Late 18th C. Chinese Export Platter with Monogram, Armorial Coat of Arms and Staple Repair fine brush this handblown glass flask likely

this handblown glass flask likely once had a leather or perhaps wicker cover over its top half

Super sweet

The one wispy gold and red tree

and there is certainly wear to the tunic though it remains pretty well intact--I rather love it more for the wear

trimmed a bit unevenly on the bottom

Late 18th C. Chinese Export Platter with Monogram, Armorial Coat of Arms and Staple Repair fine brush this handblown glass flask likelyI picked up this porcelain plate platter because it is clearly quite fine and I think very lovely, and was then delighted to find an old staple repair on the reverse. While one certainly sees much more dramatic (Frankenstein ian, really!) staple repairs than this, which indeed are quite amazing, this to me is an interesting example for how cleanly and expertly done it was (and it gave me an excuse to dig in a bit more to the history and varieties of