A few examples of appraisal values for
MOTTO PLATE

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• * A Chinese Armorial Plate centered
  * A Chinese Armorial Plate centered with a crest bearing the inscription Virtus Sibi Praemium. Diameter 9 1/8 inches.
• An embossed gilt brass helmet plate
  An embossed gilt brass helmet plate thought to be from the Household Cavalry with plated eight point star to centre and worded ''Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense'' 7.5ins x 6.25ins overall and part of a Chapka plate (Queens Royal) Light Dragoons (Lancers) 4ins x 7.75ins (lacking silvered centre cipher)
• OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE ENTREE DISH,
  OLD SHEFFIELD PLATE ENTREE DISH, WARMING STANDOld Sheffield Plate Entree Dish with Warming Stand , 19th c., cover with engraved crest and motto "Dux Vitae Ratio (Reason is the guide of life)", 2 removable entree dishes in fitted warming stand with original tinned back, gadroon borders throughout Provenance: Collection of Dr. Mark A. Geist, Providence, RI.
• A Pair of Samson Faux Armorial
  A Pair of Samson Faux Armorial Plates 19th Century Deep well plate on small foot rim with iron red shield with gilt flanked by lion and horse under puce crown. Spearhead border in rouge de fee border panels within enameled flower bouquets Latin inscription on banner reads "sola virtus invicta" translated as "virtue alone is invincible".
• A Sheffield Plate Serving Tray
  A Sheffield Plate Serving Tray Matthew Boulton 18th century of rectangular form centered by an etched coat of arms and the text Vincit Qui Patitur with two applied scrolled leaf form handles and a gadrooned border. Width over handles 26 7/8 inches.
• Pair Chinese export armorial
  Pair Chinese export armorial plates: crest for Morgan impaling Wharton suspended by ribbon and surrounded with garlands, motto SEMPER.IN.BONA.CAUSAPARATUS , floral swag border, 18th century, 9-1/2 in. Each with multiple hairline cracks, rim chips, wear to glaze on crest, scratches, one with small area of repair near crest. H. Moog, Atlanta, Georgia; The Estate of the Late C. David Williams, Atlanta, Georgia
• TWO ENGLISH CREAMWARE BLACK
  TWO ENGLISH CREAMWARE BLACK TRANSFER-PRINTED 'MOTTO PLATES EMBLEMATIC OF WISDOM AND INDUSTRY, AND WITH A PEARLWARE PLATETWO ENGLISH CREAMWARE BLACK TRANSFER-PRINTED 'MOTTO PLATES EMBLEMATIC OF WISDOM AND INDUSTRY, AND WITH A PEARLWARE PLATE , circa 1785, possibly Neale & Co., Leeds, Yorkshire, printed in black with Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom, seated before three putti circling the globe above the inscription 'Let Wisdom Unite Us', flanked by pendant game trophies, the shaped circular border molded with three splayed swags and painted with a black feather edge; together with a third pearlware plate, possibly Melbourne Pottery, Derbyshire, decorated in monochrome-blue with a botanical tulip spray and scattered flowers, within a slightly variant splayed swag border and molded feather edge, dia: 9.5 in. (the plates) (3) Provenance: With E Sporer, New York, 13 September, 1984 (the floral plate as possibly Turner Pottery); Estate of Tom and Lee Stanley English Creamware Collection Literature: National Museum of Liverpool, accession no. 52.60.1 for a teapot printed with the central Minerva medallion, signed lower right, T. Rothwell, for the Liverpool and Birmingham based engraver Thomas Rothwell. Compare, The Tom Walford Collection, Bonham's, London, 19 December 2012, lot 190 (the Minerva plate). Wooley & Wallis Auctioneers, 21 September 2017, lot 1225 (the Minerva plate). Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians, 31 October 2015, lot 75 (the Minerva plate).
• A Sheffield plate oval warming
  A Sheffield plate oval warming cover, with crest and motto 'Tiens a la Verite', 40cm wide/Provenance: The Estate of the late Sir John and Lady Smith
• 18TH C. CHINESE ARMORIAL EXPORT
  18TH C. CHINESE ARMORIAL EXPORT PLATTER. Ca. 1780-1800 Chinese Export armorial platter, with a coat of arms and Latin motto 'Virtute Et Amicitia' (With Virtue and Friendship), and gilt decoration at edges, 14.5”L x 11.5”W.
