63 - Porcelain plate with heraldic decoration for the Scottish market (Michie), China. Qianlong period (1736–1795), circa 1750. The plate is decorated in “Famille Rose” glazes, featuring the Michie coat of arms in the center and a border of gilded foliage on the rim. This coat of arms is similar to that of the Macdonalds but belongs to the Michie family. The crest depicts a severed right hand, placed in fess, holding a dagger in natural color vertically. The mottos are: “Pro patria et libertate” and “Contendo.” The coat of arms indicates a kinship with the MacDonald clan, as clearly shown by the border of thistles. The two crowns almost certainly allude to the Kingdom of the Isles and the Kingdom of Man, which were held by the MacDonalds in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Dimensions: 22 cm A star-shaped fel and splinters in the border.

Porcelain plate with heraldic decoration for the Scottish market (Michie), China. Qianlong period (1736–1795), circa 1750. The plate is decorated in “Famille Rose” glazes, featuring the Michie coat of arms in the center and a border of gilded foliage on the rim. This coat of arms is similar to that of the Macdonalds but belongs to the Michie family. The crest depicts a severed right hand, placed in fess, holding a dagger in natural color vertically. The mottos are: “Pro patria et libertate” and “Contendo.” The coat of arms indicates a kinship with the MacDonald clan, as clearly shown by the border of thistles. The two crowns almost certainly allude to the Kingdom of the Isles and the Kingdom of Man, which were held by the MacDonalds in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Dimensions: 22 cm A star-shaped fel and splinters in the border. An account of the Michie clan can be found in Peter’s *The Baronage of Angus and Mearns*. A certain John Michie served as a director of the English East India Company from 1770 to 1791, and was its president in 1786. See David Howard, *Chinese Armorial Porcelain*, 1974, vol. I, p. 378.