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Soup dish
Soup dish with the arms of the Lee family. Henry Gough's sister Isabella (1691-1767) married Eldred Lancelot Lee (1650-1734) in 1713. The soup plate has views of the City of London and Canton painted en grisaille on the rim separated by gilded floral panels. In the centre are the arms of Lee of Coton in Shropshire with Astley of Staffordshire, in polychrome enamels and gold - the family motto on a scroll below: 'VIRTUS VERA EST NOBILITAS' (virtue is the true nobility).
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA5131 |
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| Type: | Soup dish |
| Display location: | Display - Traders Gallery |
| Places: | London |
| Date made: | Early 18th century; 1713 circa 1733 |
| People: | Eldred Lancelot Lee; Lee, Isabella |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm; Diameter: 227 mm |