Lot Essay
The arms are those of Tod or Todd of Scotland, apparently unauthorised
Details
A WEST PANS ARMORIAL LOBED OVIFORM TEAPOT AND COVER
Circa 1770
Each side painted with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within a puce rococo foliage scroll cartouche issuant with trailing flower-sprays, beneath the motto OPORTET VIVERE on ribbon cartouches, the domed cover with flower-sprays and with knob finial (extensively damaged and repaired)
6 1/4in. (16cm.) high
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Circa 1770
Each side painted with a coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest within a puce rococo foliage scroll cartouche issuant with trailing flower-sprays, beneath the motto OPORTET VIVERE on ribbon cartouches, the domed cover with flower-sprays and with knob finial (extensively damaged and repaired)
6 1/4in. (16cm.) high
See illustration on page ...
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 25 November 1991, lot 212
Literature
Spink & Son Ltd., Octagon, Vol. 6, No. III, Autumn 1969
'Miscellany of Pieces', E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 15, Pt. 3, p. 393
'Miscellany of Pieces', E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 15, Pt. 3, p. 393