Soup plate with the arms of the Sayer, Woodhave and Brooke family
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Soup plate of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, black, and gold. On the center the coat of arms of the families Sayer, Woodhave, and Brooke, with a crest of an arm holding a dragon's head; around the coat of arms a spearhead border. On the wall a honeycomb pattern with a stylized lotus, interrupted by lobed cartouches with a fruit branch (pomegranate, peach). On the rim again the crest, fruit branches, luck symbols (ruyi scepter, lotus stem) near the 'three friends of winter' (pine, prunus, bamboo), fingered citron on an artemisia leaf and a piece of fruit in a bowl; on the rim also a narrow band with a decorative pattern. On the reverse four flower branches. Old label on the underside with 'Sayer'. Some chips and a crack in the rim. Armorial porcelain with enamel colors.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description