• Pair of armorial plates with blue
  Pair of armorial plates with blue and gilt borders 10.5"dia. by Jonathan Phillips Oxford Street and a floral decorated ceramic serving dish 13"l.
• Three Chamberlains Worcester Claret
  Three Chamberlains Worcester Claret Ground Armorial Plates, c.1847-50 painted with armorials and motto 'UBIQUE PATRIAM REMINISCI' circular plate diameter 10.2 in — 26 cm
• Joseph C. Motto (American
  Joseph C. Motto (American 1891-1965) Bronze bust with dark brown patina attached to a black/green marble base signed in the bronze "Motto." on the left shoulder. Overall with the base measures apprx. 10-1/2"T x 5-3/4"D x 3-1/2"W.
• EIGHT ENGLISH PORCELAIN PLATES
  EIGHT ENGLISH PORCELAIN PLATES armorial headed by an eagle with the motto "Nil Desperandum," with scroll borders, unmarked, dia. 10 1/4 in.
• SET OF TWELVE GERMAN KPM DINNER
  SET OF TWELVE GERMAN KPM DINNER PLATES hand enameled with variety of floral designs gold borders each with motto ''Spernit Pericula Virtus'' (Virtue Despises Danger). Diameter: 10.25 inches. The plates are in very good condition with minimal wear no visible utensil marks and no visible chips or repairs. The plates are monogrammed ''JEC.'' The greyhound family crest and the motto are from the Samuel Carpenter family of Sussex and Surrey England. Samuel Carpenter moved to Philadelphia in 1683.
• TWO ARMORIAL PORCELAIN PLATES
  TWO ARMORIAL PORCELAIN PLATES One large platter, white ground with blueish hue, gilt rim and quartered shield to the border, four images within, including floral sprig, rampant lion, armored arm with sword, and the side of a castle, 5-point crown at top. Impressed on the underside,"8 / II / 55", 1 ½" x 12 ¾". Second plate with border having cobalt blue acanthus leaves outlined in gilt, with gilt rim and on the border is a griffin head with a key in its mouth and three half-moons on it's body, a stag's head, and a greyhound above a banner with the motto "Fidem Parit Integritas", otherwise unmarked, 1" x 8 ¾".
• Large Old Sheffield Plate
  Large Old Sheffield Plate Circular Salver, c.1825 engraved with armorials and motto 'IN HOC SPES MEA' diameter 19.1 in — 48.5 cm
• A Pair of Sheffield Plate Lidded
  A Pair of Sheffield Plate Lidded Vegetable Dishes Martin Hall and Co., Sheffield, Late 19th/Early 20th Century each engraved with traditional motto Manent Optima Coelo ["the best things await us in heaven"] and crest of the Miller family, with maker's marks to lid. Height 8 x length 9 x depth 5 inches.
• A pair of Chamberlain's Worcester
  A pair of Chamberlain's Worcester armorial blue ground soup plates, circa 1820, printed red marks, inscribed with the motto 'Persevere' (2)
• A plated automobile trophy, Les
  A plated automobile trophy, Les Amis des Grandes Marques 85, on a marble base, 41cm high and four other trophies
• Six Chinese export armorial plates,
  Six Chinese export armorial plates, all with arms of Ponton family, possibly Daniel Ponton of Battersea, blue borders of diamond work and spearhead: four 9-1/2 in. plates, two with "H. Moog" labels, all with star cracks, one with 4-3/4 in. rim crack (reglued); two 7-1/2 in. plates, one with star crack , 18th century, (four pieces). All with rim chips, gilt and glaze loss and wear. The Estate of the Late C. David Williams, Atlanta, Georgia
• SIX AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL EXPORT
  SIX AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL EXPORT MOTTAHEDEH ORANGE FITZHUGH PATTERN AMERICAN EAGLE PORCELAIN PLATES. 10" Footed plates, stencil decorated in the Orange Fitzhugh design in iron red quarto-partite foliate design with stylized American Eagle with spread wings in the center, border with butterflies, ruyi heads, scrolls, and diaper pattern. The Eagle holds the banner with the motto - "E Pluribus Unum". Marked with green overglazed backstamp "Mottahedeh - Vista VA Allegre Portugal" on the bottom.
