Full title: A pair of Chinese famille rose armorial dishes for the English market with the arms of Watson and Darell, Qianlong Description: Dim.: 30 x 22,5 cm Ref.: - In Chinese Armorial Porcelain, D.S. Howard writes that this service was presented in 1770 by the British East India Co. to Admiral John Watson, who had married a Darell heiress. (Op. cit., vol. I, p. 493.) - Christie's, New York, Jan. 21, 2009, lot 143, for a large platter of this service. (sold USD 4.375) (link available on our website)