUP OF EIGHT CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL DISHESCIRCA 1737Enamelled at the centre with the arms of Colebrooke impaling Hudson below gilt and iron-red flowers in the well, the border with three cartouches depicting fishermen in riverscapes reserved on a ground of bianco-sopra-bianco finger citron sprays and gilt spearheads at the rim, comprising: One Dish, 54cm diameter (1.5cm x 1cm rim chip)Four large Dishes, each 45.5cm diameter (one with scale chip under the rim 2.5cm x 2.5cm)One at 42.5cm (two 9cm cracks from the rim)One at 40.2cm (small rim chip One at 38.5cm (glued piece to rim 9.5cm x 3.5cm and extended hair crack 8cm long) (8)These eight dishes are part of a dinner service made in c.1737 for James Colebrooke (1722-1761) of Chilham Castle in Kent who in 1706 married Mary Hudson. In 1737, Capt. Charles Hudson brought 'Three boxes of China Ware containing dishes & plates & Tea setts with their Coats of Arms value £54' [sic] back from Canton on his ship, Prince of Orange. Charles Hudson, almost certainly a nephew of Mrs. James Colebrooke, gives details of his cargo in a letter from St. Helena, indicating the porcelain was 'Directed to Jas. Colebrook and Jas. Buck Esq.' See David S. Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, vol.II, Chippenham, 2003, p. 200 for a discussion on these arms and a soup-plate from the same service. This service entered the Collection of George Byng by descent through the marriage Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford (1862-1971) and Mary Elizabeth Colebrooke, daughter of Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, 4th Bt., on 17 December 1894. Provenance:Commissioned by James and Mary Colebrooke of Chilham Castle, Kent circa 1737 and by descent.Christie's, Two late Regency collectors, Philip John Miles and George Byng, 9th June 2005, Lot 73, lot 74, lot 75 and lot 76A further set of eight dinner plates from this service were sold at Christie's, 1st March 2011品相报告: One Dish, 54cm diameter (1.5cm x 1cm rim chip)Four large Dishes, each 45.5cm diameter (one with scale chip under the rim 2.5cm x 2.5cm; One at 42.5cm (two 9cm cracks from the rim)One at 40.2cm (small rim chip One at 38.5cm (glued piece to rim 9.5cm x 3.5cm and extended hair crack 8cm long) (8)1.5cm x 1cm rim chip 54 cm dish