• Joseph C. Motto (American
  Joseph C. Motto (American 1891-1965) Bacchant. Cast bronze with brown patina signed at the back of the mound base set on a green marble base.
• An interesting group of eight
  An interesting group of eight plates including two 18th/19th c. Chinese blue and white a local Victorian diamond jubilee commemorative two 19th c. motto examples a pair of impressed daisy plates and a Wellington commemorative. (repairs)
• PAIR OF EARLY BRITISH STERLING
  PAIR OF EARLY BRITISH STERLING PLATES - Pair of George II Sterling Silver Plates London dated 1730 with maker's mark of 'CH' in roped edge rose form with heraldic shield having motto 'Malo Mori Quam Foedari' (Death Rather Than Disgrace) for the Clan
• (2) EARLY ENGLISH ARMORIAL PLATES -
  (2) EARLY ENGLISH ARMORIAL PLATES - 18th c Crown Derby Porcelain Plate with cobalt and gilt edge quartered shield surmounted by unicorn motto 'Qum ny Pas' (?) 10'' diam good condition; PLUS Unmarked Deep Dish with two rampant lions flanking shield with
• DOVES & HEART MOTIF PLATE BY
  DOVES & HEART MOTIF PLATE BY "LEFT HANDED RUSSELLca. February 1999; wheel thrown yellow cream pottery plate with fine hand decorated colorful pair of doves resting on tulip stems blooming from red heart, flared rim with green glaze German scriptural statement about fraylichkeit (joyfulness), signed and dated on base, 10"d, 1 1/4"h; Condition: good
• Silver plate mirrored plateau
  Silver plate mirrored plateau
• SET OF (8) MOTTAHEDEH SERVICE
  SET OF (8) MOTTAHEDEH SERVICE PLATES, FESTIVAL GREEN Made in Portugal, 1990s, having a shaped rim edged in striated gold, mottled green band, with inaccurate back stamp which attributes the design to Vienna Evening.
• Porcelain cut corner armorial
  Porcelain cut corner armorial plate, rampant lions with coat of arms, marked 7600, 8-1/8" sq
• DISPLAY PLATE. Probably Japan
  DISPLAY PLATE. Probably Japan 20th century. White metal plate with applied bronze patina and a raised image of samurai on horseback. Splits. 11''d. Hanging cord has been added by punching 2 holes in the rim.
• An Italian maiolica istoriato
  An Italian maiolica istoriato plate, circa 1560, Urbino or Pesaro, painted with an interior scene of soldiers and advisors, titled 'Da capo zimta arendesinghil terra' to base/Provenance: The Estate of the late Diana & Gospatric Home, Lily Farm, Bucks
• Pr. Matthew Boulton Old Sheffield
  Pr. Matthew Boulton Old Sheffield plate coveredentree dishes each with a gadrooned border the lid with a scrolled handle the body with an engraved crest. Marked on base with two sunbursts. 12''L x 8.75''W Circa - 1800.
• Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain
  Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Broth Plate, fourth quarter 18th century, centered with a parcel-gilt full armorial surmounting the motto \"Copia Deest\", the border with a matching stag crest, dia. 9\".
• ENGLISH HERALDIC PLATE -
  ENGLISH HERALDIC PLATE - Handpainted Heraldic Plate by Flight Barr & Barr of Worchester & Coventry St London Royal Porcelain Works with bust portrait and swan side by side motto 'Aquila non Capit Muscas in Utraque Fortuna Fidelis' gadrooned gilt edge
• TEN ENGLISH ARMORIAL CREAMWARE
  TEN ENGLISH ARMORIAL CREAMWARE PLATESTen English Armorial Creamware Plates , late 19th c., incl. 8 with coat of arms above "Quod Ero Spero" ("What I hop to accomplish, I shall accomplish") banner, dia. 8 3/8 in.; and 2 with coat of arms and red and black borders, dia. 9 3/4 in . Provenance: The Estate of Caroline P. Ireland