Dinner Plate with the Arms of Ker-Martin, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Octagonal marli with cartouches of the Four Continents: Asia reclining, with parasol, camel, pyramid, and pagoda; Europe as sailor, seated on cornucopia, with ship and cannon as attributes; Africa, nude, seated on rock, with elephant and crocodile; America with feathered headdress, bow and arrow, and unidentified animal, possibly a bear; between cartouches, four diapered ovals with urns; in center, figure of Hope, with anchor, leaning against shield with the arms of William Ker (born 1775), Jane Martin on escutcheon of pretence; surrounding it, husk garland and four anchors., China (for British market), ca. 1790, ceramics, Decorative Arts, plate, plate